Opions needed on pickguard colour

[deeaa*]

Thanks M29, I like that suggestion!

I think the tortoise with white trim is certainly the classiest and nicest.
I don't like the gold really, it's kinda dated looking.

If it were mine, I might just go plain white or black. I like simple impact colors, no frills or many different colors. That's why all my guitars are simply white with white pickguards.

[EnglishJW]

Well you still have the guitar to play and the pickguard to think about. Guitars are great but babies are better - congratulations!

[Commodore 64***]

Go with this one...



More here.

[ZMAN]

IF you stare at it long enough you can see Austin Powers face!

[otaypanky***]

Well I got a tortoise one and went to put it on a while back but the holes for the volume and tone switches weren't big enough, so I need to redrill those holes a little bigger. Since then my wife had a baby so this job has gone on the back burner for a while. Sticking with gold for the time being.

When you get around to installing it, don't use a drill, unless you just use a bit like a reamer turning it with your fingers. The best tool for that job is actually a tapered reamer. It's only a tiny amount of material that needs removal, and the stuff is pretty soft

[Lev]

When you get around to installing it, don't use a drill, unless you just use a bit like a reamer turning it with your fingers. The best tool for that job is actually a tapered reamer. It's only a tiny amount of material that needs removal, and the stuff is pretty soft

thanks for the tip !!

[tjcurtin1]

Since then my wife had a baby so this job has gone on the back burner for a while.

Darn those wives, they're always going and doing unexpected things like that - tho granted more often its buying shoes or something...

Looks like I'm the standout for voting for the white perloid....

[Bloozcat]

When you get around to installing it, don't use a drill, unless you just use a bit like a reamer turning it with your fingers. The best tool for that job is actually a tapered reamer. It's only a tiny amount of material that needs removal, and the stuff is pretty soft

Ya' beat me to it, otaypanky. That's exactly what I was going to advise. It's easier than it might seem to get and oval, offset hole!

[Duffy]

Mine is a goldish copper snakeskin style that looks great on the Blizzard pearl. Aged white pearl on the CV 50s.

[jamiej]

I switched out my white pickguard on my "blackie" Stratocaster to a white perloid which I got from Musician's Friend for only $9.98. Everywhere else, it was at least three times as expensive. It makes my Strat look much more elegant.