Arctic White Tele... which pickguard looks best?

[Ricko79]

Hey guys!
I just got myself an Arctic White MIM tele, will post pics soon, but meanwhile...
What pickguard do you prefer for a white tele? please post pics to help me decide!!!

Cheers!

 

[boris bubbanov]

A single ply parchment pickguard from Callahamguitars would be my first choice.

Do not buy the white single ply from Stew Mac, it is refrigerator white. Awful color.


Bubbanov

 

[Telepatio]

yeah, i always dig the white on white look....something curtis mayfield about it.

 

[Tdot]

I like bright white on the creamy white.

My 05 MIM

 

[Birdsnest]

Black. Two-tone!

 

[w0odman]

I like Black

 

[Stuco]

White 3-ply, just like stock.

 

[TWANGNUT]

I like Black

+1 on the black... Vince Gillish.

 

[Alpino_321]

How about pearl pearloid (not white pearloid) with the 3-ply w/b/w underneath? Like Warmoth has here: http://www.warmoth.com/pickguards/pickguards.cfm?fuseaction=guitar_pickguards_main
top row far right.

 

[JDRNoPro]

+2 on black......have it on my MIM - to me, with the creamy toned arctic white, it sort of lends a vintage vibe similar to the orig. vintage blonde/black.

 

[aunchaki]

For me, it's all about the fretboard. If it's a rosewood, then I vote for a 3-ply w/b/w for a classic 60s Mike Bloomfield vibe. If it's a maple board, I'd choose something dark. Maybe not black, but perhaps tortoiseshell.

 

[mildwild]

I like one ply black on a white guitar but mint looks very nice as well.

My son son has a white Tele and white Strat both with mint guards.

 

[crossroader]

I had tortoise on my Arctic White parts-o-caster (pau ferro fretboard) when I first put it together. Now I've got anodized gold on it.

I like 'em both.

Current state:

 

[gitarjoe]

Mint green, ala 62 reissue.

 

[Sarge]

Anodized gold or tortise shell.

 

[marksound]

Black, or brown tort. Or white. Or mint. Yeah.

 

[Rizo]

Mint for a vintage look or red tortoise for a more modern look....

Or... 1 ply bakelite pickgaurd for a different vintage (think Jimmy Bryant) look.

 

[Telemarkman]

All white, w/b/w or brown tortoise with rosewood fretboard and all white or black with maple fretboard. It's as simple as that .

 

[bigou]

I hate Arctic White guitars I bought one that's beat up and refinished in Hot Rod orange. Arctic White made a good base for a refinish.

Put a mirror pickguard like Jeff Buckley.

 

[JimiBryant]

tortoise gets my vote