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Repainting pick guards?

#3
Originally posted by Finger Blister
Just order a new Pickguard.
They're only $18 for straight Black, get some
new pickguard screws while you're at it.

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BTW: IMHO a Tortoise Pickguard on a Black Bass would Totally Rock!

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Black Pearl is nice too.
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#4
i would suggest just getting a new pickguard as well if it's readily available, but i have spray painted a pickguard before with good results. it was a bullet bass which wasn't worth the cost and trouble of a custom pickguard. just tape the edges carefully if you want to preserve the layering, spray evenly (watch the spurts) and generously and let dry flat in a room with little dust. you might have to lightly sand the edges clean once it dries. let it dry COMPLETELY. this may mean over a week. i started playing the bass when i thought it was dry and got deep scratches. it takes awhile to really harden.
 
#5
You'd have to seal whatever you do with some kinda pro-grade poly finish to be successful, IMO. Years ago I decorated the white pickguard on my Jazz bass with a trippy pattern, done with a permanent marker. I tried to protect that with the best clear stuff I could find in a can (Krylon something-or-other, don't honestly remember). Anyway, wasn't long before I had worn through both the clear cover and the "permanent" marker on the parts that my fingers regular came in contact with. Mind you, it has that cool, well-used look, a la Jaco's bass (I wish I had a digital camera to post a pic, dang it!), but it certainly didn't hold up to fingers and fingernails for any length of time...
 
#9
Originally posted by NewWaveBasser
What happens with the MIMs though? No pickguards for MIM Js?
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You can put one of the Warmoth pickguards on your MM, if you like it.

I have a black MIA P-Bass and I'd light to paint the pick guard black instead of the stock white. Has anyone done this? What are the steps? Which paint did you use?
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A search gave me 10 titles about this same topic. Here are three!

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Treena
 
#12
Originally posted by todostusmuertos
I have a jazz bass with precission pickups, so the pickguard is custom-made.
what kind of pickguard could I use if I don't like the one I have? I was thinking about painting mine cause I don't like the white-pearl finish.
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Paint just doesn't want to stay on pickguards, for some reason.

Warmoth makes blank pickguard material, you can order one of these and cut it to fit.

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Treena
 
#15
I have a cheap strat that I painted the pickguard on.

I took it off, washed if off nice. Then I took some fine sandpaper and roughed it up to prep it for spraying.

I used normal orange auto paint and it worked fine, haven't had any chips on it so far and it's been this way for a year and a half.
 

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