Celluloid 'Yellow Tortoise' PG Material

[VibratingElectrons]

I thought others might find this interesting. The celluloid 'Yellow Tortoise' that Warmoth carries is a unique looking material. When I first got my pickguard and trem cover, I was a little disappointed by how dull and matte they looked. The material is also more translucent than I expected, and the routing was visible through it. I had read that others had backed theirs with manila folders to make it more opaque, and a few people mentioned the idea of using copper foil.

Anyway, I had a bunch of copper foil around, so I tried that out and polished up the surface with some high-grit wet sanding and some Meguiar's Ultimate Compound. I'm pretty pleased with the results. Below you can see the copper-backed & polished pickguard next to the trem cover as it arrived:

 

[BroccoliRob]

Now That's What I Call A LifeHack vol 1

looks Gr8, m8

 

[DaddiO]

You did a beautiful job! I've seen a couple of these Warmoth Yellow Tortoise backed with copper foil and it really makes a huge difference. I'm in the process of replacing my Strat's pickguard. I got a "tortoise" pickguard from Axetreme Creations. It was a great approximation of actual Hawkbill tortoise shell, but it turned out to be contact paper on a white nylon pickguard. So, out with the old and in with the new.

I hope you don't mind, I used your image as part of my imgur post about tortoise shell pickguards. <

https://imgur.com/a/0nTHmd1

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I really think yours is the best looking one there. I wonder, did you ever polish the trem plate? Might be cool to have it polished on both sides and left so that you can see the springs through it. I think I might try that with my Strat.

 

[bagman67]

That's dead sexy, that. Thanks for sharing. Now I have some ideas...

 

[Rick]

Wow!

 

[JohnnyHardtail]

Its a big difference! Although the stock colour isn't bad IMO. Thanks for posting this.