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Celluloid tortoiseshell pickguards


Jono Bolton

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For a jazz ? Red or brown 

I have actual celluloid available, poured, not printed as you can see from the depth of the top layer 26D3E235-2FD8-47B8-8571-AEB8F318AB72.thumb.jpeg.0166ec25a2411f23402163dc41311973.jpeg

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I just rubbed some brown shoe polish on the white Black white layer and it looks fairly convincing as “old”. You can’t make proper old style celluloid now as the chemical they used are noxious (I understand)

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12 minutes ago, Geek99 said:

For a jazz ? Red or brown 

I have actual celluloid available, poured, not printed as you can see from the depth of the top layer 26D3E235-2FD8-47B8-8571-AEB8F318AB72.thumb.jpeg.0166ec25a2411f23402163dc41311973.jpeg

D166D6A0-7FEB-4747-8097-C341D4D2BE07.jpeg
 

 

I just rubbed some brown shoe polish on the white Black white layer and it looks fairly convincing as “old”. You can’t make proper old style celluloid now as the chemical they used are noxious (I understand)

Its actually for a Jazzmaster, but I thought I'd ask on here if anyone knew where to get one made up. I had one made for a P Bass by the Bass Doc many moons ago.

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On 08/05/2021 at 09:42, Madein1962 said:

You could try TinyTone in Manchester.

https://tinytone.co.uk/custom-scratchplates/

Tiny Tone appear to be connected to, or part of, Jack's Instrument Services in Manchester (or maybe a name change) - just north of Victoria Station and about 10 minutes walk from there.  Really good people and they've done some outstanding work for me.  I've seen some of the tort celluloid material and it's very good indeed - probably better than some that I bought from Simms.  I'd trust this outfit and it's got me thinking about some replacements for brass backplates - a way of reducing weight 

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19 minutes ago, three said:

Tiny Tone appear to be connected to, or part of, Jack's Instrument Services in Manchester (or maybe a name change) - just north of Victoria Station and about 10 minutes walk from there.  Really good people and they've done some outstanding work for me.  I've seen some of the tort celluloid material and it's very good indeed - probably better than some that I bought from Simms.  I'd trust this outfit and it's got me thinking about some replacements for brass backplates - a way of reducing weight 

Yeah I had Jack's make me a black anodised guard at one point. Good people, price and turnaround time. 

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