Dave, nice going! I’ve been modding my guitars for years and it’s the best kept secret to having exactly the quality tone you can have without spending big money on another guitar. I’ve tried to carefully label everything so I can Re do what I may want to undo, but other than that, I’ve upgraded some very middle of the road quality guitars (good deals) and have installed awesome humbuckers and single coils. Hey, don’t be afraid to upgrade machine heads with quality Grover’s or adding switch options for reversing polarity, series/parallel, and more! I’ve routed out pick up holes and have even made my own router pattern for changing pick guards.

I bought a fairly nice tele years ago but because of the good deal I got, color was not an option so I stripped it completely and was able to buy the old school nitrocellulose lacquer and painted it like an original 50s blonde color! But you can paint it any way you want  

 Also the roller guides are very useful with the wammy bar, so don’t short sell that!