Brown tortoise shell adhesive sheets.?

[bubinga5]

Hey.. was wondering if anyone knew where i could source some brown tortoise shell adhesive sheet from. Ie to cover a pickguard. 

 

Thanks for any info.

[yorks5stringer]

Never seen it, maybe just use brown tortoiseshell pickguard material and double sided tape? It would still be thicker than normal ( and may look weird) unless you got the single ply stuff...

[Beer of the Bass]

The closest ready made product I'm aware of is this http://walopus.com/product/pickguard-wrap

Though I haven't looked through their whole product range to see if there's one resembling tortoiseshell pickguards. Though once it's shipped over here the cost may not be far off getting a custom pickguard cut locally.

[ezbass]

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Musiclily-Acoustic-Pickguard-Material-Adhesive/dp/B01LERBMAY/ref=sr_1_40?crid=29RWKU7AEHZEP&keywords=Stick%2Bon%2BTortoise%2Bshell%2Bpickguard&qid=1678958408&sprefix=stick%2Bon%2Btortoise%2Bshell%2Bpickguard%2Caps%2C167&sr=8-40&th=1

[Bolo]

I advise getting a brownshell tortoise and wait for it to shed.

[Dr.Dave]

There's a simple solution to pick guard woes. But a clear one. You can put any design you want underneath it and change it whenever you feel like it. I've got beer bottle labels under one of mine. I'm going for green shield stamps next. I have black and white union jacks on another - just a design I printed off the internet. You can buy sticker sheets cheaply - wrapping paper - newspaper articles etc etc.

[DTB]

On 16/03/2023 at 16:28, Dr.Dave said:

There's a simple solution to pick guard woes. But a clear one. You can put any design you want underneath it and change it whenever you feel like it. I've got beer bottle labels under one of mine. I'm going for green shield stamps next. I have black and white union jacks on another - just a design I printed off the internet. You can buy sticker sheets cheaply - wrapping paper - newspaper articles etc etc.

I absolutely love stuff like this. New and inventive ways of doing …… er stuff. Stuff stuff stuff. 

[Dr.Dave]

Here's some beer bottle labels under a clear pickguard on my 'ray. 

[kodiakblair]

On 16/03/2023 at 08:58, bubinga5 said:

Hey.. was wondering if anyone knew where i could source some brown tortoise shell adhesive sheet from. Ie to cover a pickguard. 

If you had 4 like-minded pals then drumwrap might be the answer.

 

£42 for a 1550 x 400 sheet on eBay, free shipping from China.

[Grahambythesea]

There’s lots of self adhesive vinyl sheet/rolls on eBay but I don’t think any of it comes in tort. I am thinking of experimenting with gold.

[BassBunny]

I was after some tort vinyl wrap some years ago. I have a friend who is in the vinyl business. He does the window sticky stuff for the likes of Tesco. He also does printed vinyl drum heads, he's a drummer as well, and basically anything involving vinyl.

I asked about tort vinyl and he couldn't source any from anywhere. He is able to print a tort design IF a decent hi-res image can be provided. We failed on that as well. Couldn't get something sufficiently hi-res.

[kodiakblair]

2 hours ago, BassBunny said:

I asked about tort vinyl and he couldn't source any from anywhere.

9th option in drop down menu.

 

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/174484691587

[BassBunny]

1 hour ago, kodiakblair said:

9th option in drop down menu.

 

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/174484691587

To be fair this was going back about 10yrs and there was nothing available then.