Red tortoise shell blank

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Red tortoise shell blank

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Hi guys,

Does anyone know the best place to get a RED Tortoise Shell blank? I'm thinking of making a second pickguard for my Mustang.

This is the brown tortoise I currently have:
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I've found this at WD Music but at £45 it's very expensive:
http://www.wdmusic.co.uk/product/BLANK_ ... 22_GB-705R
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Anywhere else?

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Thanks, at $36.99/£20 that's still likely to be much cheaper
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Mike wrote:Thanks, at $36.99/£20 that's still likely to be much cheaper
Yea, I'm jus lost wit the conversions...
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Post by luke »

GPR also have very reasonable shipping fees, and I've never personally had to pay tax on my orders. I think it's $5.95 for most orders, no matter how much you get.
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Post by James »

it's 5.95 up to $100, then you have to ship a different method to get better insurance after 100, it's still pretty cheap to get stuff from there though.

I priced up an order with them, with allparts UK, and allparts US (all including shipping).

7 items came to...

GPR £100
AP US £107
AP UK £127
Shabba.