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Jetstreams are rad. Like an insane Musicman Silhouette.
Sounds like a top project. Making a really neat pickguard is hellish difficult, it's the pickup routs that bite you. If you've got skills and waterjet access you could end up with something really unique, though I'd avoid wood at all costs.... just a world of splitty, warping problems. Best go aluminium (improves shielding, no electrocution), anodised is nice, or source a really cool plastic. Someone like jacksinstrumentservices.com could do it for you if you fancy a pro job.
I bet those Chinese Ali pickups are utter poo. They'll be sub-Squier quality. The go-to hip/cheap (okay, ish) pickups at the moment seem to be mojopickups.co.uk (£120 for three) and oilcitypickups.co.uk (a mere £99) - both brands are handwound in UK, and ace.