I got fairly clanky with........
Roto swing stainless steels
Sansamp BDDI (though I imagine any tubey pre will do)
Both pups max
Tone fully open
And then playing with fingers and quite a low action, but just over the fretboard and quite aggressively (ala John Entwistle) so I can whack the strings off the board.
I don't know what the HW bridges are like, but I have a few mm of the dreaded Ric tail lift nowadays. I can't be sure, but I put that down to the Roto's. I had them on it for 15+ years though and it's nothing that impacts playing.