Members gergbee Posted September 1, 2010 Members Share Posted September 1, 2010 I have a cheap tele clone that seems to be in need of a facelift. The existing one is on the left. What do you think? White black, tortoiseshell or other pickguard? And what colour is the burst? Antique burst? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members BydoEmpire Posted September 1, 2010 Members Share Posted September 1, 2010 Normally I'd go tortoise, but on that particular tele the black looks better to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Angry Tele Posted September 2, 2010 Members Share Posted September 2, 2010 mint green...but first Id lose half a dozen of those screws. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members gergbee Posted September 2, 2010 Author Members Share Posted September 2, 2010 mint green...but first Id lose half a dozen of those screws. And be left with two holding the pg on? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members WKG Posted September 2, 2010 Members Share Posted September 2, 2010 I'd have to go with black, that's what I did to mine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Angry Tele Posted September 2, 2010 Members Share Posted September 2, 2010 And be left with two holding the pg on? all you need is 5. 11 screws? wtf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members gergbee Posted September 2, 2010 Author Members Share Posted September 2, 2010 all you need is 5. 11 screws? wtf I dunno, I didn't make the guitar. I only count 8 on the pickguard and then I guess you could count the 2 more on the neck pup. Those are on my Squier Thinline too. I didn't think of them as pickguard screws though. If I got a 5 screw guard what would I have to do about those adjustment screws? Change the pickup? I honestly don't know. Thanks, Greg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members cratz2 Posted September 2, 2010 Members Share Posted September 2, 2010 If that were my guitar, I'd go for either mint green or maybe aged white, but if you don't like the white at all, those probably aren't different enough to be justified. Between the tortoise and the black, I think I'd go for the black with that particular burst. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Angry Tele Posted September 2, 2010 Members Share Posted September 2, 2010 Im just messing with you about the screws, I just dont like more than 5 personally....heres mint with 5 screws. Nobody does 5 screws except Squier. Fender switched from 5 to 8 screws around 1958-9 so some of the customs (which came out in 59) were 5 and some were 8. If your gonna go black go with 3 ply because all black guard gets lost in the black of the body and the white middle breaks it up a bit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ac30guy Posted September 2, 2010 Members Share Posted September 2, 2010 white pearloid Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Angry Tele Posted September 2, 2010 Members Share Posted September 2, 2010 I'd have to go with black, that's what I did to mine. where did you get that guard? Thats a 5 hole 3ply? Thats on a Squier right? this looks awesome, I want. I tried putting my bakelite guard on from my 52RI but it didnt look right Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members danswon Posted September 2, 2010 Members Share Posted September 2, 2010 on that burst i would go single-ply black Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members tiltsta Posted September 2, 2010 Members Share Posted September 2, 2010 I'd go with black. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Slave2TheAudio Posted September 3, 2010 Members Share Posted September 3, 2010 I would do mint BUT I love how the black looks as well! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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