I build custom guitars and I hand dye them, finish them in oil and thne several coats of carnauba buffed out. The carnauba gives the wood a fantastic luster, and an occasional mild buff with a microfiber cloth gets them clean and shiny.
Neck heel depth, neck pocket and body depth. and neck relief are all factors in how high saddles need to be. Also, many models use different height saddle screws. I usually use longer screws on the inner strings and shorter screw on the outer strings to prevent too much of the screws sticking...
This is why a treble bleed circuit is so helpful. Signal takes the path of least resistance, so when you back off the volume control the signal can push throught the tone pot if you have it at 10, causing some inevitable high end loss. The treble bleed connects the input and output prongs on...
Rubbing a small amount of carnauba wax on a bare wood fretboard and then buffing it out after about 15 minutes really provides a nice luster mto dried out fretbooards. Also, if using lemon oil be careful to not let it stay on the finished back of the neck, as the solvent in it can damage the paint.
My Peavey Classic 20 MH. I have 3 different Peavey classic cabs to go with it: a 112e, a 115e and a 410e, and it's really like owning several amps with the cab variations.
I have a Classic 30 head, a Classic 20 MH head, a Classic 20 combo power chassis mounted in a revamp head cab, a Classic 112E cab, a Classic 115E cab and a Classic 410E cab.
Suffice to say I am a fan.
The tapped Schecter Monstertones are a great drop in option if you can find a loaded assembly (expect to pay 500-600 bucks). Tapped they have that lovely strat sheen, full winding they have a legit P90 tone. I have a set in my main partscaster (Schecter body and electronics, Warmoth reverse...
There is a seller on ebay that goes by the handle "Masa pickups" that sells those as well as V60 clones, and several other types of handwound vintage style pickups and the quality is really good!!
https://www.ebay.com/str/guitaraccessoriesclub
Easier way to it is to get your hands on a Deluxe Powerhouse Strat, replace the pickups and clip the additional resistors to raise the boost from 12db to 25db (although the 12db is more thansufficient imo).
A little known sub-brand of the ESP Edwards line is the Grassroots line which are made in Korea and China for the Japanese market. They can be found on ebay in the 400-500 dollar range and are well made...