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'72 Warmoth P Bass Build

#25
Pickguard arrived today, so here is a layout of almost all of the parts....

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Doner Designs said:
The pickguard is from Artisan Guitar Creations. Roger Wendover did not have any walnut in stock that was large enough, so he let me pick out the piece from his supplier. That was cool - made it more personal/custom.View attachment 501118
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Now you are talking Doner!

I have been a wood advocate for years and years and can never figure out why anyone would cover up beautiful wood with paint and cheap plastic. This, my friend, is a classy and elegant solution. This is such a delicate balance. You don't want it to be too much figure against too much figure, and if you go with a fairly straight forward wood for the pick guard, it can still be - why you covering up that beautiful body with a plain wooden pick guard?

Nice job, it's not an easy thing to get the elements to breathe together and be as one - but you have succeeded here, iMHO. I don't know about anyone else, but I am checking out the link to this Artisan web site for my next pick guard.
 
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BassHappy said:
Now you are talking Doner!

I have been a wood advocate for years and years and can never figure out why anyone would cover up beautiful wood with paint and cheap plastic. This, my friend, is a classy and elegant solution. This is such a delicate balance. You don't want it to be too much figure against too much figure, and if you go with a fairly straight forward wood for the pick guard, it can still be - why you covering up that beautiful body with a plain wooden pick guard?

Nice job, it's not an easy thing to get the elements to breathe together and be as one - but you have succeeded here, iMHO. I don't know about anyone else, but I am checking out the link to this Artisan web site for my next pick guard.
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Thank you kindly sir. I'm surprised you don't see more makers of wood PG's and more in use. Some don't look quite right as you say. I think with the dark PG this one might have looked a little better with a maple neck and fingerboard (or a birdseye headstock) on the wenge, but I was trying to do something unique and really like that you don't have to finish wenge or ebony. It's hard to know what it will look like until all the parts show up but I'm pretty happy.

Hey is that weight/heft/weapon quote from Sting?
 
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Doner Designs said:
Thank you kindly sir. I'm surprised you don't see more makers of wood PG's and more in use. Some don't look quite right as you say. I think with the dark PG this one might have looked a little better with a maple neck and fingerboard (or a birdseye headstock) on the wenge, but I was trying to do something unique and really like that you don't have to finish wenge or ebony. It's hard to know what it will look like until all the parts show up but I'm pretty happy.

Hey is that weight/heft/weapon quote from Sting?
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Hey Doner

Yep, from Sting. Been on here many years and no one has ever noticed it before or at least never asked about it!

Here is my mapleglo Rick. First thing I did was remove that god awful cheap-ass plastic pick guard and replace it with a mahogany one.

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BassHappy said:
Hey Doner

Yep, from Sting. Been on here many years and no one has ever noticed it before or at least never asked about it!

Here is my mapleglo Rick. First thing I did was remove that god awful cheap-ass plastic pick guard and replace it with a mahogany one.

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Cool picture. It's a little hard to see the PG, but the mahogany on mapleglo sounds like a great combo - two understated grain patterns that would not clash and with some good contrast.

Not sure where/when, but I kinda remember reading a Sting interview where he said that.
 
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Doner Designs said:
Cool picture. It's a little hard to see the PG, but the mahogany on mapleglo sounds like a great combo - two understated grain patterns that would not clash and with some good contrast.

Not sure where/when, but I kinda remember reading a Sting interview where he said that.
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Sorry this is the only other photo I have of the bass and this one is black and white and hard to see the mahogany guard too:

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Actually I pulled the quote from Sting's book.
 
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Opinions wanted - I was thinking of having a name plate made for the headstock in birdseye maple to contrast with the dark neck, coordinate with the body and put our name on the headstock in a unique way.

I need to do a better mock up on the actual bass, but here's what I was thinking (using another bass for the photo because its strung and has the same string retainer I plan to use on the new one). Do you like the idea? Would you change the shape, angle or anything? It would mount with two or three tiny screws - similar to a truss rod cover in that respect.

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No reactions to prior post? Bad idea?

Here's an example of a headstock name plate from another. This one is a lot more stylish than my crude mock-up in the prior post. I may tinker with the shape and placement. A different string retainer would afford more flexibility in placement, but I really like the Hipshot triple - both the looks and functionality.

Besides the one below there is the giant Rickenbacker truss rod cover which really serves a dual purpose. Several guitar makers used them back in the olden days. Epiphone and Martin for example.

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