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What color pickguard

Plain plastic black/dark
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60%
Plain plastic white/light
0
No votes
Wood grain dark
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13%
Wood grain light
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13%
Wood grain highly figured/contrast
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Something inlaid/ super blingy
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13%
 
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I've had this for awhile now and I like the over the top bling. I like the fat neck, I like the tone, I love the pickguard, i hate how this pickguard looks on this guitar.
Orange flame on trans blue? Even I cant stomach that.
The problem is i cant decide what would look right on it. And then what would look good enough on a budget.
So I'm throwing it out there to you guys.
Simple? More inlaid? Light or dark? I'm partial to a woodgrain I think but more towards dark with a subtle grain as a balance. Sort of a understated bling?
But I want to hear other arguments and ideas.
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This guitar such a weirdo. The builder was quite the craftsman but in no way a luthier. I think someone at the old site had its blingy brother or sister. Maybe twang?
I'll ignore the fact that that i payed for a zerofret to fix that the nut was in the wrong place making it unplayable. It may still be off a tick and the frets are atrocious. I'm still too chicken to try and fix it.
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What’s the routing look like without the guard? I am thinking along the lines of not only a different color, but different size and shape.
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I kinda like the yellow "surface of the sun" in blue sky look.

I might want to trim it about 1/4" on the lower edge and horn so some blue frames the sun better.

Maybe another sun motif would also trip my wire. I like the birds in blue sky, a lot.
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Fender lead II
Firefly spalted 338
Squier affinity tele bsb
Squier strat std relic
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Agile al2500 albino
Agile al3001 hsb
Sx ash Ltd strat
Sx ash strat short scale
Sx ash tele
Sx callisto jr
Dean vendetta
Washburn firebird. Ps10
Johnson trans red strat
Johnson jazz box Vegas
Seville explorer
Inlaid tele
flametop bigsby tele wood inlaid neck
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new Eastman acoustic
Sigma dm3 dread x2 (his and hers)
Fender 12 str
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martin backpacker acoustic
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Not this?
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I voted black...keeps the focus on all the bling, which you have definitely covered all the bases in said category.
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Gibson '06 sg faded
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Epiphone Casino coupe
Epiphone dot studio
Fender USA strat w mjt body _w Original body 81
Fender lead II
Firefly spalted 338
Squier affinity tele bsb
Squier strat std relic
Squier subsonic baritone
Agile al2500 albino
Agile al3001 hsb
Sx ash Ltd strat
Sx ash strat short scale
Sx ash tele
Sx callisto jr
Dean vendetta
Washburn firebird. Ps10
Johnson trans red strat
Johnson jazz box Vegas
Seville explorer
Inlaid tele
flametop bigsby tele wood inlaid neck
23

Acoustics
new Eastman acoustic
Sigma dm3 dread x2 (his and hers)
Fender 12 str
Ibanez exotic wood
Silvercreek rosewood 00
Ovation steel str
martin backpacker acoustic
Johnson dobro

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Blue and brown go excellent together. If that was my guitar I'd go with brown tort. The instrument has so much embellishment going on that I'd want to bring it down to earth a little with something classic.
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plain parchment. Let the inlay be the show, IMO
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I vote single-ply black. It's already got too much going on... I'm gonna go lie down now.
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I do like that darker wood grain one. That would go well,
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Parchment , but as it is someone else's dime ,.
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toomanycats wrote: ↑Fri Mar 05, 2021 6:32 pm Blue and brown go excellent together. If that was my guitar I'd go with brown tort. The instrument has so much embellishment going on that I'd want to bring it down to earth a little with something classic.

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Is that one of the unobtainable Hohner Madcat tort pickguards ?
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I'm not usually a fan of mirror PGs but this seems like the right guitar for one.
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Fender USA strat w mjt body _w Original body 81
Fender lead II
Firefly spalted 338
Squier affinity tele bsb
Squier strat std relic
Squier subsonic baritone
Agile al2500 albino
Agile al3001 hsb
Sx ash Ltd strat
Sx ash strat short scale
Sx ash tele
Sx callisto jr
Dean vendetta
Washburn firebird. Ps10
Johnson trans red strat
Johnson jazz box Vegas
Seville explorer
Inlaid tele
flametop bigsby tele wood inlaid neck
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new Eastman acoustic
Sigma dm3 dread x2 (his and hers)
Fender 12 str
Ibanez exotic wood
Silvercreek rosewood 00
Ovation steel str
martin backpacker acoustic
Johnson dobro

Chocol8 wrote: ↑Fri Mar 05, 2021 3:03 pm What’s the routing look like without the guard? I am thinking along the lines of not only a different color, but different size and shape.
Iirc its routed to the pickup size. Probably w the diagonal wire route. What are you thinking?
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bc rich wrote: ↑Fri Mar 05, 2021 9:14 pm
toomanycats wrote: ↑Fri Mar 05, 2021 6:32 pm Blue and brown go excellent together. If that was my guitar I'd go with brown tort. The instrument has so much embellishment going on that I'd want to bring it down to earth a little with something classic.

brown_tele_tort_pickguard_2b5b1c6f-efe6-46ec-aea7-951eeddd4b68_2048x.jpg

Is that one of the unobtainable Hohner Madcat tort pickguards ?
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A smaller size and shape would work better IMHO, if the finish is OK underneath. I would lean towards exposing the horn, and maybe get creative with shapes to match the overall look.
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Material wise, I am not sure wood grain really works with it. I would go a plain parchment or black, or alternatively try to match the guitar with a small MOP or abalone pick guard.
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Gibson '13 studio dlx hsb
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Gibson '06 sg faded
Gibson '15 LP CM w gforce
Epiphone Casino coupe
Epiphone dot studio
Fender USA strat w mjt body _w Original body 81
Fender lead II
Firefly spalted 338
Squier affinity tele bsb
Squier strat std relic
Squier subsonic baritone
Agile al2500 albino
Agile al3001 hsb
Sx ash Ltd strat
Sx ash strat short scale
Sx ash tele
Sx callisto jr
Dean vendetta
Washburn firebird. Ps10
Johnson trans red strat
Johnson jazz box Vegas
Seville explorer
Inlaid tele
flametop bigsby tele wood inlaid neck
23

Acoustics
new Eastman acoustic
Sigma dm3 dread x2 (his and hers)
Fender 12 str
Ibanez exotic wood
Silvercreek rosewood 00
Ovation steel str
martin backpacker acoustic
Johnson dobro

I may have my black guard off of my bsb affinity. What are the odds it fits without substantial mods.?
That affinity looks great in the nude. I recall the blingcaster not so much.
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What about a smoked or deep tint plexiglass ?
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