Blackrock

In the late 80s I 'converted' a lefty Shergold Marathon to right handed and needed a scratchplate to cover where the control knobs had been. Just got a sheet of black acrylic and used a hand jewellers saw (basically a coping saw really) and free cut a shaped plate (free cut because I couldn't work out how to draw on black acrylic at the time). I suppose I could have just used the existing scratchplate and just left holes where the knobs had been but I was trying to be all creative, so tried for an eagle landing on the pickup (cough) - yeah, I dunno why either! Ignoring the fact that someone told me they though it was meant to be an armadillo, I'll swallow my pride and upload this very old low res photo to demonstrate that if you ever change your mind Big Rich, you can get fairly complicated shapes if careful. Think I then used a nail file to bevel the edges. But it becomes a chore to keep the ensuing dust traps clean if you do (ah well, at least it makes the 'armadillo' easier to see)