Back in the '80s I bought a Squier Indonesian Telecaster because my Hohner start got nicked.
Over the years I added a DiMarzio stacked humbucker my brother gave me, cheap Gotoh copy tuners (the Squier ones were truly awful) and lastly a genuine Fender Tele selector knob to replace the annoyingly round one. Most annoying has been the single-ply back scratchplate that looks like a bit of ring-binder cover.
This week I invested less than £15 on the bay to get a mint green scratchplate, vintage through body bridge and ferrules.
I also added some light relicing ... I think it looks great, downside I've had to order another £15 worth of strings and 'vintage' tuners.
Just need to work on my playing...