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First , if your budget is $350 for the rod , you should get a Century or Lami , not a Batson.
The guide size/spacing thing is easy as far as Cone of flight vs NGC or Fuji Concept. You should get an adjusted NGC/Fuji Concept layout.
Third. Let the builder decide what sizes and spacing for your reel and line and butt length. That's what you are paying for in a custom.
Fourth. If there were a high 20 ring K frame then I believe LC guides would be discontinued. Its only the LC20 gathering guide that has any utility in rod building anymore now that the K frames are available. To properly use the LC gathering guide it must be pushed way up the rod. This IMO might add very slightly to casting performance if you are a casting expert but does almost nothing for the average or even above average caster. For the slight chance you could pick up 5 yards in your cast , you give up fish fighting power with that first guide moved way up the rod.
Use BKWAG guides , let the builder determine how many and were to place then using a parabolic equation (based on stress test results) adjusted NGC/Fuji concept guide layout. If your builder doesn't know what any of that means , you are not buying at the current rod building state of the art level at this time.
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