Maybe a sin, but you could replace the pickups with chrome ones and if you really want another bridge.
Bridges. I'm always thinking about which one I hate more:
I had a Burns and still have Gretsch with round saddles on a threaded round bar. If you rotate them, the saddles move to the left or right, like a bolt and nut. In this way you can adjust string spacing. But if you put the string on it and you tune it, it rotates a bit to, so after replacing strings your saddles are all over the bar. Solution: turn the string more lose, rotate the saddle to the other side and hope it's enough, so when you tune the string it's on the right spot again:)
Intonating the Danelectro: take all the strings off, remove the whole bridge. Losen the screw on the bottom, adjust the piece of wood. YTighten the screw, put the bridge on again, put all the strings on again, tune, check intonation. Not good? Take all the strings of, remove the bridge...
So I'll have a bar bridge like on this Gibson or Höfner any time;)