Looking good B'Lark! The pickguard choice will be interesting - in the example with the b/w pickups it's a busy swirl so I quite like the clean pearl pickguard. If the swirl is less complex maybe a patterned one works better - like in your mockup. I guess the fun part about a swirl is you won't know how it works out til you do it!! Just my 2c - really interested to follow the build!