I have landed on a colour:

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Although I have the "spray booth" now on the balcony... I still think a low odour water based spray will make my neighbours happier

Since I have two pick guards (I hand made one for the previous JZ-6 out of ply wood), I am going to spray one in the Liquitex "Parchment" and just see which I prefer...