SG-2 by Nitroburner1000

[nitroburner1000]

2 or 1. 3 I don't like at all. 4 could work if the neck end was more radically shaped more like the bridge end.

Yea could work i just cant go too small on the top horn as its gonna cover the selector switch. cheers

[Nickosaurus]

Hey Nitro I put it to the wider community on the Facebook page. Looks like 1 or 4 is the crowd favourite!

[nitroburner1000]

Hey Nitro I put it to the wider community on the Facebook page. Looks like 1 or 4 is the crowd favourite!

Thanks Nick, really appreciate that.

So looks like i might be going with my original design after all, sweet

[nitroburner1000]

btw this is what the yamaha SG-50 looks like, note the position of the selector switch.

[nitroburner1000]

Now ive decided on my pickguard design, time to start cutting it out. I roughly cut out the shape with a coping saw...
Then used my bench grinder to refine it, then used sandpaper to smooth it out. I cut out the pickup holes with a dremmel and used it where the curves were too small for sandpaper.



I then used a power sander to start putting an angle on the edges of the pickguard.

[nitroburner1000]

One side nearly finished and what it looks like on the body..

[Simon Barden]

One side nearly finished and what it looks like on the body..

Looking at an earlier picture, you've got a control knob going in the big hole next to the thin wing of pickguard. It doesn't look like you've got quite enough clearance for the knob to be almost flat against the veneer. so it's going to have to stand proud (and maybe look odd compared to the other knob. Have you thought about this?

[wokkaboy]

That larger hole is for the switch which I thought Nitro was relocating. Pickguard looks great by the way Nitro

[Simon Barden]

On a previous pic he had a knob positioned there, but his pickguard mark-out was slightly smaller.

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[nitroburner1000]

Looking at an earlier picture, you've got a control knob going in the big hole next to the thin wing of pickguard. It doesn't look like you've got quite enough clearance for the knob to be almost flat against the veneer. so it's going to have to stand proud (and maybe look odd compared to the other knob. Have you thought about this?

Its a volume control, and yes i will be checking it before i finish shaping, its early days yet, ta