More Nashville than Nashville

Ol' Red is gonna get a make-over..its official and it took a wee bit time to find three suitable non reissue Joe Bardens to ensure the project would be acceptable..
And here they are, a bridge, middle and neck, all in their original $30 boxes..
Ol'Red has an interesting history and is an outstanding Telecaster..
The body is a really lightweight 72 fender that a previous owner took a knife too and hacked a space for a middle pickup..The original neck was broken by a roadie of the E-street band and a custom made neck was returned with the guitar.I have the name of the neck maker but have forgotten..will update..
At the moment we have a Sliders scatterwound bridge pup, an unknown pup in the middle which I think is from the 60s, and a Dimarzio Y2 in the neck.
The controls look original and the last time I looked under the pickguard it looked like it could do with a clean up.The pickguard is ...no idea..its well made for 2 strat pups but the hole config is for an older 51..
As I'm a big fan of Gatton, the initial idea of getting the Bardens into a strat changed once I found the T-bridge.
The only question now is if its worth getting a 1meg tone pot, or sticking in a no-load 250k pot in as a toner, running a 0,1 cap..then you get the best of both worlds in a way, wide open or a bit more bass and mids...May even be worth throwing a switch in there to get the bridge and neck pickup working together..
One more thing that could really push Ol'red into overdrive would be the brass bridge setup..but to action on the bridge is already amazing so that would be a huge question mark..
Can't wait..