lake placid blue strat pickguard dilemma (pic heavy)

[HarlowTheFish]

alright. thanks for the feedback for reaffirming some of my suspicions. I think I will keep the white one on.

I'm a little tempted to get a pearl pickguard, but i think i'll hold off LOL.

If you go for pearl, make sure you get the right one - the more greenish vintagey LPB looks really nice with an off-white aged pearl and the brighter blue looks better with a really bright white one.

[Larry Mal]

I would use the anodized one if it's really aluminum just for the shielding it would provide. That trumps everything else to me.

[Scout]

Yes, Trump would have a gold one.

[HarlowTheFish]

Yes, Trump would have a gold one.

yeah but it would be 24k gold and i'm not sure how good the shielding is on those

or, y'know, the guarding-against-a-pick part of a pickguard

[FrankRay]

Mint. Or parchment. But of those three definitely white.

[Sauerkraut]

I'd have voted gold if that particular pickguard had looked a little more subtle/less yellow, more like this. Between those three, the white guard wins. Black might look good too, though I think it looks best with maple necks.

[Pacafeliz]

Always white.
That tort looks like pig vomit.

[Gordon]

Sorry for reviving and oldish thread, but there's no point of making a a new one.

Why is it always a white/parchment, black, gold (fancy!) or tortoiseshell (but not just any TS, no no) with LPB? You get the occasional pearloid, but again in white-ish or black. I've googled it, it's like there's no other option. I understand some are vintage color combos, and the rest are classics, but why so little imagination? Does anyone have pictures a LPB guitar/bass with a green guard, a silver aluminum, a tiger stripes, a glittery red, a flat yellow, or any uncommon combo? I know we, guitar players, tend to be extra conservative, but I'd like some originality, and I think we're holding ourselves back...

(I know the same issue is relevant for virtually all finishes, but I'm especially trying to understand LPB at the moment because of... reasons. )

[GilmourD]

for the record I have used mint, but i'm feeling that option the least.

Was that mint a proper mint or one of those dayglow nuclear mints?

[fuzzjunkie]

Sorry for reviving and oldish thread, but there's no point of making a a new one.

Why is it always a white/parchment, black, gold (fancy!) or tortoiseshell (but not just any TS, no no) with LPB? You get the occasional pearloid, but again in white-ish or black. I've googled it, it's like there's no other option. I understand some are vintage color combos, and the rest are classics, but why so little imagination? Does anyone have pictures a LPB guitar/bass with a green guard, a silver aluminum, a tiger stripes, a glittery red, a flat yellow, or any uncommon combo? I know we, guitar players, tend to be extra conservative, but I'd like some originality, and I think we're holding ourselves back...

(I know the same issue is relevant for virtually all finishes, but I'm especially trying to understand LPB at the moment because of... reasons. )

This doesn’t look half bad:

[JVG]

Why is it always a white/parchment, black, gold (fancy!) or tortoiseshell (but not just any TS, no no) with LPB? You get the occasional pearloid, but again in white-ish or black. I've googled it, it's like there's no other option. I understand some are vintage color combos, and the rest are classics, but why so little imagination? Does anyone have pictures a LPB guitar/bass with a green guard, a silver aluminum, a tiger stripes, a glittery red, a flat yellow, or any uncommon combo? I know we, guitar players, tend to be extra conservative, but I'd like some originality, and I think we're holding ourselves back...

You are clearly one of the adventurous minority!

I’m possibly quite boring, and love parchment guards on almost everything. Not necessarily to recreate a vintage aesthetic, but because I like the plain simplicity of it.

I’m thinking of starting a ‘Needs parch’ club

[Gordon]

This doesn’t look half bad:

https://www.vintageandrare.com/uploads/ ... 1713959473

Nice!

I’m possibly quite boring

It's not being boring! I do understand that some color combos work better than others, and they're popular for that reason: we know it works, and don't need/want to change something that works (not counting devoting time to find something else, source parts, etc). But it's a snake biting its own tail: without exemples of unusual combos, we feel reassured sticking to very common designs.

[Gordon]

Some silver aluminum guard (the Bass VI is Ice Blue Metallic IIRC, it belongs to a fellow forum OSG member):





Usually pictured with red tortoise, a faded or more orange-y one also works (last one looks like IBM as well):





This one (which looks like Ocean Turquoise Metallic more than LPB) is 1-ply red tortoise, but with a silver backing rather than white or cream:



And then there are that too, to keep on the red theme:



Or can I interest you in some hot pink perloid (also OTM, though, I think)?