Ok this is a simple post what is this pickguard made from? lol
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Identify this material
- Thread starter Aidenn7
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Some kind of corrugated plastic?
Ask the guy giving the mustache rides.
Ask the guy giving the mustache rides.
Maybe it's cardboard that has been coated with something, or painted?
what is corrugated painted cardboard
Tunnelcore Flute board.
Usually white or black. Sold in big sheets at the major hardware shop.
Usually white or black. Sold in big sheets at the major hardware shop.
Oh nice, you rarely see pickguards made out of trash anymore. Very cool.
All joking aside, it might be coroplast, but I dunno. Whatever it is, it stinks. The material is too soft, the the screws dent it and it doesn't look like the sides will finish cleanly.
Edit: Also nice jack placement. It's practically under the tone knob.
Sorry.
Looks like 4mm Coroplast.
It’s cheap corrugated plastic that typically comes in 18 x 24” sign panels or up to a 4 x 8 sheet. It is used for real estate signs and screen printing mostly… it’s thin walled, flexible and not rigid enough to be used for that application.
I actually had a remote control gas powered airplane back in the 80s that had wings made out of the 8 mm version and it was nearly indestructible. That was the point of building wings out of it is that you could crash it into the ground and have it back up and running within 10 minutes.
It’s cheap corrugated plastic that typically comes in 18 x 24” sign panels or up to a 4 x 8 sheet. It is used for real estate signs and screen printing mostly… it’s thin walled, flexible and not rigid enough to be used for that application.
I actually had a remote control gas powered airplane back in the 80s that had wings made out of the 8 mm version and it was nearly indestructible. That was the point of building wings out of it is that you could crash it into the ground and have it back up and running within 10 minutes.
It’s made out of something you take off the bass & throw away.
I'm a printer I did many of those signs.. I like the look cause it look like a 60's art deco.. style.. I need something without holes.. and solid ends.
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I would use it as a template to make another one with the proper material taking care to have better fit at the neck heel.
