Best looking pickguard for black and maple?

[twistd]

White, black, black tort or other?

 

[HeavyDuty]

IMO black, and that's what mine wears.

 

[Mostresticator]

Can't go wrong with black on black.

 

[walterw]

all-black+maple is indeed cool. i always think of it as the look from when punk was just starting to become new wave, just before MTV became a thing.




if i were a maple board guy (i'm not) it would be totally black + maple for me. as it is, rosewood doesn't look quite as cool on all-black because you still have that light-colored maple headstock poking out.

 

[line6man]

Black, but single ply.

 

[JTE]

Gold anodized for me. Had a late '70s P for a while like that (no photos, sold it when I got my then-brand-new Vintage Series '62 P in Lake Placid Blue on April 15, 1983).

 

[20db pad]

3 ply black FTW !

 

[sissy kathy]

Black, but single ply.

With black screws.

 

[sissy kathy]

all-black+maple is indeed cool. i always think of it as the look from when punk was just starting to become new wave, just before MTV became a thing.




if i were a maple board guy (i'm not) it would be totally black + maple for me. as it is, rosewood doesn't look quite as cool on all-black because you still have that light-colored maple headstock poking out.

You could always paint the head-stock black.

 

[tjh]

yup, my black has black p/g and maple neck (w/pearl blocks) ...

 

[line6man]

With black screws.

Nah, the hardware is chrome, so black screws would mismatch.

 

[96tbird]

In order. 'Black three ply. Then black pearl. Then charcoal pearl. Then black abalone. Then white pearl. Then tort.

Then anything but plain white. Nothing looks cheaper than plain white. Reminds me of a bad rug.

 

[MegaSwing]

Black anodized aluminum.

 

[GDUBS]

I went through the same difficult choice with my geddy Lee jazz. I ended up with a black pick guard I also bought a maple one of eBay. Looked great but never fit right. Search pick guard for geddy Lee jazz and you will get lots of photos and ideas.

 

[thatoneguy9013]

IMO, white perloid

 

[twistd]

In order. 'Black three ply. Then black pearl. Then charcoal pearl. Then black abalone. Then white pearl. Then tort.

Then anything but plain white. Nothing looks cheaper than plain white. Reminds me of a bad rug.

Your post made me realize my "black tort" pictured above is actually black abalone. I think I need to try black pearl and I think I have a white pearl around somewhere. The plain white is silly and I know this is not a new topic. I guess Fender hopes to sell a lot of aftermarket PGs. The black one was sold out at Fender a few weeks ago, and I ended up scoring one here.

Thanks all for your ideas.

 

[Dug2]

ahhhhhh.....wat about no pik guard? ??

 

[ColonelZulu]

I like red-ish tort on black.

 

[pudgychef]

Black - nothing kills like a black on black w maple (imho)

EDIT: on a P - the J can look tight with pearloid and MOP inlays or tort etc...but to me, Black on Maple P screams for Black (or white) PG

 

[twistd]

ahhhhhh.....wat about no pik guard? ??

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Unfortunately it is a Fender standard and therefore has a Grand Canyon like route through the body. Maybe for punk though.