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submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

This is the #1. It started life as a murdered out metal machine, so naturally I had to class it up. Charvel Pro Mod So Cal Style 2.

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[-] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

That looks really great. Did you order a sheet and cut the entire thing yourself?

[-] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Close, I cut it from an acrylic clipboard

[-] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

i have thought about doing that before! how did the thickness work out?

[-] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Thickness of this one is about perfect. I have done one other from a different clipboard and it's a little thicker than I like.

[-] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Looks really well made

  • me, 2023, a noob when it comes to guitars so i cant really decide what is good or bad
[-] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

And I thought I didnt liked pickguards.
It looks great, the whole guitar looks beautifull!

[-] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

build one! it’s a blast!

[-] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Oh wow that looks great! Love the contrast between the black of the body and the pink of the flowers. Also I love the irony of playing heavy fucking metal out of a Telecaster shaped body.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Thanks!

I love the irony of playing heavy fucking metal out of a Telecaster shaped body.

tbf this is what it looked like when I got it, very much a metal Tele.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

the pickguard really defines the personality of the guitar so much, this feels like a completely different instrument.

[-] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Awesome! I want a tele style guitar real bad.

[-] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Yo great work that’s beautiful

[-] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I like prints of pickguards way better than prints on the body itself, always looks like a window to another realm. Really looks great!

[-] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Looks amazing! Any tips on how to cut plastic so that it looks as professional as yours does?

[-] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Thanks! Honestly the only real tip I have is that it's almost hard to mess it up if you have a router table at your disposal. I wouldn't feel confident making a pickguard with anything else really.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

That is so so awesome. I had a seafoam green bass that I was going to paint flowers on the pickguard. This makes me wish I had actually done it.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

This just makes me want to bust into Gojira riffs. Top stuff.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

excellent! did you build the guitar yourself? either way, would love to know the woods!

[-] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I did not build the guitar, I just modified it. Body is ash, neck is roasted maple.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

nice. i bet the body weighs a good bit unless there’s some relief in there!

always a fan of zero inlay necks, they look so clean. the white on maple really works for me

[-] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

The pickguard isn't actually covering up any electronics cavities, but some of them do have weight relief cavities under the pickguard. Mine is solid though, about 8lbs iirc

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