Pic of a 4001 or 4003 with a gold pickguard...wanted

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SloRider wrote:I thought it might be a bit off but no, the gold pickguards indeed look great? Where can we find them?
I recommend Pickguardian:

http://www.pickguardian.com/pickguardia ... asses.html
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bartyclue wrote:I had this made for a project I am working on. Its aluminum and then I had it annodized.. the guy doing my bass is also building a 700 sq ft deck.. so the project has slowed but its getting closer..
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Holy ****.. I just noticed that the company who made this forgot the fourth volume/tone hole... :shock:
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bartyclue wrote:
bartyclue wrote:I had this made for a project I am working on. Its aluminum and then I had it annodized.. the guy doing my bass is also building a 700 sq ft deck.. so the project has slowed but its getting closer..
ATT90071.jpg

Holy ****.. I just noticed that the company who made this forgot the fourth volume/tone hole... :shock:
I noticed that, but figured you were going for a VVT layout. I did that along with a cap bypass switch, years ago on my former July '73 4001, I still have it if anyone is interested. :wink:
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jps wrote:
bartyclue wrote:
bartyclue wrote:I had this made for a project I am working on. Its aluminum and then I had it annodized.. the guy doing my bass is also building a 700 sq ft deck.. so the project has slowed but its getting closer..
ATT90071.jpg

Holy ****.. I just noticed that the company who made this forgot the fourth volume/tone hole... :shock:
I noticed that, but figured you were going for a VVT layout. I did that along with a cap bypass switch, years ago on my former July '73 4001, I still have it if anyone is interested. :wink:
No that wasn't what I was going for at all. I flat out missed this... :oops: Funny thing is I had them make two custom guards.. this one and a clear acryllic one that I am also going to paint gold and then see which looks better.
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Re: Pic of a 4001 or 4003 with a gold pickguard...wanted

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Well, drilling extra holes shouldn't present any problems, now, if there were too many............ :mrgreen:
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