Quote Originally Posted by wazkelly View Post
Had an acrylic (plastic/perspex, whatever) mirror scratch plate on a Strat Copy. Looked great but that only lasted a short while as the plastic scratches up very easily which took away some of the reflective properties. Real glass mirror is too fragile and needs to be thicker than 3mm.....I speak with experience having done a 5mm thick glass mirror scratchplate on an Ibanez Explorer back in early 1980's which was an attempted nod to the PS10. The glass mirror didn't scratch but plenty of hot sweaty nights playing worked it's way underneath and caused that old antique mirror craze effect around the edges. Maybe you could try a glass mirror for the LP style scratch plate or shape one out of Brass and then find somewhere to get it chromed. Again, on my 80's Explorer I found Brass pickup rings and a switch knob and got them chromed which added just that little bit extra bling which didn't scratch or play up in any other undesirable way.

Hope this helps to provoke some creative thoughts.

Cheers, Waz
Thanks Waz, Much appreciated. I've got a bit of time to kill while I wait for bindings, purflings etc. so I will take your advice onboard while I ponder the endless possibilities.