Strat Pickguard and Pup Cover Opinions please...

[Troy T. Blues]

Hello!

Long story short....I am converting two Fender Strats from SSS to SSH & HH.

Right now, one Strat is a Brown Sunburst (though kind of yellowy) with a Black pickguard and white pup covers....Will be H-H.

The other Strat (see avatar) is White, but now has a Tortoise Shell pickguard and white pup covers. Will be S-S-H.

Now that I'm adding hums, should I keep the color schemes the same or??? What do you think? Thanks!

[ArtieToo]

Re: Strat Pickguard and Pup Cover Opinions please...

Sunburst and White happen to be two of my favorite guitar colors.
(Along with black and red.)

So i'ld vote yes.

[Troy T. Blues]

Re: Strat Pickguard and Pup Cover Opinions please...

Thanks Artie! Cool!

[STRATDELUXER97]

Re: Strat Pickguard and Pup Cover Opinions please...

Sunburst with mint green is my favorite...Gives it that 60s look..Pearl white instead of white looks cool also....I have found a great source for my lefty pickguards and very reasonable prices via a guy off e bay..He has made me 2 white pearl guards and the work is phenomenal....Contact me if you're interested?

White pearl guard

http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/stratdeluxer602003/album?.dir=292a&.src=ph&store=&prodid=&.done=http%3a//pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph//my_photos

Second guard for H/S/S

http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/stratdeluxer602003/album?.dir=b825&.src=ph&store=&prodid=&.done=http%3a//pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph//my_photos

Mint Green H/S/S

http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/stratdeluxer602003/album?.dir=17e4&.src=ph&store=&prodid=&.done=http%3a//pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph//my_photos

John

[Curly]

Re: Strat Pickguard and Pup Cover Opinions please...

Troy,
those color combos sound fine to me, unless you're just plain tired and want a little change - then a pickguard change is one of the easiest ways to give a guitar a fresh look

if it's a vintage white strat, then that color with the tortoise is something I've thought about doing myself for a while now ... Dr. Barlo has one like that and it looks tasty in a vintage way.

your sunburst sounds sort of like SRV colors, which are fine for a little change from the regular old sunburst/ white guard look

[Gearjoneser]

Re: Strat Pickguard and Pup Cover Opinions please...

I tend to prefer Fender CS pickguards, only because they fit perfect everytime and only cost a few bucks more than aftermarket.

On the tobacco sunburst, I'd order a copper Moto guard with 2 black humbuckers.

On the white, I'd go with a clear engine turned aluminum with aged white plastic parts.
Get a double cream C-5. The aluminum guards look great on solid colors. They're $50, tho. White/aluminum/cream would look sweet!

[Troy T. Blues]

Re: Strat Pickguard and Pup Cover Opinions please...

Thanks Curly and Gearjoneser!!

Good suggestions here. I think the white Strat looks great in Tortiose Shell with white pups (this is a fairly new scheme). Still not sure about the Sunburst ... I guess I still kinda like Black with white pups...Oh well.