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05-23-2009, 01:11 PM
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hi, i painted my pickguard 1 month ago and it looked like this 
its black but its a bit sticky and there are sooo much scratches in it from sanding , how can you make it unsticky and look like new? 
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05-23-2009, 02:30 PM
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05-23-2009, 02:52 PM
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Originally Posted by Pilgrim  Order a replacement. If you have to order a custom pickguard, bad luck - but a lesson learned. | how u mean ordering a custom pickguard? is the back of a righty pickguard plain black? will it fit my lefty bass?
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05-23-2009, 02:59 PM
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05-23-2009, 03:05 PM
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Originally Posted by Stickk Redburst... Sexy. Put a neck with a maple fretboard on it and you've got yourself a bass made of win. | i will, if u get one for me and then i can think about the shipping price 
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05-23-2009, 03:12 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2008 Location: Mission Viejo, CA | | | just flipping over a righty pickguard won't work- the edges of most pickguards are beveled. the pickguard goes down at an angle (like : /) to meet the edge of the bass. flipping it over will also reverse the bevel, so the edge will be sticking out. (like: \)
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05-23-2009, 03:15 PM
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Originally Posted by WyrdoBass just flipping over a righty pickguard won't work- the edges of most pickguards are beveled. the pickguard goes down at an angle (like : /) to meet the edge of the bass. flipping it over will also reverse the bevel, so the edge will be sticking out. (like: \) | is that : / a REALLLY big problem?
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05-23-2009, 03:17 PM
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Endorsing Artist: Gravity Picks | | Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Ohio/West Virginia | | Wyrdo, good try. 
A lefty guard wont work, as Wyrdo stated, because the edge of the pickguard is angled, or beveled. If you were to flip a righty PG over, there would be a gap between the body and the edge of the pickguard.
Can you give us a manufacturer? That would make it easier.
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05-23-2009, 03:18 PM
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If you used Enamel it takes 30 days to completely harden and that depending on Temp and humidity is a guess. You cannot achieve the shine and luster of newly formed plastic with paint that you have access to. Two part Epoxy could but by the time you find someone to spray it and pay for it you might as well buy a replacementpickguard. PAINT, especially when it is going to be seen by others, and its' going to represent YOU. Is best left to a Pro with the know- how and equipment to perform the job. Finding someone who does know how is priceless! Many talk the talk; but few can Walk the walk. Good Luck, LightningDolt[ |
05-23-2009, 03:21 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2007 Location: Nashville | | | At least you took the pickguard off before you painted it. I've picked up a few budget basses before where people haven't been that bright.
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05-23-2009, 03:27 PM
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05-23-2009, 03:28 PM
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Originally Posted by josbroek its a squier special lefty | Got it. a Standard Fender left hand pickguard should fit, IIRC.
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05-23-2009, 03:32 PM
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Originally Posted by Jordasch Got it. a Standard Fender left hand pickguard should fit, IIRC. | waaaaaaaay to expensive : /
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05-23-2009, 06:49 PM
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Originally Posted by josbroek waaaaaaaay to expensive : / | Price a custom one, then you may re-consider.
Painting a PG is almost always a very bad idea...and as you have learned, it's pretty much a one-way door. You can't go back through it with decent results.
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05-23-2009, 09:25 PM
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Originally Posted by josbroek waaaaaaaay to expensive : / | The way this looks (to an admittedly cranky repairman), is that you effed
up your project, and don't want to pay the price to make it right. Am I too far off, here?
Whatever the cost of a replacement pickguard, is how much a lesson learned, is worth.
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05-23-2009, 09:39 PM
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Originally Posted by JLS The way this looks... is that you effed
up your project, and don't want to pay the price to make it right. | That's what it looks like to me, too. |
05-23-2009, 10:22 PM
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At any rate, its likely you'll have to keep re-painting every so often as it will get chipped and smudge fairly easy... especially if you are a pick player.
Another idea is to take it off and completely cover it with some cool stickers.
In the end its probably best and cheapest (in the long run) to just buy a replacement pickguard. They are not *that* expensive.
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05-24-2009, 04:45 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: belgium | | it doesnt look that bad really, its just with the flash of the camera, heres a better pic. and btw, im not a pick player, u can see the paint has come off were my thumb rests, this playing with a guitards pick just 5 seconds 
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