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Originally Posted by gibson guy
I tried and tried, and couldn't get my guard to age. Then, I realized that a lot of actual vintage Tele's have very white pickguards on them still. So I had to ask myself why I was trying to change the colour so hard, when some actual 60's tele guards looked just like mine! Eventually I gave up. That's my completely unhelpful advice. You gotta watch leaving it in a window. Might warp.
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Agree with you 100%.
I love relic/worn in guitars and I've been experimenting with certain aging techniques for quite some time now.
IMHO some things are better left unaged or they might look weird.
Muriatic acid for bridges/control plates/neck plates is what instantly comes to mind...totally fake looking! Most of the old Teles have plenty (if not all) shine left on their chrome parts and none that I have seen resemble the look that muriatic acid does to them.
The most convincing relics are the ones that only received a mild relic treatment and are played from there on.
The look of natural relicing (especially on bridges/control plates/neck plates) that will occur even within a short span of 5 years is something I have yet to see on any artificially reliced guitar.
Again IMHO...less is more...
But back to the pickguard...if you sand it with very fine sandpaper and submerge it in a tea/coffee solutuion it will take the stain in no time...
But keep in mind...the area underneath the knobs is upposed to look lighter than the rest...