Grover,

I agree with several of the above posts. Skip the Floyd, go with locking tuners and Tusc nut, get frets dressed and action where you want it. As for pups, about 20 years ago I built an EVH Frankenstrat replica. I went to Dimarzio and they built me a custom pickup based off the bridge pup they made for the Music Man EVH signature model. At that time, they said that the pup they were sending me would be coming out within a year or so. You guessed it... the Tone Zone. IMO, you can't beat one of these for awesome tone, sustain, and harmonics, period-dot.

As for the Air Norton. I too have read nothing but good stuff about this pup, and am planning on installing both it and the TZ (with gold covers) in my Epi LP Studio Deluxe later this year.

Good luck with your project

G