Got to respectfully disagree. I know I have baggage and rules that only make sense to me, but Pearl is way overdone and often distracting from other elements. This will have a beautiful walnut body. Let that be the bling and not a Pearl pickguard. I know Warmoth has that Cream Vintage Pearl, but warmth and vintage are usuallt not what I associate with Pearl. Pearl pickguards don't seem warm, IMO, and were they even around at the time of the guitars that we call "vintage"?