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I'll continue as I have been doing which is little beyond basic cleaning. Maybe treat it to a pro setup rather than my amateur tweaking.
- Took the existing strings off and wiped the neck and body with a damp cloth (trace of washing liquid).
- Put new strings on and tuned it up.
- Checked the neck relief and it was too straight so unscrewed the bloody neck in order to access the truss rod adjustment, screwed it all back together (slightly frustrating with the vintage bridge saddles that flip over etc.) and checked again. Unscrewed the neck and back another three bloody times til it was right.
- Tuned up and checked the action, adjusted as necessary.
- Checked intonation and adjusted as necessary.
- Adjusted pickup heights.
- Done!
Best thing about it is that since it's flatwound strings, the ritual will actually just be tuning and maybe occasionally wiping the strings (though rarely in reality). Hopefully last years, I'd only change the strings if one breaks or if the tuning gets bad which can apparently happen with very old flatwounds.