so finally took the time to properly set up the stetsbar bridge, it came with a wooden shim but i didn't feel like sanding it so i just made a shim cutting pieces of medium weight paper and joining them in a wedge shape with white glue stick, painted the sides black, now the action is reasonable at 2 purple dunlop picks under fret 22, the pickup is an even 3 purple picks away from the strings, i still have to properly intonate the bridge as right now it is just ballpark
yes my pots have beer bottle caps glued on and painted black