The hacked pickguard

I contacted Kyle at Divebomb Inc, and ordered one of his pickguard kits.  It comes with the authentic 11 hole Strat pickguard, already hacked into a size that only covers the control cavity.  The pickguard is B/W/B in its cross section, and is already covered on the backside in aluminum foil-style shielding.  Kyle includes an authentic 500K volume pot made by CTS.  This is the exact same company and pot that Ed used on the original Frankenstrat.  And in true EVH fashion, the pot is topped not with a “Volume” knob, but with a white Strat “Tone” knob.  This knob is a thing of beauty, too.  It’s one of the few pieces that I won’t have to dirty up or relic.  Kyle shipped it to me in absolutely FILTHY condition!  And I LOVE IT!  I would recommend Kyle and DiveBomb Inc to anyone looking for Frankenstrat or other EVH guitar parts or kits.  His work is extremely high quality.

The assembled pickguard

The backside of the CTS 500K volume pot

The dirtiest tone knob around!