I was contemplating making my own bridge, like the nut, from Aussie buloke. Haven't settled on a design as yet.

Tuners, I was thinking about sperzel but they are quite expensive and I've heard the shafts aren't common diameter. I'll check out the other options tonight.

I'm willing to invest a bit extra in the pickups since that's where the magic really happens. Still leaning towards the Lace pickups due to the size and specs but I'm going to look into some more audio reviews after what Sonic brought up.