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Post subject: Time Machine 60' strat Pickguard NOS aging
Posted: Wed Sep 29, 2010 3:39 am
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Hi

Will the pickguards on Time Machine 60' strats become mint green coloured in time? My NOS guard is totaly white.


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Post subject: Re: Time Machine 60' strat Pickguard NOS aging
Posted: Wed Oct 06, 2010 8:23 pm
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danielj wrote:
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Will the pickguards on Time Machine 60' strats become mint green coloured in time? My NOS guard is totaly white.

I have no idea what type of material the Custom Shop uses for their pickguards but the "mint green" color found on vintage-style reissue pickguards is manufactured or created to look like that. It is not the result of a "chemical process" as was the case with the original early '60s Fender pickguards.

In 1959, Fender introduced their 3-layer (white/black/white) pickguard made from Celluloid Nitrate. The top white layer being slightly transparent allowed the black middle layer to leach through making the pickguard look slightly green or yellow. The amount of green/yellow depends on the amount of exposure and UV the pickguard was subject to over the years. They stopped making these pickguards in 1965 because the material was too dangerous to work with.

Most of the early '60s Strat pickguards I've seen have a very subtle "greening" or "yellowing" - mostly white with a hint of green or a hint of yellow (and sometimes even a hint of gray). The color on the Fender reissue "mint green" pickguards seems a little exaggerated to me, and some after-market relic "green guards" I've seen look absolutely ridiculous! I've seen a few originals that have that "toothpaste" look but I think the typical example is definitely more subtle.


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