Exotic Pickguards... Let's See Them!

[EBMatt]

I decided to go with the pinup on my black P.

Steve

OMG that is sexy. Where did you get that?

 

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Probably from here:

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This is going to look great on my black P body! My bass also has a Warmoth wenge/ebony neck which I think will go nicely with the rosewood pg. The pg itself is rosewood veneer on a vinyl-plastic base for stability and durability. Notice no tone / vol control and no front jack.

A guy named Roger helped me out with this. He seems like a good guy and was very willing to put up with me.

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Its not cheap, but I figure I'm more of a one bass guy so why not customize it to exactly what I want?

I have to sheild my cavity (that's what she said!) and relocate my jack to the side.

I also have a rosewood thumbrest coming from Birdsong guitars as well.

Looking forward to the finished bass.

 

[tehuberc]

Not quite exotic...and not a P-Bass, but I'm kinda partial to this one. Testers model paint and spare time.

Hawt

 

[Bassbasixx]

I decided to go with the pinup on my black P.

Steve

We have winner very nice

 

[TBird1958]

Two I custom painted, the purple one is based on Barkless Dog's artwork, used with his permission of course

 

[Bassbasixx]

As suggested I'm posting a pic here.

Any info and other pics can be found here:
http://www.talkbass.com/forum/showthread.php?t=434379

Very nice as well looks great with the black and very well done + Black Sabbath 1 very creative and a cool album to boot

 

[ponticat]

Black marble pickguard made from vinyl floor tile. Hey, if Leo Fender thought making "clay" dots from salvaged floor tiles was okay, I figured he'd approve of making a pickguard from a new ninety-nine cent Home Depot tile.

 

[EagleMoon]

You know, that's not a bad idea.

 

[poomwah]

dammit, now I'm going to have to make a pickguard for a bass that doesn't even have one :[ just so I can have a cool pickguard too
how would a pearloid pickguard look on a transparent blue quilted maple bass

 

[Arsenal_Fierce]

Some day I would like to put this

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on this

I'll have to contact them about modding it, though.

 

[poomwah]

I have a couple "custom" pickguards, not exactly exotic, but I have the pop up pick holder T-bird...

and my gene simmons tribute pickguard on the ripper

 

[TonyP-]

Yeah its a Ramirez, and its awesome!
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That looks like one killer workhouse with several options.

Very cool...

 

[BakerJ]

I don't have a pickguard, but this reminded me of Joe Escalante (The Vandals) stingray w/ pope John Paul II on the pickguard

 

[CPplaysBASS]

When I ordered my bass, I knew I'd love it ... and I do ... I also knew the original stark white pg on black would have to be replaced immediately. By the time the bass came, I'd already had the pg delivered and, personally, I think it's a match made in heaven

 

[amphlett7]

ya,, it's a collage,, actually decoupage is the correct terminology. was very simple to do.

Simple Aye??


Enlighten Me

 

[neurotictim]

I've been playing with the idea of cutting out a clear plexiglass pickguard for a custom build I'm doing in my spare time. I think it would look neat showing the guts of the bass, maybe even wire in a little LED to give it a glowing effect.

Well, it hasn't gotten rave reviews, but I'll chime in for that - for a first try, I like it a LOT.

 

[cdef]

Custom made pg, juniper mosaic:

 

[GabeN]

Here's my custom PG on my Jazz bass:

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It's just sharpie onto a white PG. It's faded a bit and I need to touch it up so that's why it looks so faded. I had some great pics of it but unfortunately they got deleted. It's a bit of a work in progress. I just kind of bust out the sharpie whenever I get inspired.

 

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Custom made pg, juniper mosaic:

Me likey!