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Hello,

I am considering having a Mustang pickguard made of wood. The body I have is made from a reissue template, but does not have any holes yet, so maybe this is a non-issue.

I would be painting it to look like petrified wood. Obviously, I would like to use real petrified wood, but I can only assume the cost of having it cut would be far too great, and it would be to fragile; which I found out when I first wanted a pickguard made of dinosaur coprolite.

I figure if I am going to consider using fake tortoiseshell (as it is the only normal pickguard material that would work with the project I am doing), why not use fake petrified wood?

Anyway, is there anyone here who offers cutting services, or knows where I could have this done? I assume this can't be any more difficult than cutting plastic. I would love to do this myself, but unfortunately, I do not have the tools required.

I should note that the pickguard only needs to be cut for one slanted single coil pickup -- no switches.

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks.

Dodgedartdave from NOHO may be able to sort you out, drop him a PM.

Doog wrote:Dodgedartdave from NOHO may be able to sort you out, drop him a PM.

Thanks. Oddly enough, I purchased the body from him on eBay.

And you emailed me through ebay as I was reading this post oddly enough.

Narco Martenot wrote:I first wanted a pickguard made of dinosaur coprolite.

eww. why on earth would you want such a thing?

Dinosaur coprolite for a pickguard... don't you think that would have looked shitty?

sorry I couldn't resist!

bubbles_horwitz wrote:

Narco Martenot wrote:I first wanted a pickguard made of dinosaur coprolite.

eww. why on earth would you want such a thing?

Have you ever looked at dinosaur coprolite once it has been sliced? It's beautiful and full of rich colours -- much like petrified wood. A lot of times it resembles something close to tortoiseshell.

The idea of using something from a dinosaur is also somewhat amusing and interesting to me.

it just seems like such an odd choice. what's wrong with regular (and readily available) tortoiseshell?

holy crap! a Shitstang! I personally think it would be awesome.

dude, if i could make guards out of dino shit then i would be all over that!
i have no idea what it looks like but to be able to say that my pg is a couple million years old is totally worth it!

Narco Martenot wrote:

bubbles_horwitz wrote:

Narco Martenot wrote:I first wanted a pickguard made of dinosaur coprolite.

eww. why on earth would you want such a thing?

Have you ever looked at dinosaur coprolite once it has been sliced? It's beautiful and full of rich colours -- much like petrified wood. A lot of times it resembles something close to tortoiseshell.

The idea of using something from a dinosaur is also somewhat amusing and interesting to me.

I'm totally down with the idea. This is right up my alley of weirdness.

bubbles_horwitz wrote:it just seems like such an odd choice. what's wrong with regular (and readily available) tortoiseshell?

If I had some real tortoiseshell or mother of pearl material, I would totally use it. Obviously, real tortoiseshell would set me back several thousands of dollars and possibly a nice prison sentence. Real mother of pearl would probably shatter (just my guess, as thin mother of pearl buttons on poorly made clothing often break easily).

I wanted to try and stay away from non-natural materials for this project as much as I could. Even the strap will be made of cashmere and leather.

I also wanted to have something from a dinosaur on this guitar. Without the coprolite, I have decided to make the knobs out of bone -- preferably from that of a triceratops.

Narco Martenot wrote:preferably from that of a triceratops.

Huh.

A bone from a triceratops. It's easy and fairly cheap to find small pieces from something like a tail vertebra, which would be suitable for what I need

A bone from a triceratops.

On teh durugs...
Petrified wood is not available comercially.It is against the law to have it I believe.
Organic Mustang

Just cut up a vinyl copy of Slippery When Wet. It'll be far easier to track down, and you can still say "dinosaur shit" when someone asks what it's made of.

why am i under the impression that this whole thread is a joke?

bassintom wrote:

A bone from a triceratops.

On teh durugs...
Petrified wood is not available comercially.It is against the law to have it I believe.
Organic Mustang

No, it is not illegal. There are companies who make furniture out of it. It's not hard to find; especially on eBay (usually smaller pieces).

It's also possible to make petrified wood in a few days with certain chemicals. I don't know why someone is not taking advantage of this as there is a demand for petrified wood. Maybe it's too expensive to do, I do not know.

bubbles_horwitz wrote:why am i under the impression that this whole thread is a joke?

Haha. This is not a joke.

done.