Red Jazzmaster pickguard

Joshua

I was wondering if anyone knows were to purchase a red pickguard? As I cant find one, I was hoping to find one like this-

http://www.vintage-guitars.se/1964_Fend ... L44080.jpg

Any suggestions?

jacksonjackass

They're called red tortoiseshell or tort for short.

All sorts of people sell them, just google it. And also watch out for American vs. Japanese compatible pickguards, there are minutely different hardware placements on each. Is yours american or japanese?

Welcome to the forums 😀

Joshua

Mine Is Japanese. I model the pickguard I want on the link below, although when I google red tortoise shell, results do come up, but the actual colour is more consistent and closer to just the normal tortoise shell colour and not the red.

jacksonjackass

Joshua! said: Mine Is Japanese. I model the pickguard I want on the link below, although when I google red tortoise shell, results do come up, but the actual colour is more consistent and closer to just the normal tortoise shell colour and not the red.

torts differ vastly. You could probably send a tracing of your pickguard off to a custom company and they could make you one out of a red tort of your choice. Or you could shop around and find something that fits MIK/CIJ jazzys

Joshua

I didnt think of custom company, Do you have any you can recommend?

jacksonjackass

Joshua! said: I didnt think of custom company, Do you have any you can recommend?

Not really. I've never used one myself.

If I ever do decide to put a pickguard on my JS project, then I'll be getting one from here

http://www.simscustom.com/html/scratchplate_files/scratchplates.html

But you're probably not in the UK....

Joshua

Yeah I am from the UK- Newcastle. I shall have a look at this website. Thanks for the help 😁