Restoring a $[74.16, previously $30] guitar and making it better, Part 14: THE FINALE, future plans?

In this video series, I'll be going over a guitar I found at my local Goodwill for $30 and my plans to restore it to it's former glory -- maybe even far beyond that! -- with a little bit of ingenuity and channeling my inner MacGuyver.
The parameters for bringing this guitar "back from the dead" are as follows:
1. NO ADDITIONAL PARTS* That's right, I am not allowing myself to buy or install any parts on the guitar that it didn't originally come with, with only 3 exceptions [formerly 2]: a new set of strings, a whammy bar, and a cheap e-bay neck.
[*Note that as mentioned in a previous video, I had to buy a new neck for the guitar since the old one had a major flaw that made it completely unusable. With that in mind, the title of all future videos will now reflect the new price which is $74.16 rather than $30. Still a good deal, especially when you consider the quality of the neck that it will now have! But I figured I’d make the change in the title and description for the sake of transparency.]
2. I can use any tools and materials/consumables to repair, but cannot ADD any new parts -- this means no new screws, no fancy pots or electronics, and even the wire on the pickups needs to stay! Everything on the guitar must be what it came with!
3. The goal is to make this guitar as "playable" as possible -- we're not concerned with form as much as we are function. We're looking for good PLAYABILITY, so it's tuning stability, action, string buzz, electronic performance and tone, etc. are all things we are looking to address. We will (hopefully) get this guitar into a state where it is properly set up and sounds as good as it can with its original parts.
This video the 14th and final part in a series, where we will be demonstrating the finished product after months of labor, troubleshooting, and creative problem solving to see what we can get out of this guitar from Goodwill!
Due to my phone’s camera not picking up the sound too well from my guitar amp, I’ve decided to release another video which includes samples captured using my DAW and amp modelers.
That video can be found here:
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[@chippsterstephens6800]

Tuning issues are the nut.
Tuner either work or don’t.

[@kennyayala6189]

Not necessarily -- in the case of these tuners there can be issues of there being too much "wiggle" in the tuning pegs (I have a video on that as well), there are the "rollers" I made (probably an improvement over the original string trees but not perfect), plus the wrappings around the tuning posts being slackened when the strings are detuned too far. Plenty of friction points and places for inconsistency in the strings returning to perfect pitch. Nut might have something to do with it (it is cheap plastic and can wear away more easily than bone) but it is not the only possible culprit. I'll be (hopefully) solving some of those issues in the next upgrade though so we'll see what we can do about it!

[@Alex_Valentine]

Would you take donation parts?

[@kennyayala6189]

Oh I have plenty, and
*spoiler alert*
I already bought what I'd need for level 3.
BUT, Level 2 will be strictly what I had on-hand prior to buying the guitar -- mainly small tweaks involving supplies I have.

[@Spider_Rico]

Awesome job! Sounds good to me.

[@kennyayala6189]

Thanks, dude! Excited to see how Level 2 turns out -- got some interesting mods in mind for it.