Number 3 is very close indeed to my own attempt to modify your original (no.1) pickguard in photoshop. But I then decided that whilst the top part worked, the bottom part now looked a bit too chunky. So I'm currently torn between 1 and 2, leaning towards 2, but 2 does hide a lot of the veneer. I'm getting used to 1 now, especially seeing it against the other designs.

Top marks for trying out some different designs.