Congrats, Vood.
I think you'll love that guitar. I bought a new one at the local music store awhile back and I'm really liking it.
The neck was a bit thinner and the radius flatter than my '52 FrankenTele, but I adjusted to that pretty quickly.
IMO the stock pickups are fine sounding and it plays great. I intended to stay with the 9's that came on it but I gave in and switched to 10's.

I think the MOP pickguard will look nice. I've gotten used to mine as is, I guess. I can't think of anything I really want to change.

You and Steve may notice one thing if yours are like mine. Everyone who's played mine so far has asked the same question.
" Is it hard for you to see the dots on the side of the neck ? " LOL

I think you'll like that guitar. I'm nearly playing Tele's exclusively these days, with my Agile LP thrown in occasionally for rock.