I guess I wont be buying that book.
First off the SGs with no neck angle are rare. Mainly because they tend to break. Seen a few myself. The Vs without an angle had kahlers, not the reissues. The kahlers were an 80s thing. Thirdly, either choose a design without a TOM (ie, flatmount hipshot), or angle the neck, or recess the tom like Wes suggested.