Hi Feaky, I have upgraded pots and switches on all my builds as the stock ones are not as reliable or durable. Humbuckers are best suited to 500k whilst single coils are better on 250k. Audio taper seems to give a smoother transition from fully on to gradually quieter whilst linear taper appears more dramatic in the amount of reduction.
Haven't used the push back cloth wire but aim to do so on any future builds as that wire looks to be a better gauge than supplied stock and the push back cloth will just make stripping the wire obsolete.
I put Grovers on the EX-1 and whilst a bit weird to get used to they do the job and have a better feel than stock supplied with the kits.
Cheaper and equally as good sounding upgrade pickups can be found on the PBG site. I have used both Entwistle and Tonerider and they sound great and also come in 4 wire allowing split coil switching if that is something you want to do.
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