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Alternate Pickguard/Nameplate Material
Posted: Mon Mar 04, 2002 3:39 am
by mortivan
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
Posted: Mon Mar 04, 2002 5:21 am
by markthemd
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.
Posted: Mon Mar 04, 2002 6:41 am
by mortivan
Heh! Cool trick!
It sure looks great!
Thanks Mark.
-mort
Posted: Mon Mar 04, 2002 1:00 pm
by syncop8r
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?
Posted: Wed Mar 06, 2002 5:52 am
by markthemd
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 .
Posted: Wed Mar 06, 2002 4:30 pm
by syncop8r
I guess living 100m from the sea would accelerate that too.
Posted: Thu Mar 07, 2002 4:01 am
by mortivan
What if you clearcoat it?