Noooo

No pickguard, pleeeeease!
At most a very small burst, but I still think it needs to be 100% natural! :D
hard to photo though, the flame is pretty consistent across teh board but does have a tendency to disapear under a flash.
Solve making it... :lol: Perhaps with that Macassar Ebony neck (I would think in Rosewood neck with that wood on fretboard, Esquire...)
A wood seller here from Brazil told me once "Want to have the figure popping on your face? Before you apply the first laquer coat, let it have some light, 1 or 2 hours, than apply the coat..."
Got a report of a painter doing it, with P.U., and get really impressed, will try it someday...
To the fear of it getting warped side guys, he told me to it that Bear Claw Spruce to acoustic guitar :lol:
He said it works alike when you put oil on a paper, it get transparent...