Hello duhvoodooman,
Yeah they want quite a bit on ebay, I have heard from the '51 modders forum that the hole spacing on some is a little bit different and it is best to send your guard/or a templet of your guard in to have one made exactly. I did not want to spend a lot at this time I just wanted to change the white guard for now. I plan to make one later on maybe in tortoise or something.
Thanks for the info. Man I am having a ball with this thing now. After messing with the fret ends/intonating and lowering the action it plays great! Now if I could only play............
M29