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Black or Tort…
Black or White?
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Bob Womack
Friend of Leo's
Parchment or white pearloid.
Bob
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ahiddentableau
Tele-Afflicted
White
Why not chrome?
Skyhook
Friend of Leo's
100% subjective here: I find black guitars with white pickguards, especially Strats and Teles to be frightfully
boring to look at. A black pickguard would remedy that at least a little bit.
I'm more of a "vibrant color kinda guy" myself so you'd probably do better heeding the advice of those who
are fond of black musical instruments(like my dad was).
Anyway, that's my 2c.
Skyhook
Friend of Leo's
Ooohh... not bad!
I'd have gone with red tortoise myself if other colors than b/w were available.
That was a consideration when building the guitar, I may revisit the idea.
I was originally looking for a silver plastic pickguard that looks like the one on my Gretsch. I think they are clear and painted on the underside. Couldn't really find one tho
Yeah, I know the white pickguard is the traditional "tuxedo" look for a Custom, and its a good look, but its so common. Not sure tort is what I want, and I don't think mint would look right either, I dislike pearloid altogether, so not a whole lot of options left
M2roadwarrior
Tele-Holic
+1 tortoise
+1 gold hardware
+1 gold hardware
dougstrum
Friend of Leo's
White
Skyhook
Friend of Leo's
Gold and Chrome have been suggested in the replies also. Both go very well with black.
SixStringSlinger
Poster Extraordinaire
Your neck pickup’s screwed into the body, man. Go crazy and play dress-up as you see fit.
DugT
Tele-Afflicted
I know these aren't options for you at the moment but I would prefer medium gray like this or Tort.
acousticnitemare
Tele-Meister
I'm anal, so I like the matching aspect of the white pickguard. It extends/reinforces the "theme" of the fretboard dots. It would be perfect if there was some element of white or black, or both, on the headstock, also- makes the entire guitar finish more visually unified, you know, like the whole thing is a single unit.
It's a little hard to tell from my pics, but it is a double bound body. The wite pickguard kinda goes nice with the binding, but I also like the white bevel on the black one too.
Bob M
Friend of Leo's
White.
Probably gonna try a couple more things on for size and I may periodically swap them to suit my mood
Saw that. Probably not gonna go for the gold, but the right silver/chrome guard might do the trick
