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Making your own pickguard


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I'm thinking about routing the body of a P-bass to put the coils the way round I like. That's to say I like the D-G coil nearest to the neck.

The routing is ok, but I'd need a new custom pickguard. If I were to buy a sheet of the material how easy is it to make a guard? Has anyone else done it? I'm pretty good with practical things but is it really easy to mess with these?

Any other tips or suggestions?

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Have a chat with Tim at Scratch-It, he's a nice bloke, and may be able to get this done for you. http://www.originalscratchplates.com/

When I had a custom plate made for a MIK Squier Jazz, I put the existing plate into a scanner and then sent the scanned image to him, which he converted into a digital template. I imagine at that point he would be able to mirror the pickup orientation.

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[quote name='bertbass' timestamp='1452253340' post='2948041']
Interesting video here of one way of doing it, if you've got the inclination.

[url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=28ITCMYO5sA"]https://www.youtube....h?v=28ITCMYO5sA[/url]
[/quote] Interesting video. I guess that's the really good way of doing it. I've got a Dremmel, but if the cost of the material is about £16 for me to buy and if Tim's prce is about what he shows on the site, then I recon if Scratch-it can do one for that it's hardly worth messing about. After all if I take 2 attempts I'll not be far of of being in pocket by asking Tim.

Thanks guys.

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