87 RG550 RFR

[metalchurch79]

Here ya go Gtrjr…

I made this pickguard from a sheet of lexan last summer, added a custom color DiMarzio DP-159 Evolution... 8-38's in E...
Eric is gonna post pics so hang tight a second...

 

[STLMTLHD79]

Re: 87 RG550 RFR

Here is the mentioned guitar of Joe's

 

[STLMTLHD79]

Re: 87 RG550 RFR

one more to add

 

[Adieu]

Re: 87 RG550 RFR

Paint the bottom side of the pickguard

 

[Obsessive Compulsive]

Re: 87 RG550 RFR

Very unique guitar with the skeleton and sh!t and reverse logo. Never seen a left-handed RG before.

 

[metalchurch79]

Re: 87 RG550 RFR

You mean paint the back side so it shows thru as body color? That Road Flare Red is hella faded so Id have a hard time paint matching that...Its such a hard color to photograph and the pickup is actually a pink/yellow zebra which also doesn't show up well. The whole point of the clear guard was to show the guts.

 

[metalchurch79]

Re: 87 RG550 RFR

Very unique guitar with the skeleton and sh!t and reverse logo. Never seen a left-handed RG before.

Thanks buddy! Yea its an early production 87 cause it has the big logo and the black trem block..

 

[Adieu]

Re: 87 RG550 RFR

You mean paint the back side so it shows thru as body color? That Road Flare Red is hella faded so Id have a hard time paint matching that...Its such a hard color to photograph and the pickup is actually a pink/yellow zebra which also doesn't show up well. The whole point of the clear guard was to show the guts.

Oh

I figured you just went with whatever material you had, didn't realize it was clear on purpose

 

[metalchurch79]

Re: 87 RG550 RFR

I have the original black HSH guard but I wanted something different than what was available and what other ppl had.... I made a see thru purple one also which was decent, but not much goes with this color really...

 

[Ayrton]

Re: 87 RG550 RFR

Looks awesome!

 

[Gtrjunior]

Re: 87 RG550 RFR

That’s awesome! The neck looks very broken in and comfy!

 

[Ascension]

Re: 87 RG550 RFR

Kewl nother Ibey mutt looks like a fun guitar!!

 

[metalchurch79]

Re: 87 RG550 RFR

Thanks for the love guys!

Its definitely broken in but it treats me very well so thats all that matters in the end right?

Ps, I got the Lexan from Home Depot.

I screwed the original pickguard onto the Lexan and then traced the shape onto the outer protective film with a fine point marker then removed the pickguard and took a hacksaw blade and my dremel with a cut off wheel to trim it down as far as I could.
Then I reattached the pickguard and used my dremel with a sanding drum to finish it out. I went with a non beveled edge as you can see, and I got my edge nice and crisp by scraping it with a razor blade much as you would when scraping binding...I then very lightly 45’d the edge so it wasn’t sharp. I went around the entire perimeter in one direction to make the biggest passes I could to alleviate drag marks and the blade digging in.

The main reason I made this is because no one offers a single humbucker 1volume clear guard for a reasonable price, so for $20 and about an hour of my time I got exactly what I wanted.
It’s .093” so it was very close to the .090” b/w/b stock guard.

https://www.homedepot.com/p/LEXAN-12-in-x-24-in-x-093-in-Clear-Polycarbonate-Sheet-GE-33/202038063

 

[muttznmongrelz]

Re: 87 RG550 RFR

VERY Cool Guitar!