Members 1001gear Posted March 6, 2019 Members Share Posted March 6, 2019 None of these pickguard places have any app to color match the plate with the guitar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil O'Keefe Posted March 6, 2019 Share Posted March 6, 2019 One thing I had in mind was gold anodized aluminum [img2=JSON]{"data-align":"none","data-size":"full","src":"https:\/\/i.pinimg.com\/originals\/37\/cc\/ce\/37ccce72aaa62e34033e8016e9df8566.jpg"}[/img2] or maybe tortise or even black pearl I don't want a pg with a square cut out at the bridge ,the corners have to be rounded. I found a few that looked OK but the description said they won't fit Mexican I agree that it looks great the way it is now... the only other option that I think would be in the same league coolness-wise would be red tort. YMMV. Whatever color you decide on, your best bet is probably to have a new guard custom made. It's not all that expensive, but they'll probably want to use your original as a template for the new one... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members gardo Posted March 6, 2019 Author Members Share Posted March 6, 2019 I decided to keep it black although I did find one guy who will custom make one in flame maple it might look pretty wild with the male neck . Its $65 . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members WRGKMC Posted March 6, 2019 Members Share Posted March 6, 2019 One thing I had in mind was gold anodized aluminum [img2=JSON]{"data-align":"none","data-size":"full","src":"https:\/\/i.pinimg.com\/originals\/37\/cc\/ce\/37ccce72aaa62e34033e8016e9df8566.jpg"}[/img2] or maybe tortise or even black pearl I don't want a pg with a square cut out at the bridge ,the corners have to be rounded. I found a few that looked OK but the description said they won't fit Mexican Man that looks a lot like my Strat except its got White covers and Gold Knobs. I may want to try some black covers over the TX Specials. I may even have them in my parts cab. The Gold as you can see does wear off over time and leaves the exposed aluminum which isn't very attractive. I may try painting it at some point but fear it would only be worse doing that. [ATTACH=JSON]{"alt":"Click image for larger version Name:\tIMG_0479.JPG Views:\t1 Size:\t308.8 KB ID:\t32486338","data-align":"none","data-attachmentid":"32486338","data-size":"full","title":"IMG_0479.JPG"}[/ATTACH] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DeepEnd Posted March 6, 2019 Members Share Posted March 6, 2019 I decided to keep it black although I did find one guy who will custom make one in flame maple it might look pretty wild with the male neck . Its $65 . That could be interesting. I'm inclined to agree with Phil though: Tortoise would be cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members gardo Posted March 7, 2019 Author Members Share Posted March 7, 2019 Man that looks a lot like my Strat except its got White covers and Gold Knobs. I may want to try some black covers over the TX Specials. I may even have them in my parts cab. The Gold as you can see does wear off over time and leaves the exposed aluminum which isn't very attractive. I may try painting it at some point but fear it would only be worse doing that. I didn't consider that the finish would wear off, That kills the alum idea. Glad you pointed it out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Juicy Elk Man Posted March 7, 2019 Members Share Posted March 7, 2019 How bout just keeping the black pickguard, but refinishing it? - sanding off the gloss, then buffing it up to an eggshell-satin finish. I did this with my SG pickguard, made it look classy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members gardo Posted March 8, 2019 Author Members Share Posted March 8, 2019 How bout just keeping the black pickguard' date=' but refinishing it? - sanding off the gloss, then buffing it up to an eggshell-satin finish. I did this with my SG pickguard, made it look classy.[/quote'] The winnah Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members WRGKMC Posted March 8, 2019 Members Share Posted March 8, 2019 I didn't consider that the finish would wear off, That kills the alum idea. Glad you pointed it out It took 15 years and a whole lot of playing for that to happen. When you consider the pickguard cost me about $25 that's not too bad. I should note, The Aluminum is thick enough to help reduce hum. They also change the tone/sustain. I personally like what it does but other might not. Some say it decreases sustain, but I'd have to disagree. Its more like the pickups have been mounted in extremely dense material and the tone is super solid sounding. If you were to compare the tone of a chamber body to a solid and notice how the sound has less wood resonance and more string only? Adding the metal pickguard takes it even farther removing even more resonance and leaving more string tones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members gardo Posted March 8, 2019 Author Members Share Posted March 8, 2019 It took 15 years and a whole lot of playing for that to happen. When you consider the pickguard cost me about $25 that's not too bad. I should note, The Aluminum is thick enough to help reduce hum. They also change the tone/sustain. I personally like what it does but other might not. Some say it decreases sustain, but I'd have to disagree. Its more like the pickups have been mounted in extremely dense material and the tone is super solid sounding. If you were to compare the tone of a chamber body to a solid and notice how the sound has less wood resonance and more string only? Adding the metal pickguard takes it even farther removing even more resonance and leaving more string tones. I read an article that said. If you are chasing the SRV tone an aluminum plate under the pickgaurd is a must. This is what got me thinking alumium to begin with. I'm glad that you do notice a difference. What does this add to the bridge / middle poisition ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members tvvoodoo Posted March 14, 2019 Members Share Posted March 14, 2019 You could consider finding some symbol or word you like, or your initials and carefully use a dremel to carve into the pickguard, reveal the white layer. This is an example, only I took some white layer off to reveal the middle black layer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members 1001gear Posted March 14, 2019 Members Share Posted March 14, 2019 Very skillful albeit creepy copy. I like how you camoed the pickups too although that's my complaint about the blackout strat. You can't make out the guitar at viewer distance. I kinda like green pearl with maybe black coil covers in that regard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members gardo Posted March 15, 2019 Author Members Share Posted March 15, 2019 You could consider finding some symbol or word you like, or your initials and carefully use a dremel to carve into the pickguard, reveal the white layer. This is an example, only I took some white layer off to reveal the middle black layer. Very nice work and an interesting idea. . I need to think on that one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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