Build numero three!

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Originally Posted by Groovyman32

Thanks! Yeah it's a difficult to choice - was leaning towards black with off white parts.... but I think white with black parts may also look good. Or full white or full black.... :confused:

I might just buy two sets of plastic parts and then I switch and change depending on my mood.

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Or build another guitar with the other colour!?

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Originally Posted by Trevor Davies

Or build another guitar with the other colour!?

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Now you're talking!

For a guide, here's a Gordon Smith Strat I refinished for a friend (The GS finish was terrible)

Original body (just started stripping before I remembered that I hadn't taken an original finish photo). It had a much lighter centre section, orange peel and clumps of darker spray colour in the burst and very patchy levels of brown on the edges :

https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/8...922/NnCBiI.jpg

Refinished body in a more standard Fender style after trying to darken the lighter section as much as possible so it didn't stick out like a sore thumb:

https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/8...924/36umxt.jpg

So yes, I'd so with white as well, (or maybe mint green).

Nice Simon! - the white scratch plate is bright white so if I went with that I'd use off white parts - parchment or cream perhaps....

But I think your pic shows that once the shine is on it will look different.

That sort of burst suits a lot of different colour guards. Black looks good, but I do prefer a white. It's hard to get a guard that doesn't look too white. The guard and pickup covers on the Hexacaster were aged white, but look almost brilliant white until you compare them against the original kit guard and pickup covers, which are a real brilliant white.

The white knobs and pickups with the white pickguard look great.

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But I think your pic shows that once the shine is on it will look different.

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That was exactly what I was going to say! Until the finish is... finished... I'd keep an open mind to see what looks best with the gloss.

Haha then go black! I know where you are, just went through the whole colour picking process for the upgrades on my tele. similar colours and also maple neck. I went white.
Looked a bit fresher, but then again, will only know when the pickguard arrives if I really like it.

I took the plunge on some pickups this week. I went for the Full Monty set from Monty with a bridge base plate. If the packaging is anything to go by they are going to be awesome! Almost too nice to (literally) break the seal!

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Nice.

Presumably the white/black lead pickup is the RWRP one?