Alternate Pickguard/Nameplate Material

mortivan · Post by **mortivan** » Mon Mar 04, 2002 3:39 am

I know it's easy for a talented tech. to custom make a new pickguard out of, say, tortoise shell pickguard stock, but does anyone have any information on where this nameplate came from? (Pictured: Dave Meros, Spock's Beard)

-mort

markthemd · Post by **markthemd** » Mon Mar 04, 2002 5:21 am

If you take a black plexi nameplate , and very carefully scape away the black to leave the lettering, then take a piece of acoustic guitar T-Shell guard stock , and cut that to follow the nameplate shape , drill the three holes for mounting......that gives you the T-Shell nameplate.
Just lay the T-Shell behind the nameplate before you screw it down.

mortivan · Post by **mortivan** » Mon Mar 04, 2002 6:41 am

Heh! Cool trick!

It sure looks great!

Thanks Mark.

-mort

syncop8r · Post by **syncop8r** » Mon Mar 04, 2002 1:00 pm

I wanted to make a brass pickguard, but making a brass nameplate to match that still says "Rickenbacker" etc was far too daunting and possibly breaching copyright?

markthemd · Post by **markthemd** » Wed Mar 06, 2002 5:52 am

Yeah , but if you have a trophy maker that would have a go at it ....keep your original in a box somewhere and save it for later .

Making a brass guard looks fine .....until it starts to green / tarnish .

syncop8r · Post by **syncop8r** » Wed Mar 06, 2002 4:30 pm

I guess living 100m from the sea would accelerate that too.

mortivan · Post by **mortivan** » Thu Mar 07, 2002 4:01 am

What if you clearcoat it?