Parchment, White or Cream pickup covers to go with Tortoise guard?

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Parchment, White or Cream pickup covers to go with Tortoise guard?

Post by dbishopbliss » Wed Oct 27, 2021 6:25 am

I'm planning a build and I'm not sure what color to order.

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Re: Parchment, White or Cream pickup covers to go with Tortoise guard?

Post by Embenny » Wed Oct 27, 2021 6:43 am

Which colour paint? I like Fender's aged white/cream on sunburst or dark vintage colours. I like parchment on OLY white because it matches better. All a matter of taste.
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Re: Parchment, White or Cream pickup covers to go with Tortoise guard?

Post by dbishopbliss » Wed Oct 27, 2021 7:16 am

I'm planning on Oly White.

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Re: Parchment, White or Cream pickup covers to go with Tortoise guard?

Post by HNB » Wed Oct 27, 2021 8:17 am

I would go parchment. A lot of new cream is too cream for me, especially against OLY. White is ok and is pretty close to OLY, but looks kind of cheap to me on most guitars. Makes me think of the plastic you see on $40 guitars in a pawn shop. Parchment has a slight off white quality that I feel makes the plastic parts look a little aged, but not crazy smoker dunked in coffee aged.

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Re: Parchment, White or Cream pickup covers to go with Tortoise guard?

Post by Embenny » Wed Oct 27, 2021 8:40 am

Agreed, parchment is the way to go. It's the closest to the paint. I agree 100% that bright white looks cheap, and cream is way too yellow looking on a new OLY guitar.
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Re: Parchment, White or Cream pickup covers to go with Tortoise guard?

Post by dbishopbliss » Wed Oct 27, 2021 10:26 am

Thanks for the input. I was thinking Parchment was the way to go but I don't have any covers in front of me to compare and its hard to tell on the internet because everyone's monitor is different and I haven't found an example where people show the different colors next to a guard.

Of course, the next question is which tortoise to get... I'm thinking more red as opposed to the darker brown color.

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Re: Parchment, White or Cream pickup covers to go with Tortoise guard?

Post by parry » Wed Oct 27, 2021 10:39 am

Fortunately, there are really only two choices for good tort - Lava guards or Spitfire :)
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Post by HNB » Wed Oct 27, 2021 10:40 am

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Re: Parchment, White or Cream pickup covers to go with Tortoise guard?

Post by dbishopbliss » Wed Oct 27, 2021 11:06 am

parry wrote:
Wed Oct 27, 2021 10:39 am
Fortunately, there are really only two choices for good tort - Lava guards or Spitfire :)
Is Lavaguards still around? Their website is empty and their facebook page is gone.

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Re: Parchment, White or Cream pickup covers to go with Tortoise guard?

Post by parry » Wed Oct 27, 2021 11:43 am

dbishopbliss wrote:
Wed Oct 27, 2021 11:06 am
parry wrote:
Wed Oct 27, 2021 10:39 am
Fortunately, there are really only two choices for good tort - Lava guards or Spitfire :)
Is Lavaguards still around? Their website is empty and their facebook page is gone.
Oh, boy...
I sure hope not. :unsure:
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Re: Parchment, White or Cream pickup covers to go with Tortoise guard?

Post by AcrylicSuperman » Wed Oct 27, 2021 12:55 pm

Olympic white and what color tort? Red or brown?

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Re: Parchment, White or Cream pickup covers to go with Tortoise guard?

Post by parry » Wed Oct 27, 2021 3:24 pm

AcrylicSuperman wrote:
Wed Oct 27, 2021 12:55 pm
Olympic white and what color tort? Red or brown?
dbishopbliss wrote:
Wed Oct 27, 2021 10:26 am
...I'm thinking more red as opposed to the darker brown color.
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Re: Parchment, White or Cream pickup covers to go with Tortoise guard?

Post by AcrylicSuperman » Thu Oct 28, 2021 12:12 am

parry wrote:
Wed Oct 27, 2021 3:24 pm
AcrylicSuperman wrote:
Wed Oct 27, 2021 12:55 pm
Olympic white and what color tort? Red or brown?
dbishopbliss wrote:
Wed Oct 27, 2021 10:26 am
...I'm thinking more red as opposed to the darker brown color.
I'd personally go with white.

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Re: Parchment, White or Cream pickup covers to go with Tortoise guard?

Post by smjenkins » Sat Oct 30, 2021 8:14 pm

Speaking of parchment pickup covers, is there a good source for parchment JM covers? I haven't found an obvious place to go. Most places seem to only have white, aged white and cream.

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Re: Parchment, White or Cream pickup covers to go with Tortoise guard?

Post by HNB » Sun Oct 31, 2021 7:29 am

I get parchment Fender covers on ebay often. That way they match the parchment knobs more closely (if you make sure they are Fender knobs and not generic to the plastics are likely the same.)
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