Re: Warmoth pickguard's.

RumorsOFsurF · Post by **RumorsOFsurF** » Sun Sep 16, 2007 2:44 am

DB wrote: Hmmm...pretty good looking guard. It appears to have some depth to it, and in areas there's just the yellow, like on some of the vintage guards. I wonder who they get their material from?

Nice tele, by the way!

DB

Thanks, it's just an MIM Standard with Am. Std. neck PU, and TX special bridge...

FireAarro wrote: Warmoth tort looks about the same as the AVRI stuff to me.

It's darker than my AVRI, and it doesn't have as much "figuring."

fenderjapan · Post by **fenderjapan** » Sun Sep 16, 2007 12:08 pm

It looks much better than my CIJ tort

But is it really that hard to make a "vintage" looking tort.
For exemple. Take a look at these Celluloid tort picks.
Look much better than repro guards, even the knife got vinage lookin tort

I think they should make tort pickguards with the same material as they make picks

DB · Post by DB » Sun Sep 16, 2007 7:15 pm

I don't know why, but it just struck me as a bit odd that many of us (me included!) lust after vintage tort with just the right amount of texture/figuring/swirl, and we'll all just barf at a body or neck with figured woods (quilt or flame maple).

Just an observation.

Back on topic, really, just how hard would it be to make a vintage correct tort?

DB