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Pickguard on a natural body

Discussion in 'Other T-Types and Partscasters' started by bendercaster, Jan 14, 2021.

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    bendercaster

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    I recently reassembled this guitar my Dad finished this summer with a new roasted maple neck. I'm really happy with how the guitar sounds and plays, but I'm not sure I like black pickguard as much with the darker neck. I'm considering switching it to something light, like mint, parchment, or white, or tortoise shell. What do you guys think?

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    Tort (this is routed for a Strat so I would need to order a new guard--but this gives you an idea):
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    Mint:
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  2. Jan 14, 2021 #2
    JL_LI

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    I’m not big on tort but the brown tort really looks good.
     
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    groovezilla79

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    I agree with JL_LI. I'm not a fan on tortoise, but on this guitar it looks great. The black isn't bad, either. Not a fan of the white. White pearloid might look pretty awesome, too.
     
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    GGardner

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    The black looks sharp. It accentuates the body's beautiful grain. Nice job!
     
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    old wrench

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    Black always looks good on a natural finished Tele, but I also like the tortoise shell look.

    Tortoise shell is a traditional pick guard material on a lot of natural finished guitars, acoustics in particular.
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    Gardo

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    Of the three I like tort. The black or white are too sharp of a contrast in my opinion
     
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    bendercaster

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    The original neck had modern tuners with pearl buttons, and it almost got a white pearloid pickguard.

    I like Tort, but it can be hit or miss. This one is from Warmoth and I was really happy with the color. I have a Strat pickguard that I ordered from them that is very similar, so I feel pretty confident that if I decide to go this way, I could order it from Warmoth and end up with something similar.
     
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    DavidP

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    I vote for tortoise; black would be my #2.
     
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    jays0n

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    Black
     
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    Dismalhead

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    IMO tortoise always looks good on a natural. My '06 American Series came with a parchment guard. It looks good too. Not quite as stark as plain white.

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    USian Pie

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    Tort looks great.
     
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    teletimetx

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    Tort.
     
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    ale.istotle

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    Outside the box.
    I like the brown grill cloth but maybe the gold tweed too. (Site is greasygroove. no affiliation just like to browse.)

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    bendercaster

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    Those are really cool. I especially like the gold tweed.
     
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    ale.istotle

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    You've already got the gold hardware. I can't decide if it would be too much gold or if it would be just right.
    TDPRI will have to judge it.
     
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    peteycaster

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    I'd like to see parchment.
     
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    Those are cool.
     
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    Fenderdad1950

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    I like the Tort, the multi ply white shows up
     
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    mefgames

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    I like the tortoise, but I think it needs to be more red.

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    jackal

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    Plain black looks pretty good. Cream might work. A dark grey pattern might work. Do your magic with photoshop and try them all.
     
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