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For Knobs you might be able to get some from Tayda: https://www.taydaelectronics.com/hardware/knobs.html
I order pedal knobs from there and they're pretty solid quality. You'll need to make sure you get knobs that fit the shaft diameter of the pot on the guitar. I'm not sure what it is for an LP Junior. The knobs are relatively cheap so you could order a few sets to try but the shipping costs will probably be $10 USD minimum and they don't do returns.
If you want to put in your own pickups you're going to need to learn to solder and de-solder. This is a good guitar to practice that on though. Watch some youtube vids on how to solder if you're not familiar and get a good soldering iron. If you can afford it I'd recommend buying a whole new set of innards you can assemble without potentially damaging the original parts. If you mess up you can always put the old parts back in.
There's so many pickup types out there. I don't think you can go wrong with Seymour Duncans.
As Cold Hotman said I wouldn't bother with the switch because you'll need to carve the body out for a second pickup and that can ruin the guitar. Coil tap might be possible but I've never looked into it myself.
The marshall white body, gold cap knobs are great, thanks for the suggestion.
And yes, the switch is for coil tap/split not for another pickup, I should have been more specific.
I'll look into the seymour duncans, thanks again!