Pickguard/Scratchplate Quandary

Sassafras

JerkMoans said:

Sassafras said:

You want to highlight the f-hole with fluorescent lime green pin-striping.

Well dur.  Mixed with dayglo orange pickup covers and a puce headstock paint job.

Now you're talking!

PhilKing

I like the anodized on two tone sunbursts.  This is my 82 Fernandes Revival with one:

hollywoodrox

I think it would look ace with a white pearloid guard 

JerkMoans

PhilKing said:

I like the anodized on two tone sunbursts.  This is my 82 Fernandes Revival with one:

Now that is rather lovely.  More food for thought...

JerkMoans

hollywoodrox said:

I think it would look ace with a white pearloid guard 

Aaaargh!  Too much choice!  I used to covet such a guard for my old Strat but never got round to fitting one.

p90fool

JerkMoans said:

p90fool said:

Just get a good quality w/b/w with a nicely bevelled edge and call it done. 

Single ply white is fine for 50s authenticity, but that has an f-hole anyway. 

F holes are the New Way.  You heard it here first

Still not convinced about white.  Think I'll have a play on the Fender design your own app thing.

There's nothing at all wrong with the f-hole, I just meant it lets you off the hook of needing to follow tradition. 

JerkMoans

p90fool said:

There's nothing at all wrong with the f-hole, I just meant it lets you off the hook of needing to follow tradition. 

Whoo yeah!  Tiger stripes in neon pink it is!

TADodger

Tort on a G&L S500

https://i.imgur.com/nwXdMP1.jpg

Kittyfrisk

ICBM said:

Tortoise always looks wrong with 50s-style colour schemes, to me. So does black, other than on butterscotch Teles.

I would go for anodised, three-ply parchment or white pearl.

Don't use the little felt things, they prevent the strap buttons being screwed in properly tight. Tight is good when it's holding up an expensive guitar .

 Three-ply parchment is the correct answer   
It looks traditional (which isn't always a good idea) but very stylish.

JerkMoans

I know you've all been on tenterhooks.  

You can take the lad outta the '70's, but...

JerkMoans

...and before anyone says anything, I noticed a couple of the screws were too tight and released the tension slightly...

DB1

That looks very nice!

SteveF

Like the black, think it suits that guitar more than tort would. 

Kittyfrisk

JerkMoans said:

...and before anyone says anything, I noticed a couple of the screws were too tight and released the tension slightly...

I find a good rum helps.

JerkMoans

Kittyfrisk said:

JerkMoans said:

...and before anyone says anything, I noticed a couple of the screws were too tight and released the tension slightly...

I find a good rum helps.

We're down to the weird green liqueur someone brought us back from holiday in Cyprus about 12 years ago

JerkMoans

DB1 said:

That looks very nice!

Thank you.

SteveF said:

Like the black, think it suits that guitar more than tort would. 

I'm inclined to agree.  Pretty pleased with how it turned out. The most minor of modifications, but pleases me aesthetically

Fishboy7

Good choice. Definitely nicer than tortoise. 

Kittyfrisk

Yep, drank some 'Hierbas' which was a gift from a neighbours Spanish holiday a couple of decades ago.
A low rent Benedictine/Pernod creation, more palatable with a coupçon of meths...

PS I still think that a 'parchment'  scratchplate would have looked very sweet too.

Fishboy7

I found some arak spirit from my holiday in sri lanka about 15 years ago. Made from coconut and tastes like paint stripper 

clarkefan

Too SRV! Put the white back on