Members RingoCalamity Posted August 31, 2010 Members Share Posted August 31, 2010 I`ve been thinking about my next Strat the last little while . It won`t be happening for a bit, seeing as how I`m flat broke and jobless, but this sort of window shopping keeps me entertained. Anyhoo, I really like the idea of a gold pickguard. Initially, Candy Apple Red seemed like the natural colour to combine it with, but some googling has turned up a variety of options that all look very, very nice to me. Let me know what your favorite is, or if you just hate the gold pickguards, post about that too. Pics: btw, I couldn`t figure out how to get them to pop up at full size, but most of these have a larger version attached if you click through. CAR Black Gold and...gold Desert Sand (probably close to blonde too) Sage Green 3TSB - I think this one here belongs to a forumite who`s selling it. Apologies for stealing the pic, beautiful guitar. Ice Blue Olympic White Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Electric Monk Posted August 31, 2010 Members Share Posted August 31, 2010 I'm surprised, the only color I don't think works at all is red & gold. I like black the most... might even put one on my Strat, assuming I could find a gold pg on the cheap.(C'mon Fender. $40 for a hunk of plastic? are you serious?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DaleH Posted August 31, 2010 Members Share Posted August 31, 2010 I'm surprised, the only color I don't think works at all is red & gold. I like black the most... might even put one on my Strat, assuming I could find a gold pg on the cheap.(C'mon Fender. $40 for a hunk of plastic? are you serious?) Thought they were anodized aluminum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members richey888 Posted August 31, 2010 Members Share Posted August 31, 2010 Black and Oly white are my faves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Muddslide Posted August 31, 2010 Members Share Posted August 31, 2010 The gold-on-gold is a bit gaudy for me, though I like gold strats in general (white pg) I do love a lot of metallic Fender finishes, but I have to say, the gold pg looks best to me on a creamy off-white body. They all look pretty sharp though! Oh, and thanks for the strat GAS. I've never found a strat I wanted to keep more than a few months, but lately they are calling to me again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members cratz2 Posted August 31, 2010 Members Share Posted August 31, 2010 I really dig the desert sand and gold. Oly white would be my second favorite. Here's my refinished lefty strat with a gold pickguard. Think it'd look better with cream plastics, but I only had white on hand at the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members wallywanker Posted August 31, 2010 Members Share Posted August 31, 2010 i picked up a 2005 american deluxe in the `montego black' with a gold pickguard - i though it was a bit much at first but it's really growing on me. like this only with three singles - http://www.kennellykeysmusic.com/fender-american-deluxe-stratocaster-hss-montego-black.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Flatspotter Posted September 1, 2010 Members Share Posted September 1, 2010 The gold pickguards always looked to me like someone forgot to remove the protective paper from it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members VeritasAequitas Posted September 1, 2010 Members Share Posted September 1, 2010 I say the blonder colored one gets my vote. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members HanSolo Posted September 1, 2010 Members Share Posted September 1, 2010 I am going to be putting this one together is a couple weeks after I finish a couple other projects. Pickguard is from a USA Deluxe and it is acrylic, not aluminum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Carbohydrates Posted September 1, 2010 Members Share Posted September 1, 2010 I dig it on red, desert sand, 3TSB, and white. I'm surprised at how much I love it against the blue! Here's one I used to have, white blonde: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members caveman Posted September 1, 2010 Members Share Posted September 1, 2010 I am going to be putting this one together is a couple weeks after I finish a couple other projects. Pickguard is from a USA Deluxe and it is acrylic, not aluminum. I was going to post a negative comment about gold PGs on any color but have been enlightened. Very nice indeed! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members HanSolo Posted September 1, 2010 Members Share Posted September 1, 2010 I was going to post a negative comment about gold PGs on any color but have been enlightened. Very nice indeed! Thanks! I bought that one a while back for an olympic white strat that wound up with a mint guard. After I tried black, tortoise and parchment on this body I pulled the gold one out and really liked it too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members fuzztone Posted September 1, 2010 Members Share Posted September 1, 2010 Oly White Or Desert Sand look nice with Gold. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members scolfax Posted September 1, 2010 Members Share Posted September 1, 2010 I'm surprised, the only color I don't think works at all is red & gold. I like black the most. That's funny, I think the red one looks awesome! On the web anyway, I wonder if it would hold up in person. The one that looks the worst to me is the olympic white, which sucks because I have a white strat and have been considering a gold guard for it. Edit: I take that back - looks like it depends on the pic. The pic right above ^^^ looks good! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members brianeharmonjr Posted September 1, 2010 Members Share Posted September 1, 2010 My favorite is on a Mary Kaye blonde, but I also really dig the Sage Green and CAR. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Furtive Posted September 1, 2010 Members Share Posted September 1, 2010 I like em: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members RingoCalamity Posted September 1, 2010 Author Members Share Posted September 1, 2010 I like em: Nice! I`m liking the Tele, I`d never even seen one with a gold guard before. The Desert Sand finishes are really nice. This is the curse of options, every time I think I`ve settled on one, another catches my eye and I wonder how I could not pick it. This is a process that`ll probably happen about 50 times between now and when I actually get my next guitar...which will probably end up being an SG or something, the way I flip flop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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