Hi everyone....I'm Dr Robert and new to this forum. Just wanted to kick off a post re mods on strats. This one is my first wife...i've had her for 20 years or so and figured she was ready for a revamp.
She's a mid 70's model and the pickguard was made by etching into aluminium.
Any comments..thoughts about this guitar are real welcome...particularly the plate as i'm in the process of starting a small business offering etched pickguards. PLEASE DON'T THINK THIS IS AN AD! I'M JUST LOOKING FOR FEEDBACK!http://markstheshark.blogspot.com/2010/04/strange-journey.html

That's a really cool idea. I like it.

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Don't worry, Be happy.

Are you Robbie Gladwell?

Sweet scratchplate btw.

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No no and no

No Man but if he looks like the guy in the pic he must be alright!
Just for the record i'm dr robert from england!

Yeah Doctor Robert, the guitar repair guy from the magazine.

Mate theres people on these boards that worshipped your columns. It was the only reason I bought guitar mags for a long time.

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No no and no

Thats awesome!

I'd love to have one made for my strat.

Ton of questions though...
Are there any technical limitations as far as image resolution? (both examples seem low-res so I wondering if thats artisitc license, or that
a limitation on the process itself? Do you have further samples?

Cheers!

ORC

Hi Dr R, welcome to the Forum.

So you're not Robbie "Dr Robert" Gladwell then, is that right? If not I'd politely suggest finding a different moniker: Dr Robert means someone very specific to the guitar world, in our country at any rate.

Anyway: regarding etched pickguards. You don't know it but we were discussing this very thing just the other day. I've looked at your work: very interesting. That's some sort of photo transfer process, I presume? Care to tell us more about that?

And would you mind telling us which acid you are using to bite aluminium, please? Hydrochloric? Or does ferric chloride work on aluminium?

Assuming you are Mark Shark from Cornwall, as per that page you linked to, I wonder where you are sourcing either of those acids - or another? Are you buying ferric chloride crystals from T N Lawrence, by any strange chance...? (Or did they close their Redruth outlet, do I recall?)

Small world, ain't it?

Cheers - C

As much as I like the idea here. This smells like an ad to me.

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-Kirk

GUITARS
'12 Sonoran Acoustic - black (dated 10/31/12)
'13 Standard Strat
AMP
Vox ac4c1-bl
PEDALS
Compressor
Big Muff
Vox Stomplab 1G
Carbon Copy Delay

Whatever it is I think they look cool.

They certainly look very impressive.

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'65 Strat,65 Mustang,65 Jaguar,4 more Strats,3 vintage Vox guitars,5 Vox amps,'69 Bassman with a '68 2-15 Bassman cab,36 guitars total-15asst'd amps total,2 vintage '60s Hammond organs & a myriad of effects-with a few rare vintage ones.

Thanks so much for the feedback re these plates....its all i was after.
Any questions re exactly what we are doing or any related information you would like, please email, via our site and we will be pleased to deal with any queries.

Sorry to anyone who thought i was the DR ROBERT....i'm not ...just have an odd nickname thats all.

Thanks again.