Carbon Fiber Pickguard

[Flatpicker]

Anybody know where I could get one?
I want to mod my Highway 1 with a carbon fiber pickguard and some new pickups.

Thanks.

[Don]

I have no idea, but it would be pretty cool.

[frank thomson]

i never heard of a carbon fiber PG.

i wonder if it would also keep down static?

[Offshore Angler]

Hmmmm... How many people want them? I can knock them out pretty cheap.

[Tele-Bob]

That might look cool.

[Flatpicker]

If you can do it, and the price is good, I'm in.

email me at a_fury@hotmail.com

Thanks.

[chuckocaster]

i used a lunch tray one time, the black ones with the checks, like taco bell trays. looked pretty close, but not exactly. and it was free, well unless i got caught taking it. hehehe

[NeoFauve]

The mg's of excess weight shaved off, compared to plastic or bakelite, could result in increased power in my serve and greater control in my backhand.
;^D

So would it be a dark gray of some sort? Heck, just about anything goes with Oly White. Just wondering.

If you can determine how "pretty cheap" one with either no neck p'up rout, or a mini-HB rout would be, drop me an e-mail.

[Offshore Angler]

I was just going to have it be natural colored. The carbon fiber will be showing through a clear matrix, like the car hoods. looks like they'll cost about $5 to make, so I figure they should sell for about $20, right?

[Flatpicker]

Exactlly. I want to see the carbon through the clear.
I think, that on my Honey Blonde Tele it should look wild.

[NeoFauve]

Where can one see an example of this material?

[frank thomson]

PIX??

and c-o-c, thats a good idea w/ the lunch trays!

[chuckocaster]

thanks frank, being a poor college student, you have to think up cheap ways of going about things. i'll see if i have some pics if anyone is interested.

[frank thomson]

i was in BK tonite, and was thinking....hmmm....blue pickguard?

[frank thomson]

ALSO, I WANTED TO KNOW how they cut down on static??

it seems the bakelite do a great job on the teles, and the american strats do a greaT JOB TOO.

?????

[chuckocaster]

frank, i have never had any static problems with any of my guitars. so i really don't know, sorry i couldn't be of more help. if you went with the bk guard, you would have the logo on it which might be cool. another trick of mine is using wallpaper as guard material, i super glue it on. i did another guard for the same friend using that trick. it was on a black sg, and i used gold metallic wallpaper with raised a fury paisley type design, very cool!

[Offshore Angler]

I'm working with a friend and we're looking at two different processes to make them. We are also thinking about headstock overlays and a carbon fiber ashtray. Another thought is you send me your body, I plane it and bond an entire carbon fiber top on the guitar. I'll keep you upddated, but it's backburnered for now to make time for other stuff.

[frank thomson]

i swear i'm the only person w/ the static problem!....however, the bakelite seems to work amazingly well!....as do the USA strat PGs!

what's up wit dat?

and OA, that ashtray idea is phat

C-O-C, so is that wallpaper idea....especially the Italian 3D paper

:hee

[chuckocaster]

frank, thank you very much. i thought it was quite clever. a bit hard to do, but the end results were killer. and no you aren't the only person with static problems. i can tell you first hand that the bass player for duncan sheik has a really bad static problem, trust me i witnessed first hand. right before i threatened duncan, but that is another story for another time.