I tried just recently to buy a pickguard from Guitar fetish that would have cost me USD $30 but seeing as I am in Australia it was going to cost me $120 after shipping and dollar conversion so I am now going to make a template and cut my own.
I have 4 SG's on the go. One for my nephews son which is stained black and will have a wipe on poly applied. A basswood bass and a previous built mahogany repainted in solid colour. The bass is going to have a Musicman bass style pickup fitted. After spray painting the bodies I have made up my mind to never spray again and I am now only using satin poly or oil finishes either applied by brush or wipe on. The last basswood SG I bought I made a jig up to remove the neck angle so I can use a through body bridge as I have found a fondness of said bridge styles. All Gibson style guitars I am still to finish will have the neck angle removed so a through body style bridge can be fitted.
I also have a Strat that I wanted to use some P90's in as all my others just have standard Strat style pickups. I have a Tele that has a longer neck that I am going to make into a baritone. I have an offset that will be made into a Bass 6. I have another offset that will have Jazzmaster pickups inserted. Lastly I have 2 explorer models that I am going to put some mini humbuckers in one and the other is a 7 string. So in all I have 10 on the go but of course funds is the limiting factor plus weather and family duties.
I am now just going through pickup styles so all my home built guitars have different style pickups and have gone away from trying to replicate store bought. Also looking at revisiting previous builds to make them a little better with setups and some redoing of finishes. If it is made of basswood will put some form of stain on but if its a nice wood, like Ash then I will just make it natural without any colour put on.
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