I find Texas Specials far too middly and harsh for country twang and prefer Fender Original Vintage or the factory equivalents. The Bare Knuckle set will be closer to OVs than TS.

You need to rewire the neck pickup for four way switching. Drop me a PM if you need any advice. I've done this mod a couple of times. I'd definitely advisse 250K pots for trad tele pickups.