Monty Mods?

montezuma · Post by **montezuma** » Thu Jul 31, 2008 11:13 am

Hi everyone. Here is my current Rickenbacker pride and joy. As you can see I changed the tailpiece for a more vintage vibe. Now I'm considering adding gold pickguards and truss rod. What do you think? Am I nuts? Any advice would be appreciated.

paologregorio · Post by **paologregorio** » Thu Jul 31, 2008 11:39 am

If it floats your boat, go for it. It should look prett cool!

whojamfan · Post by **whojamfan** » Thu Jul 31, 2008 2:15 pm

I don't know if you're nuts or not, but I agree with what Paul said. It's your guitar, fix it up any way you want

admin · Post by **admin** » Thu Jul 31, 2008 2:38 pm

Gold guards and nameplate look very nice with the Montezuma Brown finish in my view.

It is a bit of a trade off, however, in that the white guards and nameplate accent the fretmarkers better.

jch · Post by **jch** » Thu Jul 31, 2008 4:52 pm

Nice geet

I've always liked the gold guards with Monty myself

montezuma · Post by **montezuma** » Thu Jul 31, 2008 6:01 pm

Good point Peter, hadn't thought of that. Does anyone have a photos of another monty (or fireglo) with gold guards? I'd probably get the oven knobs too...

scotty · Post by **scotty** » Thu Jul 31, 2008 6:04 pm

i have to say its just my opinion i like it just as it is.im not a gold fan but it your guitar and do with it what you will.

phlemmy · Post by **phlemmy** » Thu Jul 31, 2008 7:26 pm

black trc and pg!

sloop_john_b · Post by **sloop_john_b** » Thu Jul 31, 2008 8:28 pm

montezuma wrote:Good point Peter, hadn't thought of that. Does anyone have a photos of another monty (or fireglo) with gold guards? I'd probably get the oven knobs too...

Lots of Montys here, gold & all: http://www.rickresource.com/phpBB3/view ... &start=315

montezuma · Post by **montezuma** » Thu Jul 31, 2008 10:01 pm

Thanks for the link John! That settles it, I'm going for the gold!

Now where to find a gold TRC

whojamfan · Post by **whojamfan** » Thu Jul 31, 2008 10:30 pm

Pickguardian can paint yours to match.

ken_j · Post by **ken_j** » Fri Aug 01, 2008 2:22 pm

I'd go for the gold.

zrob · Post by **zrob** » Fri Aug 01, 2008 5:03 pm

whojamfan wrote:Pickguardian can paint yours to match.

Thought about going the gold route on my 1997 until I realized you can't just back-paint a TRC without it being one with raised lettering. In March, 08, I wrote Tony D. at Pickguardian about this and here is what he said:

"Unfortunately, we cannot make truss rod covers, even blank ones, due to copyright restrictions. If you had a raised-letter TRC, we could have painted it Gold and gone over the raised portion in Black for $15. Since yours is a vintage style, there's not much we can do."

Doug, I can't tell what type of lettering you have there but if it's back-painted (vintage), I'll be interested in how you get past this obstacle without paying through the nose.

montezuma · Post by **montezuma** » Fri Aug 01, 2008 6:46 pm

I have the modern raised lettering on my trc. I guess I'll have to decide if I want the vintage style or the modern trc. Of course finding either one won't be easy.

deaconblues · Post by **deaconblues** » Fri Aug 01, 2008 7:18 pm

montezuma wrote:Of course finding either one won't be easy.

http://www.rickresource.com/phpBB3/view ... =a#p459162

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