Re: Jazzmaster pickguard options
Posted: Sat May 31, 2008 8:00 am
cool. you have a very nice looking jazzmaster
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index.php?topic=12185.05L1V3R wrote: I would like to see a black JM with a handpainted swirl pickguard (as seen on another thread which I forgot).
mynameisjonas wrote:actually, the black guitar in this pic is a CIJ, and i didn't have to drill any new holes to fit the vintage guard. i also had a vintage guard on the sunburst MIJ on the left for a while, and it fit without modification too. this has to do with the fact that celluloid shrinks over time (anyone who has removed the guard on an early 60s fender knows that it can be a bitch to get back on), and the holes on the MIJ/CIJs are located slightly closer to the center of the guitar than on AVRI/vintage. i'm not saying all vintage celluloid guards will fit CIJs, it all depends on how the guard has shrunken, but the ones i've had were really easy to fit.spaceghost wrote:no. but if you spend 300+ on a vintage guard, suppose you could mod the guitar (new screw holes)mikkiki wrote: but do vintage 'guars fit cij's?
mynameisjonas wrote:actually, the black guitar in this pic is a CIJ, and i didn't have to drill any new holes to fit the vintage guard. i also had a vintage guard on the sunburst MIJ on the left for a while, and it fit without modification too. this has to do with the fact that celluloid shrinks over time (anyone who has removed the guard on an early 60s fender knows that it can be a bitch to get back on), and the holes on the MIJ/CIJs are located slightly closer to the center of the guitar than on AVRI/vintage. i'm not saying all vintage celluloid guards will fit CIJs, it all depends on how the guard has shrunken, but the ones i've had were really easy to fit.spaceghost wrote:no. but if you spend 300+ on a vintage guard, suppose you could mod the guitar (new screw holes)mikkiki wrote: but do vintage 'guars fit cij's?