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Wow that looks amazing! :D

Sweet! And the pickups are hand sewed!

Very very nice!

Like others said... it looks like something Fender could/should have made.

This project hasn't died. the weather has been an arse. and trying to get anything done before it rains has been a cunt. I have worked on the contours more, most of the new routes have been done. and I started on the new pickguard tonight. havent done the beveled edge or the screw holes. but here is a sneak peak.





the edge next to the control plate is still not perfect, hopefully little bit of sanding should sort that.

is it the lighting, or did you treat the wood or something.
it looks darker.

I'm digging that color.

robert(original) wrote:is it the lighting, or did you treat the wood or something.
it looks darker.

nah just the lighting I think. cam pics in low lighting doesn't help.

OK little more progress today, although its come at a cost. to do edges with a router you need a router table I reckon. I have one but its shit and an arse on, I tried to do it by hand holding the router but it just wasn't happening. So I ended up getting the bevel by hand with sand paper(proper boring and slow). was a bitch getting it neat, it's not pro(although I feel a lot better about my pickguards after I saw a noho one)

pics

Fucking hell Hurb, that is too pro. Looks fan bloody tastic.

I adore the way it hunkers deep over the Tremelo plate, it's perfect.

Very nice job on the pickguard. I like the bevel adjoining the control plate. Looks very classy.

Mike wrote:Fucking hell Hurb, that is too pro. Looks fan bloody tastic.

I adore the way it hunkers deep over the Tremelo plate, it's perfect.

Haha cheers, close up you can still see scratch marks on the bevel where i need to sand more with higher sandpaper. If I had done it with a router this wouldn't be needed.
I also did a really stupid thing that I did not spot till today....see the screw in the middle of the pickups? there's no wood there !DOH! thats where there is a route for wires to go haha. stupid. so I will have to fix the screw on there so it doest fall out.

Hurb wrote:

Mike wrote:Fucking hell Hurb, that is too pro. Looks fan bloody tastic.

I adore the way it hunkers deep over the Tremelo plate, it's perfect.

Haha cheers, close up you can still see scratch marks on the bevel where i need to sand more with higher sandpaper. If I had done it with a router this wouldn't be needed.
I also did a really stupid thing that I did not spot till today....see the screw in the middle of the pickups? there's no wood there !DOH! thats where there is a route for wires to go haha. stupid. so I will have to fix the screw on there so it doest fall out.

Just glue it or something. I won't tell nobody.

If you hadn't told us no one would have been the wiser. Still an excellent looking job.

Delicious, it looks really neat.

cooterfinger wrote:Very nice job on the pickguard. I like the bevel adjoining the control plate. Looks very classy.

yeah that was a problem for me, looking at reall xii guards there is a weird bevel there. so i tried my best to recreated it. not perfect but hand maded

http://www.gbase.com/files/store_images ... iginal.jpg <--real guard at check the control plate bevel

I think your angled bevel looks nicer than their 90 degree cut.

cooterfinger wrote:If you hadn't told us no one would have been the wiser. Still an excellent looking job.

haha yeah when I realised I just laffed. its no biggie. It looks better with a screw here i think...even if it ain't doing anything lol. but wa well dopey of me.

Mike wrote:I think your angled bevel looks nicer than their 90 degree cut.

cheers dude I am happy with it too.

That looks great Hurb!

good fucking job.

did you clear coat it? its kinda shiny.


moar paint?