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Originally Posted by MatthewK
Regarding the pickguard - in my opinion the amorphous shape toward the tail of the instrument really weakens the look . I reckon you should mimic the back end of a Telecaster - bring it to a straight line coming down in front of the bridge, with a small cutout, and a standard chrome Tele control plate. You'll get a hybrid of Jag and Tele looks and the extra plate will balance the Jag trem plate. You could even go for a standard Tele bridge plate to make life easier - simply pass the strings over the back to the trem, instead of down through the body. Like this, more or less:
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Thanks for your comments. - Steve Salvi and I have been discussing this issue as well. Now with the blank body to work with we are not limited by the position of the controls. A straighter line is definitely in order although this will be between the bridge and the trem unit - ending up with a contour much like some of the Fender basses. We are also considering stripping the controls from the plate and mounting everything through the pickguard in a curved line - thus freeing the design to be more sympathetic to the other hardware elements and the body shape. The standard tele control plate is such a strong shape it is hard to design around it. The end design will be very much like a Bass VI now: