vinyl pickguards

enalnitram · June 6th, 2008, 10:44 AM

saw this posted recently on another forum. interesting idea...

e-merlin · June 6th, 2008, 11:41 AM

Yeah, I bought those a long time ago thinking they would look cool on something and never got around to using them. I just posted those pics here last week. Where did you see them?

twangpunk · June 6th, 2008, 12:29 PM

I don't think we ever figured out the best method for cutting a vinyl LP for use as a pickguard the last time this was mentioned.

I wanna try!!

skunqesh · June 6th, 2008, 01:00 PM

I hear if yer pups are reeeal microphonic and you brush the vinyl with a pick, you'll start hearing 'Laila' over the amp..

enalnitram · June 6th, 2008, 01:43 PM

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Originally Posted by e-merlin

Yeah, I bought those a long time ago thinking they would look cool on something and never got around to using them. I just posted those pics here last week. Where did you see them?

those are yours? now I'm embarrassed.

I saw em at the gear page.

mistermullens · June 6th, 2008, 02:02 PM

I'd like to have one for my Esquire, but I have to find the right record. Led Zeppelin I maybe? Any tips and tricks would be apprecitated!

e-merlin · June 6th, 2008, 02:34 PM

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Originally Posted by enalnitram

those are yours? now I'm embarrassed.

I saw em at the gear page.

No biggie. Not like I have a copyright on the pics. I probably will wish I patented the idea if I start seeing a bunch of guitars showing up with vinyl records as pickguards, though.

e-merlin · June 6th, 2008, 02:38 PM

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Originally Posted by mistermullens

I'd like to have one for my Esquire, but I have to find the right record. Led Zeppelin I maybe? Any tips and tricks would be apprecitated!

I can't help you there. I saw 'em on eBay and bought 'em, thinking I would use them on a couple of guitars I was building. I decided to go 'guardless, though, and I never used 'em. I suppose I should just get rid of 'em because the builds I'm doing now, while Tele-shaped, are not regular Teles and those won't fit.

rahbee · June 6th, 2008, 03:21 PM

i actually got the idea (before seeing them here on the TDPRI) from a snippet i read about kurt cobain had one on a mustang that he had. i tried to make my own for a strat copy that i had, but it turned out very very bad.

Cross Roads · June 6th, 2008, 03:31 PM

Scroll saw and a dremel to smooth the edge?
Not sure what would work best as these are pretty brittle.

Skrik · June 6th, 2008, 04:11 PM

Use as many screws as possible, or they'll warp to hell and back.

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twangpunk Tele-Meister Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Dallas, Texas Posts: 135	I don't think we ever figured out the best method for cutting a vinyl LP for use as a pickguard the last time this was mentioned. I wanna try!! __________________ "You just can't live in Texas if you don't have a lot of soul!" - Doug Sahm (Oh, that it were true...)

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skunqesh Tele-Meister Join Date: May 2008 Location: West Coast Posts: 178 13 Photos	neato! I hear if yer pups are reeeal microphonic and you brush the vinyl with a pick, you'll start hearing 'Laila' over the amp.. __________________ Some lives are tragic, some ridiculous. Most are both at once. -Cactus Ed

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mistermullens Friend of Leo's Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Atlanta Age: 31 Posts: 2,379 51 Photos	I'd like to have one for my Esquire, but I have to find the right record. Led Zeppelin I maybe? Any tips and tricks would be apprecitated! __________________ When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace. - Jimi Hendrix

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rahbee Tele-Meister Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Philadelphia Posts: 232 7 Photos	i actually got the idea (before seeing them here on the TDPRI) from a snippet i read about kurt cobain had one on a mustang that he had. i tried to make my own for a strat copy that i had, but it turned out very very bad. __________________ ____________________________ "I've got a beat up Silvertone amp I plug it in and it sounds like a champ"

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Cross Roads Tele-Meister Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Idaho Age: 47 Posts: 238	Scroll saw and a dremel to smooth the edge? Not sure what would work best as these are pretty brittle.

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Skrik Tele-Meister Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Norway Age: 38 Posts: 393	Use as many screws as possible, or they'll warp to hell and back. __________________ "Gary Moore should take his guitar and go home" -- John Lee Hooker