Any opinions on this? just bought a deluxe tobacco sunburst in the ASH body.

thinking about switching the white pickguard to the tortoise but not sure. The tortoise looks great on the Mayer strat but im not so sure it works with the Ash since it is a lighter colored 'burst'.

what do you guys think? I chopped the tortoise pickguard on top of the ash burst for a sketch.

Nice looking guitar! Although it looks good both ways, I got to go with the shell. I love the tortoise shell on just about any burst.

The tortoise looks better please come and check out the greatest rock n roll song in the world thread, thats me thanks. I play a Lake Placid Blue Stratocaster. Have you thought about maybe a perloid scratch plate that would look nice too. The tortoise shell scratch plates look good if you play blues or jazz music, a white is good for rock n roll but a perloid gets away with anything, pleased to meet you Vinny Pop

Probably the only time you'll ever read me expressing a preference for the tortoise shell.

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No no and no

White!

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I want to suggest mint green with aged covers/knobs.

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On that guitar, Black pickguard, black knobs, black pup covers. At least that would be my choice.

Not a huge fan of either white or shell.

Jeff

I like the white pickguard better; however, I think it would look awesome with a white perloid pickguard with black plastic pieces.

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Personally I would go black pickguard, knobs/switchtip, and pups.

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I didn't Lose my mind, I traded it for this guitar.

Tortoise Shell - that's a great looking combo..

Add some parchment colour p/up covers and control knobs too!

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I think a maple neck would make the tortoise shell really "pop".......

For a burst, I actually like Black PG's, a la SRV strat....

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Totally agreed. One of my old bandmates had a sunburst Telecaster with a black pickguard... it was... lovely. I hate sunburst usually, unless it's Sienna or Aged Cherry, but I really liked standard sunburst with a black pickguard.

In this scenario, I'd pick neither... but for your choices, I'd say white.

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Keep the guitar stock..

tortoise

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