There is a description of the mod they offer here (https://warmoth.com/guitar-body-neck-pockets) . If you are familiar with routers and have the appropriate template follower bit, then its really straight forward to do. On a VK body, you would likely need to support the router with a riser or...
If youre handy with a router then you could do your own 720 mod to lower the neck in the pocket.
Your other option of filling it with a thing piece of wood could work well too. Foam would bother me but at the end of the day it not my guitar
I have bought 2 GFS "XGP" bodies that were "vintage spec" spoiler alert neither were vintage spec 🤦♂️
Another disappointment is that neither body had the neck mounting holes on center.
The tele body had the bridge and bridge pickup too far back and the strat hardtail had the string through...
I posted some info in this thread:
https://unofficialwarmoth.com/threads/how-have-you-installed-pickups-on-a-body-like-this-in-the-past.36902/#post-496164
Ill copy it here for you
I just dont use these any more and need to make room in my collection for some up coming projects.
I will do a better price direct but I do have them listed on Reverb as well.
https://reverb.com/item/80885106-charvel-warmoth-soloist-neon-transparent-green-hsh...
You can also use threaded inserts as discussed in this thread. I have provided some links to products I have used in there.
https://unofficialwarmoth.com/threads/threaded-inserts.34848/#post-493584
There is a specific difference in the humbucker routes that Warmoth offers. The one in your picture is designed for a pickup ring because it has the two deeper recesses where the adjustment screws go. The only way to direct mount that humbucker without a ring is to make a small filler block or...
like the nut stays attached better? I had an issue like that on a charvel with the front mounted nut and ended up having to modify it to make it rear mount.
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