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As long as string through positions are not widely misplaced it shouldn't matter.
If you look at StewMac's site their bridges are fully dimensioned in detail. Those drawings will give you some idea for planning purposes.
After that the bridge is the main factor. The nut can be made any spacing you want, but there isn't that much useful variation. Pickups are more or less irrelevant - you can get them in different sizes, and it doesn't matter much anyway - there's no difference in output as long as the strings pass over any part of the polepieces, and not much even if they don't.
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
For example if the nut is 44mm wide and you would like 38mm string spacing there, the neck is 50mm wide at the 12th fret and you would like 45mm string spacing there, then you need 52mm spacing at the bridge.
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
This Schaller 3D-6 bridge permits string spacing adjustment. Those roller saddles are on threaded splines for that reason. I bought one for a build I'm planning.
PS The slotted screw at the bottom is to lock the saddle cradles in place.
Now that is cool. I've got a tuneomatic project coming up. Thanks.