The UGLIEST PICKGUARD competition ! ! !

[Axilla]

Hey folks,

I hereby open the UGLIEST-PICKGUARD-COMPETITION

I'll start with stating that I have the ugliest pickguard a Silhouette Special has ever been forced to wear:

This was hand-made by the previous owner of my pearl purple Silo Special, had a 3-singlecoil-set installed with an extra mini-JB humbucker in front of the bridge PU to be blended in with a third pot. Interesting idea, but completely funked-up craftsmanship...
Of course this thing will never touch one of my Silos again and remains on the wall as an example for real bad taste

Now show me what yucky stuff you have - or have seen

Cheers

Axel

 

[GWDavis28]

Is that Tort?

Glenn |B)

 

[PeteDuBaldo]

Tort/shell on pretty much anything.

 

[Axilla]

... tort-oise TORT-URE that is

Yuck again

 

[GWDavis28]

Hahahahahaha, I hear you.

Glenn |B)

 

[Roubster]

I think tort guards are all recycled garbage. I know some people like em, but it I think it litterally looks like p**e.

 

[jamminjim]

never could figure out why they call them thar things tortoise shell. They is da wrong color. A real tortoise is green ain't it?

anyaways, what spectable animal lover would want a "dead one lookalike" on his guit??
Dont know that I'd be havin one either. But, might be suitable/appropriate for a slow and careful jazz and blues player... on a natchal guitar finish.

gotta go sniff more fumes... someone accidentally exploded a ballpoint pen in the dryer this weekend and now I get to have fun...

 

[universe777]

I think the worst p/guard i've ever seen has to be that laminated fake wood veneer style as featured on Dan Armstrong acrylics...(otherwise, a very fun guitar!)

 

[Ripper]

Tort guards are alright. But this piece of sh#t really looks like a piece of ugly sh#t, Axel! On your pearl purple?? Whats going on in the previous owner's mind??? Hahaha..

 

[GWDavis28]

Tort guards are alright. But this piece of sh#t really looks like a piece of ugly sh#t, Axel! On your pearl purple?? Whats going on in the previous owner's mind??? Hahaha..

They must have been color blind man!!

Glenn |B)

 

[Axilla]

Tort guards are alright. But this piece of sh#t really looks like a piece of ugly sh#t, Axel! On your pearl purple?? Whats going on in the previous owner's mind??? Hahaha..

Up to you to guess...

...uärghx !

 

[whitestrat]

This tort guard is nice...

 

[Axilla]

...there IS no such thing as a nice tort-guard
Imagine that guitar with a White-Ice pickguard and just drift away on that heavenly goodness

But back to the topic - WHERE are those ugly pickguards ?!?!

 

[adouglas]

I dunno, guys. The tort guard on my Desert Gold Bongo looks mighty nice.

Pickguard in isolation doesn't mean much IMHO. You have to show it on a guitar to tell if it works or not.

 

[candid_x]

LOL, it's cool, both my specials wear tort. Iffin I get another, say a black or white one in SSS and rosewood, it'll prolly wear tort also.

I have a thing against white pearl. Not on someone else's ax, just my own. Not a white lace kinda guy. There - there's my little dig for the sport of this thread.

Duwat suits ya, baby.

 

[ShaneV]

Tort pickguards for life.

 

[lock-ny]

Shane I love that guitar, but a black ice would look great as well, still an awesome guitar - like a better superstrat than a strat -

 

[ShaneV]

Shane I love that guitar, but a black ice would look great as well, still an awesome guitar - like a better superstrat than a strat -

That was pretty much the intention behind it

And yeah, some variation of black was my second choice.

 

[DaPatrooch]

I dunno, guys. The tort guard on my Desert Gold Bongo looks mighty nice.

Pickguard in isolation doesn't mean much IMHO. You have to show it on a guitar to tell if it works or not.

I wholeheartedly agree! Tort pickguards look great on some guitars, but not so great on others. It looks really cool on that Bongo.

 

[GWDavis28]

I think that Tort has a time and a place that's for sure. White looks excellent and very classic with Tort, but that's just me.

Glenn |B)