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M29
July 24th, 2006, 07:38 PM
Hello,

Was messin around with some poster board and a sharp knife and mocked up a pickguard design. Just a basic cutout but is kind of interesting.

http://www.qix.net/~lmjbo/51pick.jpg

What do ya think?

M29

Katastrophe
July 24th, 2006, 08:33 PM
Show as much of that 'burst as you can! I think your idea looks great.:R

M29
July 24th, 2006, 09:08 PM
Thanks Katastrophe, I want to do something with the white guard but I don't want to pay for a new pickguard they can get expensive. I ordered an original guard with decal and plastic covering at a decent price to have on hand while I experiment with this one. That way I can put it back to original condition someday.

I thought I would experiment on white poster board until I come up with something that looked decent. I do like letting the burst show through. The finish is very good under the guard on these '51's I wouldn't mind not having a guard at all but the screw holes would be next to impossible to hide.

It appears to me that some of the '51's have a cherry center to the sunburst finish and some have yellow like mine, have you guys noticed this? I think I would have liked a cherry better although they did a pretty good job on this one, the glue joints don't show too much.

Thanks again Katastrophe.

Take care
M29

M29
July 24th, 2006, 09:15 PM
Here is another one done quickly in photoshop.

http://www.qix.net/~lmjbo/51pick2.jpg

M29