Surf Green Jazzmaster with what pickguard?

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Re: Surf Green Jazzmaster with what pickguard?

Post by mcjt » Sun Jul 17, 2016 10:06 am

a 1962 AVRI guard worked for me. A new 1965 AVRI should be ok too.
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Re: Surf Green Jazzmaster with what pickguard?

Post by NicholasCatrow » Fri Jul 29, 2016 6:20 am

I prefer the stock white guard over all of those options.

Also looks more 'vintage correct' than the incredibly fake looking Fender 'mint' guards.

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Re: Surf Green Jazzmaster with what pickguard?

Post by punkkid364 » Fri Jul 29, 2016 8:24 am

I'm partial to white pearl on surf green.

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Re: Surf Green Jazzmaster with what pickguard?

Post by NIsaacs7 » Tue Aug 08, 2017 7:30 am

Update: I Decided to go with the Mint Green Pickguard. The only issue is that I purchased one from Stratosphere. Although the pickguard fits great, the mint green is a little too green as other threads have mentioned. I've been thinking about maybe doing a parchment, official Fender mint, or cream pickguard. So I ordered another Stratosphere pickguard but in vintage cream this time. Below is the pictures I was using to get an idea of the different shades stratosphere offers. As far as I know, they are the only ones who offer a cream guard but I could be wrong. Also, below are pictures of before and after switching to the Stratosphere mint with also ditching the buzzstop.

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Re: Surf Green Jazzmaster with what pickguard?

Post by mcjt » Tue Aug 08, 2017 10:38 am

do parchment or eggshell, like i said earlier, and stain with tea or coffee to get your preferred colour.
if you start getting in to shades of mint, you're setting yourself up for disappointment.

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Re: Surf Green Jazzmaster with what pickguard?

Post by Deed_Poll » Tue Aug 08, 2017 4:06 pm

There is a colour called "ivory" which does it for me as a mint green stand in. It's a kind of cream really, but I've never seen an old pickguard the colour most "mint green" comes in or anything like it TBH.

Mcjt is totally right that the whole mint green wagon is a frustrating one.

A lot of people also don't think about the colour they're contrasting with their choice. For instance if somebody wanted mint green to go with a red guitar, you could pick cream and it would look green next to the red.
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Re: Surf Green Jazzmaster with what pickguard?

Post by punkkid364 » Tue Aug 08, 2017 9:27 pm

I forgot that I had posted in this thread, and I saw the pic of my basses and thought "hey someone used my photo!"

...and it was me. :fp: :fp:

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Re: Surf Green Jazzmaster with what pickguard?

Post by idropinus » Wed Aug 09, 2017 6:46 am

I think that a SPITFIRE pick guard would just be the best.

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Re: Surf Green Jazzmaster with what pickguard?

Post by dmin77 » Wed Aug 09, 2017 11:53 am

idropinus wrote:I think that a SPITFIRE pick guard would just be the best.
Do Spitfire guards fit these MIM Jazzmasters?

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Re: Surf Green Jazzmaster with what pickguard?

Post by somebodyelseuk » Thu Aug 10, 2017 1:08 am

FWIW. I play a surf green Strat a lot with a white pearl plate. Now, I use it a lot for home recording, so when not being played, it;s out on a stand. It often gets compliment from non-playing ladies, who think the colour and pearl look "work well together."

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Re: Surf Green Jazzmaster with what pickguard?

Post by idropinus » Fri Aug 11, 2017 8:13 am

dmin77 wrote:
idropinus wrote:I think that a SPITFIRE pick guard would just be the best.
Do Spitfire guards fit these MIM Jazzmasters?
Yes, I think he (the guy who makes Spitfire guards) has a template for those MIM guitars.

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Re: Surf Green Jazzmaster with what pickguard?

Post by dmin77 » Fri Aug 11, 2017 11:47 am

idropinus wrote:
dmin77 wrote:
idropinus wrote:I think that a SPITFIRE pick guard would just be the best.
Do Spitfire guards fit these MIM Jazzmasters?
Yes, I think he (the guy who makes Spitfire guards) has a template for those MIM guitars.


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Re: Surf Green Jazzmaster with what pickguard?

Post by NIsaacs7 » Fri Aug 11, 2017 12:12 pm

Update: This is with the Stratosphere Cream Pickguard
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I have the parchment Pickguard coming in tomorrow, so I'll post a picture of that when I try it on.

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Re: Surf Green Jazzmaster with what pickguard?

Post by NIsaacs7 » Sat Aug 12, 2017 1:29 pm

Update: Last but not least, this is with the Stratosphere Parchment. It is a bit whiter than I was hoping, but that's just the nature of the color. It's still a huge difference held up against the stock bright white.

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Re: Surf Green Jazzmaster with what pickguard?

Post by JVG » Sun Aug 13, 2017 1:44 am

Parchment looks great - reckon it's a keeper. The cream is too...cream.

I'm glad you're doing this, because I'm in the process of assembling a surf green JM, and have been thinking a fair bit about pickguard colour.

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