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Bone nuts are good, Tusq I found slightly better for ease of tuning stability at the expense of a deader tone on the open strings. To make the most of it the nut slots should be hand-fettled so they flare out to reduce drag.
Dots were made at different places for years so best measure up width and E-e spacing to be sure of the size.
I put one of the Wilkinson pattern roller bridges on mine (the meaty one not a TOM-a-like) when I put a Les Trem on it. I've used a few of these on other guitars. It was actually a Stewmac version in sold brass but same difference, they're like £12-14 cheap, work well, and have a good amount of metal in them so sound fine - I had a very light weight Schaller that was a right tone sucker, so that came off PDQ.
I cannot vouch for whether - if at all - brass affects tuning stability because the sloppy stock Jin-Ho machineheads are still on the guitar.