Suggestion: Italian Celluloid Tortoise Shell

Kostas

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Always liked tortoise shell pickguards, this is my favorite pickguard and I would love if Warmoth was adding it to the standard line of pickguards. If you look closely the details, you 'll notice that's different than Fender's or Warmoth's Tortoise.

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jackthehack

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Got a link to where those are available, looks perfect for a black korina strat I'm almost finished with...
 

Kostas

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jackthehack said:
Got a link to where those are available, looks perfect for a black korina strat I'm almost finished with...
I don't think you will like the price, everything in this site is very expensive!
http://www.detempleguitars.com/home2.htm
 

CD

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I'm not a fan of pickguards, but those looks killer on strats and teles.
 

jackthehack

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Well, Kostas, at around $300 from that detempleguitars.com site, my first thought was that I should go to the beach and start murdering turtles, but I found this site:

http://www.lmii.com/CartTwo/thirdproducts.asp?NameProdHeader=Tor-Tis%99+Pickguards

Check out the "Tor-tis" shell there, ordered one of those Firestripe sheets, that's big enough to make a modded Strat pickguard if you leave off part of the lower horn, but that's cool because I have a nice grain line in my Korina project I didn't want to cover up anyway!

 

Kostas

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jackthehack said:
http://www.lmii.com/CartTwo/thirdproducts.asp?NameProdHeader=Tor-Tis%99+Pickguards

Check out the "Tor-tis" shell there, ordered one of those Firestripe sheets, that's big enough to make a modded Strat pickguard if you leave off part of the lower horn, but that's cool because I have a nice grain line in my Korina project I didn't want to cover up anyway!
They are small to cover the strat body but I'd like to see your project. I'm always open to new suggestions.
 

jackthehack

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Au contraire; my dear Kostas - think outside the box; no one was there to call to see about larger sheets, so I ordered one of the 7.5"x12" sheets,
while you cannot fit a STANDARD Strat pickguard into that form factor, you CAN make one of your own design, see the pic below, not final shape (may wind up doing more of a straight line down the side of the pickguard opposite the controls side, but fits on a piece of cardboard the same size as the sheet I ordered:

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It will cover all routed control cavities, but it won't cover up the grain line in the Korina body below:

pgwood.jpg
 
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