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Pickguard Opinions

Skylar

Skylar

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#1
Hopefully this is ok to post in this section. Mods, please move it if it should be elsewhere.

I have a fender jazz 24 v in flat black and I want to put a pickguard on it. Just needs something to break up all the black to me. I can't decide which shape to go with, since I can't just use a normal jazz pg, so I thought I'd ask y'all. I'm looking at these options.

Cowpoke Bass style
cowpoke

cowpoke

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Cabronita style
cabronita

cabronita

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Other Jazz bass
Jazz 5

Jazz 5

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I'm also open to any suggestions anyone has. Also trying to decide color. Looking at mint, white/black pearl, or some kind of gold (not solid) possibly.

edit: for those who don't know what a jazz 24 v looks like, here's a picture to save you the google time.
24 v

24 v

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#4
Warmoth has a guard materiel they call Blue Shell that would look good against a flat black body. They make a lot of different precut guards so maybe you could find something that would be workable. Don't know if they would custom cut you a guard, or sell you a blank to do your own though.

Go here and check out the blue shell option.

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#6
As far as the actual style and cut of the guard, I like the Cabronita look, definitely. Leave a lot of that classic flat black of the Jazz body exposed!

For color, I do like classic cream (maybe as a 3-ply) with black...maybe even mint...but I always thought black-red tort-rosewood looked timelessly hot.
 

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