Custom Pickguards

[Tim]

They finally arrived!!!

Custom pickguards for my CA100. (thanks for those dimensions Hans as I did not have the guitar yet)

Im going to have a floating pickup installed and did not want to drill any holes into the original...so while i was looking for after market pickguards I got the idea to have them custom made instead. My brother had a guy overseas do some custom work on truss rod covers and I ended up using him for this.

The top one is modeled after the guild custom shop firebird....

 

[Default]

The top one, wow, that's got some really nice inlay. <drool>

 

[Darryl Hattenhauer]

Tim,

Those look great. Better than stock (imho). Especially yhe lettering.
Are those ebony? Is there some protective coating to prevent scratching.?

 

[Tim]

Tim,

Those look great. Better than stock (imho). Especially yhe lettering.
Are those ebony? Is there some protective coating to prevent scratching.?

Yes, they are ebony. I wanted them to be black so that they would match the color of the stock pickguards.

They are not clear coated yet.... But i think i will have the guy installing the floating pickup do that.

 

[Darryl Hattenhauer]

What will he coat them with?

 

[The Guilds of Grot]

Clear stuff!

 

[Tim]

What will he coat them with?

not sure....i guess he could do nitro or some type of poly. i will see what he recommends.