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Pickguard color for a black strat.

Posted: Tue Jul 17, 2012 3:13 am
by mkt3000
I sold my mofongocaster (my 1HB partscaster) a few months back, as well as three other strats that were stinking up my collection.. and goddammit, I bought one again.

I bought me a nice and cheap black Squier Delonge Strat (seriously, this is my third signature guitar from a player I can't stand), since a 1 hb hardtail strat is kinda something I've wanted for a while, and is close to what I had with the mofongocaster. But unlike the pretty stained ash body that the mofongocaster had, this strat is black. Black on black with a black pickup.

I could just leave well enough alone dress it up with a white knob. Or I can get colors!!

Let's leave it to a vote.

This is the guitar:

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And here are the pickguard colors.

Green pearl... different enough
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BWB... this and a white knob, and I got me a classy strat
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Mirror. Now my cokehead friends can do lines off of my guitar!
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White pearl. Boring, but classic.
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Posted: Tue Jul 17, 2012 3:17 am
by gaybear
green pearl. End's guitar looked great with that combo (wasn't a strat, though)

Posted: Tue Jul 17, 2012 3:41 am
by mixtape
I second green pearl.

Posted: Tue Jul 17, 2012 3:47 am
by Ankhanu
Aye, green pearl. BWB would work too, but works better with a 2 or 3 pickup config than a single.

Posted: Tue Jul 17, 2012 4:23 am
by Billy3000
everything needs green pearl.

Posted: Tue Jul 17, 2012 4:25 am
by AaronGuitarDude
black pickguard for gilmourish feel... but that green is even more delicious and sexy.

Posted: Tue Jul 17, 2012 4:44 am
by Bacchus
Gold anodised.

Posted: Tue Jul 17, 2012 4:57 am
by DasBeef
Green!

Posted: Tue Jul 17, 2012 5:26 am
by SKC Willie
BacchusPaul wrote:Gold anodised.

Posted: Tue Jul 17, 2012 10:17 am
by George
Gold anodised feels like shit.

BWB, white pearl, tort or mint are all good choices. That green pearl should be illegal.

Posted: Tue Jul 17, 2012 10:25 am
by NickS
My votes: B/W/B, pearl or green pearl (!)

Posted: Tue Jul 17, 2012 10:35 am
by jagsonic
Black! Black! Black!!!

Posted: Tue Jul 17, 2012 10:38 am
by lorez
BWB for me

Posted: Tue Jul 17, 2012 11:10 am
by brainfur
mint on everything

Posted: Tue Jul 17, 2012 11:45 am
by ekwatts
jagsonic wrote:Black! Black! Black!!!
"EYES LIKE PIES! ... I don't want to die..!"

Posted: Tue Jul 17, 2012 11:54 am
by Nick
I notice the hole on the existing pickguard puts the volume control further from the strings than the aftermarket pickguards you posted. That would be top consideration for me (or if I had to buy one of those pickguards, I would replace the volume pot with a low-profile on/off round rocker switch like this:

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Posted: Tue Jul 17, 2012 12:33 pm
by Apricat
Mint!

Posted: Tue Jul 17, 2012 1:32 pm
by mkt3000
Nick wrote:I notice the hole on the existing pickguard puts the volume control further from the strings than the aftermarket pickguards you posted. That would be top consideration for me (or if I had to buy one of those pickguards, I would replace the volume pot with a low-profile on/off round rocker switch like this:

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Actually, these are through dragonfire's ebay site, and they give you the option of where the holy will be placed.

Posted: Tue Jul 17, 2012 1:37 pm
by 71Smallbox
mint

Posted: Tue Jul 17, 2012 1:38 pm
by brainfur
mint