Jono Bolton Posted October 13, 2020 Share Posted October 13, 2020 Does anyone have a recommendation for somewhere to get a proper celluloid pickguard made? I find a lot of the "cheaper" printed ones look a bit flat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wateroftyne Posted October 13, 2020 Share Posted October 13, 2020 Assuming you're talking about classic 60/70s Fender tort... you're out of luck. Spitfire do the closest repros I've seen, and the most expensive, but (IMO) they're not quite there. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dannybuoy Posted October 13, 2020 Share Posted October 13, 2020 The ones WD Music sell are pretty good, definitely not printed on as you can see the colour differences through the thickness of the material. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geek99 Posted October 13, 2020 Share Posted October 13, 2020 (edited) For a jazz ? Red or brown I have actual celluloid available, poured, not printed as you can see from the depth of the top layer I just rubbed some brown shoe polish on the white Black white layer and it looks fairly convincing as “old”. You can’t make proper old style celluloid now as the chemical they used are noxious (I understand) Edited October 13, 2020 by Geek99 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jono Bolton Posted October 13, 2020 Author Share Posted October 13, 2020 12 minutes ago, Geek99 said: For a jazz ? Red or brown I have actual celluloid available, poured, not printed as you can see from the depth of the top layer I just rubbed some brown shoe polish on the white Black white layer and it looks fairly convincing as “old”. You can’t make proper old style celluloid now as the chemical they used are noxious (I understand) Its actually for a Jazzmaster, but I thought I'd ask on here if anyone knew where to get one made up. I had one made for a P Bass by the Bass Doc many moons ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Browning Posted October 14, 2020 Share Posted October 14, 2020 I recall the Bass Doc used the 4 ply blank material from WD Music. He made about 3 for me and they were all corkers. Tort plate reproductions are my bette noir in that many of them look awful (and the Fender ones are almost the worst). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miles'tone Posted October 16, 2020 Share Posted October 16, 2020 Sims custom offer them too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LukeFRC Posted October 16, 2020 Share Posted October 16, 2020 Bassdoc made tort here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigjohn Posted May 7, 2021 Share Posted May 7, 2021 I've been looking at these recently... https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/203136977806?chn=ps&mkevt=1&mkcid=28 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owen Posted May 7, 2021 Share Posted May 7, 2021 Fair play, that is nice! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LukeFRC Posted May 7, 2021 Share Posted May 7, 2021 1 hour ago, bigjohn said: I've been looking at these recently... https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/203136977806?chn=ps&mkevt=1&mkcid=28 He’s got a 4 ply one too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonse Posted May 7, 2021 Share Posted May 7, 2021 (edited) I got a guard from this account. Look like similar guards but maybe slightly cheaper? https://ebay.co.uk/usr/fenderparts I bought from there as he had a range of 57/58 style 10 hole precision guards. Good stuff and fit perfectly. Edited May 7, 2021 by Jonse 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reggaebass Posted May 7, 2021 Share Posted May 7, 2021 You could try these https://www.originalscratchplates.com/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madein1962 Posted May 8, 2021 Share Posted May 8, 2021 You could try TinyTone in Manchester. https://tinytone.co.uk/custom-scratchplates/ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
three Posted May 14, 2021 Share Posted May 14, 2021 On 08/05/2021 at 09:42, Madein1962 said: You could try TinyTone in Manchester. https://tinytone.co.uk/custom-scratchplates/ Tiny Tone appear to be connected to, or part of, Jack's Instrument Services in Manchester (or maybe a name change) - just north of Victoria Station and about 10 minutes walk from there. Really good people and they've done some outstanding work for me. I've seen some of the tort celluloid material and it's very good indeed - probably better than some that I bought from Simms. I'd trust this outfit and it's got me thinking about some replacements for brass backplates - a way of reducing weight Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonse Posted May 14, 2021 Share Posted May 14, 2021 19 minutes ago, three said: Tiny Tone appear to be connected to, or part of, Jack's Instrument Services in Manchester (or maybe a name change) - just north of Victoria Station and about 10 minutes walk from there. Really good people and they've done some outstanding work for me. I've seen some of the tort celluloid material and it's very good indeed - probably better than some that I bought from Simms. I'd trust this outfit and it's got me thinking about some replacements for brass backplates - a way of reducing weight Yeah I had Jack's make me a black anodised guard at one point. Good people, price and turnaround time. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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