So I went with an alder Tele kit for my first shot cause I figure teles are nice and simple and alder is an easy wood to work with. I stuffed up my order and grabbed the wrong neck but the guys were awesome and sent me out the right one straight away so I figured I'd buy another body as well (ash Tele waiting in the wings when I finish this one). I went with the bone nut and the locking tuners, I also grabbed a gotoh ashtray bridge with the 6 adjustable saddles and some tusq string trees so hoping if I don't stuff things up too badly tuning should be rock solid. I'll try to post updates.