Oh, and here's the rest of the guitar ('06 MIM 50's Esquire):
I just finished making that pickguard for it from a piece of black fiberboard covered in many coats of wipe on poly. Not too bad for a homebrew experiment, but I may spend the $15 for a real one once it wears through and looks sketch. This photo also partly shows off my "Jeff Beck" tummy cut I added with an oscillating spindle sander and followed up with tung oil. No more bruised rig rage for me (seriously, it's happened)!