Who makes the nicest tortoise pickguards?
I have an 08 american deluxe strat.
Who makes the nicest tortoise pickguards?
I have an 08 american deluxe strat.
P e a c e KYC
Strat or Tele out of a 5E3 .
The only thing I can offer here, is avoid Allparts. I bought two pickguards from them and they were off. Hole alignment was bad and size was not correct.
Warmoth tortoise (and their solid white pearl) is advertised as real celluloid, and I think they look swell.
I forget if it came from Warmoth or WD, but I like mine.
The light in this shot makes it look quite red, it's much more brown.
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I like my genuine '57 fender guard - but they can be hit or miss.
I know phantomman has some string opinions on this one
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Indeed, Fender's tortoise shell pickguards can be hit or miss -- I bought several until I finally found one acceptable to my eye. And as Fedora mentioned, the Allparts TS's are atrocious. The color is nice but the holes do not jive with existing Fender templates. As well, they are only 3-ply -- real Strat TS guards are 4-ply. I think Robert "71818" indicated that Chandler used to offer some authentic nitro guards in TS years ago but they're long OOP now.
Best of luck, HTH
"When injustice becomes law then rebellion becomes duty."
I had a Fender CS tortoise once that was real nice.
Im just trying to avoid the disapointment when I inspected a tortoise pick guard on a mid level Martin at the local shop. I could see the halftone dot screen from it being printed on the back ! I was like, wow and you glued that on? They destroyed that guitar with something that cost maybe $1. I will never look a Martins the same way.
I want the color IN the plastic not printed on.
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Strat or Tele out of a 5E3 .
I had a halftone one came on a P-Bass once - very cheesy.
Here's a shot of mine I got from WD Enterprises in Fla... [hard to believe I ordered this from them 20+ years past now!]. It lined up nicely and hasn't warped a bit [since it's vinyl, not celluloid].
However, I believe you can get decent shell guards for cheap from Asia thru eBay now. [see this green one]
I always liked the look of the DeTemple sing-ply celluloid guards, but I'm not sure if you can order one by itself:
http://www.detempleguitars.com/temp/intro_1.php#
The torty PG that came on my MIM Fender Tele looks great to me. If Fender's stuff is hit or miss, I must have lucked out on this one.
Paul
You can also send your original to: http://www.pickguardian.com/pickguardian/
He will cut a exact copy of your original in whatever type of material you want.
I had him cut a Tortise/Mint/Tortise for my 1974 Tele Deluxe. It came out awesome.
Last edited by Raven; 02-14-2010 at 03:56 PM.
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dave~
hmmm....those pickguardian tortie's are 4-ply and look alright
has anyone here got one?
Guys - cfound these in a hunt for tortie guard for my 63' (with 64'-style pickguard):
http://www.montreuxguitars.com/produ...retrovibe.html
Only 62' and 70's styles though.
btw - what the differnece b/w a 70's tortie guard and say a 64' tortie guard?? number of ply, shape, color???
Screw mounting hole placement and countersinking on the pups and switch.
The '62 is countersunk the '70s aren't.
The currency converter says $140 before shipping.
A bit pricey, but better than ebay seller Portland Music, who is selling them for $175.
Contact forum member TWANG @ the MLP Forum! He will make whatever you need. He made me a tortise guard for my LP JR.
Reasonable price & shipping. Great guy, great service!
BTW he also does amp mods.
Like your Turtle PG Raven.
What's with the two mics on your amp ??
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Just toying around recording. Trying different mike placements and stuff of that nature.Originally Posted by Frat Rettle
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and heroes, they come
and they go
and leave us behind as if
we're s'pposed to know why" ~ joe walsh
dave~
Had this one for awhile---here it is on what's left of a '62.I don't remember the maker,could be Warmoth.
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i like fender's tort...
Fender Issue.
I went into the SF Guitar Center and chose the best Fender tortoise pickguard out of five. Some were not very nice.
Looks good with Daphne Blue (better than the plain white that was on it - or at least for me; now it has that 1964 vibe):
I prefer my tortoise on white:
I was thinking about a Tort p'guard for my Surf Green NOS 60. Any thoughts? I'm gettin a little bored with the white one!
What a laugh....just this month I swapped my '87 Strat+ guard back to the original white.
...must be the 'grass is greener' syndrome.
We could save trouble and swap guitars every few years.
Here's mine I'm pretty sure it's a very old Allparts.
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I played a CS Strat with a Tortoise PG that was 1-ply. Anyone know where to get one like that?
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