Valentine Pickup Height

I read on here that the factory pickup height settings on a Valentine are the following (open string – measure bottom of string to top of pole piece)

4/32″ bridge
6/32″ neck

Can that be correct? I’ve setup a newly purchased Valentine like that and the pickups are MUCH farther away from the strings than any other guitar I’ve owned. I typically measure with the strings depressed on the last fret and start at 4/32 for both pickups and adjust to taste. The factory specs aren’t even close to…

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