Question: Should I do it?

Original 3 Ply White or Mod Tort PG

  • Original 3 Ply White

    Votes: 5 55.6%

  • Mod Tortoise Shell

    Votes: 4 44.4%
  • Total voters
    9
Thanks! I don't think mint would look good on this one, but some MOT/pearloid could look good. It might be tough to match up a silver based one, but a black pearloid might be cool. Or even a plain 3ply black. Almost looks like a black PG in the last pic with it on the wall. But I really like this. Spent a little time playing it tonight after it was all said and done, and it just feels that much more like my guitar for some reason. I can always switch it back out for the white.
 
probably the foil was touching a "non ground" connection if it was just lying loose in the cavity like that.

Looks sweet though!
 
I am pretty sure that was it. It was not lying completely loose like that, but was kinda bunched up on the bottom cavity, and could easily have come up some in the pup cavities. I really do like the look and "feel" of it this way, not that it really feels different in a tactile sense. I put the back cover back on (white) but may pull it back off and leave it off a while.
 
sunvalleylaw said:
I am pretty sure that was it. It was not lying completely loose like that, but was kinda bunched up on the bottom cavity, and could easily have come up some in the pup cavities. I really do like the look and "feel" of it this way, not that it really feels different in a tactile sense. I put the back cover back on (white) but may pull it back off and leave it off a while.
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I leave the back cover off my strats because it easier to change strings in a hurry that way. I'd just get some of the foil tape and do it that way on the pickguard.. The body should have shield paint in the cavity already from Fender but it looks like it either does not have it or it was painted over. I'd worry about doing the pickguard if it's not already done first....
 
Mark Wein said:
I leave the back cover off my strats because it easier to change strings in a hurry that way. I'd just get some of the foil tape and do it that way on the pickguard.. The body should have shield paint in the cavity already from Fender but it looks like it either does not have it or it was painted over. I'd worry about doing the pickguard if it's not already done first....
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My original 3 ply had it, and this one (a fender guard) did too. Plenty of paint in the holes so it might be in there. This model had the upgraded shielding, but I am not sure if that included cavity paint.
 
sunvalleylaw said:
My original 3 ply had it, and this one (a fender guard) did too. Plenty of paint in the holes so it might be in there. This model had the upgraded shielding, but I am not sure if that included cavity paint.
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Do you feel like it needs more sheilding then? There will be noise regardless if those are standard single coils.

I'm intrigued by the three little holes in the body under the pickups. I wonder what they are for?
 
Mark Wein said:
Do you feel like it needs more sheilding then? There will be noise regardless if those are standard single coils.

I'm intrigued by the three little holes in the body under the pickups. I wonder what they are for?
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stashing pills. :wink:
 
Mark Wein said:
Do you feel like it needs more sheilding then? There will be noise regardless if those are standard single coils.

I'm intrigued by the three little holes in the body under the pickups. I wonder what they are for?
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No, I don't really feel like it needs more shielding. It is a pretty quiet strat. Some typical standard single coil hum, but nothing bad. Just seemed like a thing to try out. I was curious about those holes too. First time I had the PG off so I did not know they were there.

Here are the specs on the guitar. Nothing mentioned there.

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[h=3]A special Strat to honor Fender's first 60 years.
[/h]Celebrate Fender's anniversary with this special version of the Standard Strat. It has most of the Standard Series features while incorporating several key features not normally found in the Standard Strat: over-wound high-output Tex-Mex Strat pickups (the same as on the Jimmy Vaughan Strat), a distinctive Blizzard Pearl finish, engraved 60th Anniversary neck plate, and a special anniversary gig bag.

[h=4]Features[/h]
  • Standard Series
  • Alder body
  • Maple neck with modern C shape
  • Maple fretboard
  • Chrome hardware
  • Cast/sealed tuning machines
  • Vintage-style synchronized tremolo
  • 3 Tex-Mex single-coil Strat pickups
  • 5-way pickup switching
  • 3-ply parchment pickguard
  • Master volume
  • Tone 1 (neck pickup)
  • Tone 2 (middle pickup)
  • Blizzard pearl finish
  • Engraved 60th Anniversary neck plate
  • Satin tinted neck
  • 60th Anniversary gig bag
 
Prages said:
I've found that the only color guitars that I like tort guards on are white and black.

Incidentally, I own two guitars with tort guards. A white Jazz bass and a black US Masters. :embarrassed:

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Wanna sell the j-bass?
 
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