difference in scratchplate quality?

[gub]

Just thinking of getting a torty one for my new purchase but seems to be a big price difference with origanal fender ones being around £40 and other ones at about £12 , is the difference in money worth it do you think ? screw holes lining up etc and would a fender one only fit a mia or would it also fit a mij? any help would be mucho goodo

[Machines]

I got my Dad to make me one from a blank piece of tort that cost about £10 (loads spare after too). Sure it wasn't as neat as the expensive ones but it looked fine, could only see the rough edges from a few inches away.

Regarding the Fender ones - they'll be good but not £28 better than the one for £12. Personally i'd go for the cheap one unless you want an 'all original parts' bass and don't care how much it costs.

[kerley]

All depends how fussy you are on how good the fake tortoise shell looks. Cheap ones can almost look like a poor print whereas expensive can be worth it is they look a lot nicer. And as the change is for looks then worth considering.

Edited May 13, 2011 by kerley

[bassfunk]

I bought one of these on ebay last week:
[url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Jazz-bass-std-pickguard-3ply-brown-tortoise-fits-fender-/110633297858?pt=UK_Guitar_Accessories&hash=item19c24227c2"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Jazz-bass-std-pickgu...=item19c24227c2[/url]
It fits perfectly on my squier classic vibe jazz bass, I think it's based on an MIM '62 re-issue, so would obvioulsy fit fenders too.
I thought the cheaper ones (around £10) looked a bit cheap (sometimes too red etc), and the Fender ones seem overpriced, so I thought this was a nice happy medium.

[JTUK]

[quote name='kerley' post='1229858' date='May 13 2011, 12:44 PM']All depends how fussy you are on how good the fake tortoise shell looks. Cheap ones can almost look like a poor print whereas expensive can be worth it is they look a lot nicer. And as the change is for looks then worth considering.[/quote]


This...

I have seen a few cheaper prints and they didn't work at all.
I paid £70 for mine and I have no compunction saying that it was worth it, IMO. It was a custom fit, tho..

Some of the prints are very nasty looking..you get what you pay for.
I don't say you have to pay what I did...but you REALLY need to see them, IMV..so you can work out what is worth what
to you. IMV.

Edited May 13, 2011 by JTUK

[thisnameistaken]

[quote name='bassfunk' post='1229862' date='May 13 2011, 12:47 PM']I bought one of these on ebay last week:
[url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Jazz-bass-std-pickguard-3ply-brown-tortoise-fits-fender-/110633297858?pt=UK_Guitar_Accessories&hash=item19c24227c2"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Jazz-bass-std-pickgu...=item19c24227c2[/url]
It fits perfectly on my squier classic vibe jazz bass, I think it's based on an MIM '62 re-issue, so would obvioulsy fit fenders too.
I thought the cheaper ones (around £10) looked a bit cheap (sometimes too red etc), and the Fender ones seem overpriced, so I thought this was a nice happy medium.[/quote]

I've just bought red tort guards from them for my jazz and my strat - I'm still waiting for postie to bring them though. Are you happy with yours?

[bassfunk]

[quote name='thisnameistaken' post='1229874' date='May 13 2011, 12:56 PM']I've just bought red tort guards from them for my jazz and my strat - I'm still waiting for postie to bring them though. Are you happy with yours?[/quote]

Yeah I am, I bought the squier 2nd hand the previous owner had removed the tort plate and put a white one on. I decided I wanted a tort one back on. The new tort one arrived a week after ordering (it comes from the Netherlands) and fits much better than the white one. I had to slot it in just under the control plate for it to fit flush, whereas the previous one had a bit of a gap.