So by the end of the week I should have my neck pickup for my strat and will go to have it put it in (to have a complete set of vintage noiseless). I've been kicking around the idea of doing something different with the pick guard on it (it has the standard 3 ply white/black/white).

Since the pickup covers are the aged white, my first instinct was to go with that. But then I saw the tortoise shell colored one and thought that might look kind of cool with the aged white pickup covers.

My question is this: does anyone on here have in their arsenal of guitars anything that looks remotely like what I am wanting to do? Or what do you think about these 2 options?

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2011 Standard Stratocaster
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Here's aged white goodies on a tortoise shell pickguard......



Of course the tortoise shell only works with certain body colors.

HTH

Arjay

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See my avatar, tortoise it is and of course, don't forget the matching backplate!

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That looks great on the white body...I think tortoise shell looks pretty sweet on sunburst as well...and would look nice on black too I reckon. I have seen it on CAR and that's not really my favorite but I suppose it's all a matter of taste. Sadly. the strat pictured below is no longer with me

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I have a Roadhouse Strat in Alpine white, the vintage/aged covers don't look right on it. If it was a darker color, it would look pretty cool, but two shades of white isn't so great.

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My strat is a black with maple neck (MIM). Since i'm fairly certain that guitar center has both in stock, i'll just hold it up and try to visualize it. I think i'm leaning towards the tortoise shell one.

Thank you to all who have responded!

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Joe
2011 Standard Stratocaster
* SCN Noiseless Pickups

i put a white pearloid on my lp blue/maple neck strat a year ago. looks great

You want my cosmetic opinion?

More eye shadow, less blush.

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What kind of LP is that???

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It's actually an L6-S, not an LP. They were made from the early/mid-70's to 1980 or so. Unlike an LP, it's a solid maple body (instead of a maple capped mahogany body) and they were available with either RW (or ebony?) or maple necks... there were a few different models but this one is an example of the first ones to come out. They have Bill Lawrence designed humbuckers and a 6-way varitone control. Given the fact that it's all maple, it much more bright sounding than an LP but does have some serious beef with the humbuckers. The
6-way is capable of some single coil tones too...almost tele-like.

It's a pretty sweet axe but honestly I don't play it as much as my other guitars anymore... it was my first "nice" electric guitar and has a lot of sentimental value. It was the guitar I gigged with for years when I was still playing in bands and it's just one of those things I'd never part with. (Unlike the strat that's pictured which is long gone... though I miss it.)

Those L-6's are some good guitars- they are worth a ton now too.