Recommended source for replacement vintage guards?
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Recommended source for replacement vintage guards?
I'm looking for another '66 Jag white guard. While they pop up more frequently on the Bay than the mint/celluloid ones, I haven't seen many of them. Any suggestions for an aftermarket guard that fits/lines up correctly for one? Who does the best/most accurate one? It's for a refinned guitar, so I'm not dead set on a real '66 (although that would be great). The AVRI guard (mint) is the wrong color for what I want-I want the W/B/W. Thanks!
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Re: Recommended source for replacement vintage guards?
I'm looking for the exact same thing for my Jazzmaster.
Anyone??
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Anyone??

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Re: Recommended source for replacement vintage guards?
I've had Jeannie Pickguards and Tony at Pickguardian make guards for me for standard instruments or from an original. Both do a good job. WD made a custom guard for me, and while not cheap, it came out very nice. On a side note, the tort material used by WD was the nicest. I'll try to post a pic comparison of vintage tort, Fender brown tort (current), Japan red tort, and WD tort.
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Re: Recommended source for replacement vintage guards?
I 'm most concerned about one that will line up correctly. I've had a couple aftermarket (Chandler, WD) that don't line up all the way (Chandler made guards for Hamer as I understood and on one of the Hamers I ordered a replacement for, the toggle switch hole was off by a 1/2 inch). I just ordered a sheet of W/B/W correct material-I might try to do my own using my original as a guide. I'm fairly handy with the necessary tools and it would be a LOT less expensive. An interesting experiment if nothing else!
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Re: Recommended source for replacement vintage guards?
If possible, you want to send the original guard or a tracing. 1/2 inch off sounds a bit extreme, but a lot of guitars are not built to spec (or muliple specs). Even a paper or cardboard tracing of what you want will help a lot.
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Re: Recommended source for replacement vintage guards?
..I have had vintage ones that don't line up all the wayserial wrote: I 'm most concerned about one that will line up correctly. I've had a couple aftermarket (Chandler, WD) that don't line up all the way (Chandler made guards for Hamer as I understood and on one of the Hamers I ordered a replacement for, the toggle switch hole was off by a 1/2 inch). I just ordered a sheet of W/B/W correct material-I might try to do my own using my original as a guide. I'm fairly handy with the necessary tools and it would be a LOT less expensive. An interesting experiment if nothing else!

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