Doing further mods to my Charvel - Need opinions on pickguard aesthetic

[Mattayus]

Not revealing exactly what I'm doing yet, but just want to get a general consensus on the pickguard, as I will be making a new one to go on there.

1-ply gloss?



3-ply gloss



Matte





FWIW, control-wise, it'll be RG550 style. 1 vol, 1 tone, 3-way blade. Still with an H-S pickup config.

[Blazon_Stone]

3-ply gloss!!!

The matte looks like a Rocka DIY hackjob

[Chris]

[Ryan]

Noodles?

[Ryan]

Alternatively, Black/Green/Black. Because I know how easy that is to source.

[Mattayus]

3-ply gloss!!!

The matte looks like a Rocka DIY hackjob

How? It's literally the same as the others.

[playstopause]

I don't like pickguards and I'm out of fucks to give.







Kidding.

... Matte! 3 ply? No. There's no white at all on the guitar, so it doesn't "fit", IMO.

[Mattayus]

I don't like pickguards and I'm out of fucks to give.







Kidding.

... Matte! 3 ply? No. There's no white at all on the guitar, so it doesn't "fit", IMO.

True, but RG550's don't have any white on them (unless it's the white one, of course ) and they have 3-ply guards. This is what prompted me to make the 3-ply one when I did anyway. I wanted it to be more like an RG. But... I guess RG's just look like RG's, and this needs to look like a Charvel. I must admit it does look a little out of place.

[schantist]

I assume noodles represents the "faux carbon fiber look" option in this poll

[playstopause]

True, but RG550's don't have any white on them (unless it's the white one, of course ) and they have 3-ply guards. This is what prompted me to make the 3-ply one when I did anyway. I wanted it to be more like an RG. But... I guess RG's just look like RG's, and this needs to look like a Charvel. I must admit it does look a little out of place.

Exactly. It seems to work on RG's, but seems out of place with the Charvel. My humble opinion!

[Blazon_Stone]

How? It's literally the same as the others.

The first two are gloss = looks better to MY preference

Matte looks like you took some random icecream package and reshaped it (I know because I HAVE icecream box plastic parts on a couple of my guitars)

[Mike]

1 ply black gloss is the correct Charvel aesthetic.

[Mattayus]

1 ply black gloss is the correct Charvel aesthetic.

Depends on the era I guess. The USA/MIJ era of 2008 onwards are all matte black, and just don't look right with anything else.

[Mattayus]

The first two are gloss = looks better to MY preference

Matte looks like you took some random icecream package and reshaped it (I know because I HAVE icecream box plastic parts on a couple of my guitars)

Despite the fact that that's batshit insane, I know what you mean. In some lights the matte black does look kinda... cheap?

[Blazon_Stone]

Doesnt help with the unbeveled edges.
I dont know why Charvel put unbeveled pickguards on their guitars... It looks unfinished

[Mike]

Depends on the era I guess. The USA/MIJ era of 2008 onwards are all matte black, and just don't look right with anything else.

"Charvel" in this case not meaning "Fender with a Charvel logo on the headstock".

[noodles]

Noodles?

No, it's always "noodles" not "Noodles" since I'm not tall enough to warrant capital letters.

[Ryan]

No, it's always "noodles" not "Noodles" since I'm not tall enough to warrant capital letters.

Y'know... I'd never noticed that, but it makes sense.

[Mattayus]

1 ply black gloss is the correct Charvel aesthetic.

Also, most of the "model" era ones were 3ply B/W/B I think? Were they doing 1-ply before then?

[Mike]

Also, most of the "model" era ones were 3ply B/W/B I think? Were they doing 1-ply before then?

Lots of the USAs had 1 ply, IIRC.

[tibernius]

1-ply matte black with beveled edges, or carbon fibre. More carbon fibre is never bad.

[Dominic]

I hate how in the light one can see how the single-ply gloss pickguard is distorting around the screwholes. Plus, Ced is correct, the edges have to be bevelled or the Argos catalogue aesthetic starts to take over.

[Mattayus]

I'm actually leaning towards the 3-Ply gloss I never thought I'd say that. I didn't like it when I had it on there before (it didn't stay on for long) but once you see what I have in mind I think you'll see that it's probably the best option...

[Dominic]

It goes quite well with the RG/Strat-style volume knob in black with white.

[playstopause]

I'm actually leaning towards the 3-Ply gloss I never thought I'd say that. I didn't like it when I had it on there before (it didn't stay on for long) but once you see what I have in mind I think you'll see that it's probably the best option...

Are you saying we don't have all the informations?!?