Restoring an original Jazzmaster gold pickguard?

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Re: Restoring an original Jazzmaster gold pickguard?

Post by noisepunk » Fri Jan 20, 2017 10:51 pm

The filing is a bummer, but otherwise you have a pickguard that would be kind of a pain to recreate, and it looks like whoever did it did a pretty decent job. It might be an impossible task, but I personally think it would be better to try and find someone who appreciates it for what it is and replace it with something that hasn't been altered so heavily.

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Re: Restoring an original Jazzmaster gold pickguard?

Post by will » Sun Jan 22, 2017 2:28 pm

...I ended up fixing it up in a bit of simpler way - sanding the chrome to take the shine down a bit, and then I gave it a bit of lacquer to make it look sorta like the correct color:

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Re: Restoring an original Jazzmaster gold pickguard?

Post by lazycircles » Wed Jan 25, 2017 10:42 am

looks pretty good to me. i'm glad someone made some progress on it as neither blake nor I figured out what to do with it while it was in my possession.

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Re: Restoring an original Jazzmaster gold pickguard?

Post by ryverb » Wed Jan 25, 2017 5:47 pm

Very cool! I remember when this was for sale on reverb, glad to see that this worked out. Late to the party here but I'm actively searching for an original 9-hole gold guard for a recently acquired (stripped) '58 Jazzmaster body that came with some original hardware (pat pending vibrato included). I'm sending the body off to Danocaster next week for a proper burst treatment. Very excited!

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