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NPD (New Pickguard Day) - Spitfire Content
- Thread starter Mike Vee
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Spitfire is great but Avantguard is the closest to real vintage.
But:
A) Good luck getting it in under a year or two and...
B) They are always aged, he doesn't do NOS style.
I got one listed on the website, the pattern was absolutely 100% the same as vintage, but it looked stupid on my shiny new P bass and I had to sell it.
The guy who bought it sent me this pic of it on his relic FCS. Gorgeous!!!
Afte this I placed another Spitfire order and am waiting on it now. Mark is the absolute best, super on top of emails, and a joy to work with. That alone is worth it over any other place. And they do mostly look amazing.
But:
A) Good luck getting it in under a year or two and...
B) They are always aged, he doesn't do NOS style.
I got one listed on the website, the pattern was absolutely 100% the same as vintage, but it looked stupid on my shiny new P bass and I had to sell it.
The guy who bought it sent me this pic of it on his relic FCS. Gorgeous!!!
Afte this I placed another Spitfire order and am waiting on it now. Mark is the absolute best, super on top of emails, and a joy to work with. That alone is worth it over any other place. And they do mostly look amazing.
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Yep, that’s my bass. The pickguard is beautiful but I had a terrible experience when ordering a separate pickguard from Avantguard.
Hope you don't mind me posting it.
Yep that's what I hear. I was lucky enough to catch it for sale on the website and had it in about a week.
