carlsim Posted May 10 Share Posted May 10 I have recently acquired a Sterling Ray35 (big SR5 fan, had plenty over the years) and this new has a particularly nice quilted top - see pic! It has also been routed nicely around the pup so that just leaves the control cavity to cover if I wanted to leave the scratchplate off. Any ideas? A chrome cover? Would need to get this made... or maybe a thin aluminum sheet or something which is then powder coated? I'm open to ideas... a black 3 ply small cover would probably look a bit naff... something quite statement-ey?? Anyone else done this? 4 string players are lucky, they can just take the plate off. 5s need a bit more thought.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlsim Posted May 10 Author Share Posted May 10 Clear plate is the obvious idea... it just struck me! Any other ideas...?? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doctor J Posted May 10 Share Posted May 10 (edited) Yep, clear all the way, or even clear with a coloured tint for a bit of intrigue. Edited May 10 by Doctor J Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paulhauser Posted May 10 Share Posted May 10 I personally would go for a clear plate that is the exact replica of the existing pickguard ( I have a jazz with clear pg and love it the way it is, pic below for reference) Then I would choose an inverse self adhesive tape / paper/ whatever it is called (where the color / design / motif is on the adhesive side) that I would cut to a shape that looks cool and covers the cavity and put that to the underside of the guard facing outward so it blocks the view of the cavity. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlsim Posted May 11 Author Share Posted May 11 21 hours ago, Paulhauser said: I personally would go for a clear plate that is the exact replica of the existing pickguard ( I have a jazz with clear pg and love it the way it is, pic below for reference) Then I would choose an inverse self adhesive tape / paper/ whatever it is called (where the color / design / motif is on the adhesive side) that I would cut to a shape that looks cool and covers the cavity and put that to the underside of the guard facing outward so it blocks the view of the cavity. Yeah my atelier z jazz has a clear plate and clear control cover, exactly as the pic… luckily, my work has a laser cutter so gonna have a go at making one myself by scanning in and vectorising the image… hopefully if the scan is accurate, it will match up perfectly! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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