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@golem (Chandler) has been hoarding a variety of Kinman Strat pickups and asked me to create interchangeable pickguards. Basically unscrew, unplug, plug in the new and re-screw. Easy-peasy.

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Very cool.
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He needs 4 more strats. And more knobs. Just ordered 10 pcs of black.
10pcs 3Ply 11 Screw Holes SSS/SSH Electric Guitar Pickguard Scratch Plate for ST Style Guitar Pick Guard Guitar Accessories
SSS Black x10pcs
US $33.97
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mozz wrote: ↑Sat Mar 11, 2023 7:23 pm He needs 4 more strats. And more knobs. Just ordered 10 pcs of black.
10pcs 3Ply 11 Screw Holes SSS/SSH Electric Guitar Pickguard Scratch Plate for ST Style Guitar Pick Guard Guitar Accessories
SSS Black x10pcs
US $33.97

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About $4 a piece? That is a crazy good deal!
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Mainly for Squier upgrades and other cheap guitars. Usually some of the holes don't line up anyway and i don't mind moving a few. Occasionally i will have to file the neck portion so it doesn't hit. One Ali company used to sell a colored assortment of 10 pieces but i don't see that anymore. Same with knobs in quantity, just got 50 3/4" knobs with set screws for .29c each.
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I was actually talking to Rob about how I think Mozz had a tumbler that makes them lose the gloss. I love it.
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Yeah a cheap rock tumbler. I usually put the knobs and pickup covers in there and run it with some dirt/sand.
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That's cool. I always thought if wanted to compare pickups I'd do this setup on a strat body and take the body pickup routing all the way to the lower side of the body's a loaded pickguard could just be slid in and out.
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