Standard Pickguard doesn't fit Warmoth P-Bass???

[Colonel_Claypoo]

damit, i bought a warmoth p-bass body with rear rout cavity and now i see that my standard pickguard doesn't fit it. i thought i could just use the three holes the same way they're used with top rout bodies (tone/vol/output jack).

any idea if there are pickguards that will fit those bodies or do you know anybody who makes them? i might have to ask warmoth about it as well.

thanks

[J.D.B.]

I haven't seen a Warmoth I'd want to cover up with a guard, myself(nice wood).
Try Tony Dudzik @ http://www.pickguardian.com/pickguardian/
I'm sure he can hook you up right. Maybe a clear one? Then you get the guard AND the wood.

Josh

[Colonel_Claypoo]

thanks, i have to ask warmoth for a template though because i don't want to send the body over from germany just for the purpose of measuring the new pickguard holes and pickguard shape...

that's why i thought that maybe somebody has got the same type of p-bass body like i do but with a fitting pickguard and can give me any information on where to have one made.

but thanks!

[wyliee]

If you've got a rear routed body, it might be best to have the controls holes omitted on the pickguard. Align the pickguard on the body and use the existing control holes on the body to mark where to drill on the pickguard. Then drill for the pots.

Also, you'll want to look at the length of your pot shafts. They'll need to be long enough to go through the body *and* the pickguard. You may need new pots.

[J.D.B.]

So, just the pot through-holes in the "P bass" guard don't align with the control rout(such that the guard's holes can't be used for the pots)? Or does nothing on the body line up with the guard(like pick-up, neck-pocket, etc.) requiring a completely different guard. If nothing is of Fender dimensions, you could do a template out of heavy manilla(like a file folder), complete with hole locations fairly easily. Then, any guard maker could create the actual piece. I did the drawing(a sort of pencil-wipe transfer) of the lower bout of my FenderBird and mailed it off to Tony(Pickguardian). I let him choose the hole locatons as I had none in the bare body and used the finished guard as the guide.

Josh

[koobie]

Josh, from what I can see, that T-Bird is a nice looking bass.