Mint or parchment pickguard for ocean turquoise ?

[ThePearDream]

Voilà !

Perfect!

The parchment looks better with the binding IMO. Besides, by the time Fender was binding the necks, the minty celluloid guards had been phased out.

[mbene085]

Yeah, I'm not a fan of anachronistic combos (like mint with blocks or binding, or gold guards on target burst 3TS). The parchment suits the binding both in terms of coordinating and also for making sense as a reissue. It looks great!

That one with mint still looks amazing, and I never tire of mint on Fenders of the blue-green persuasion, but that parchment is just perfect.

[MazzyJaster]

You can't go wrong with parchment, it goes with anything, whereas mint is color specific.

[marqueemoon]

Just when my AO GAS was subsiding.

[jdiogon]

AO ?

[Steadyriot.]

AO ?

American Original.

[jdiogon]

AO ?

American Original.

It is a beautiful series of guitars indeed.

[MazzyJaster]

It's parchment for me.

[adamrobertt]

Ya, the first thing I did when I got my '65 Thin Skin in Firemist Silver was get rid of the ugly mint guard. I had a tort one on there for awhile, but I settled on parchment and I think it looks great.

[andy]

Great call with the parchment! And this is coming from a big mint fan.

[sunburster]

Yeah, for me bound necks need parchment guards (matches the binding, plus it's historically correct for a mid-late 60s JM). Otherwise I go with mint.