I have an AO IBM 2019 that I bought mid last year and I wasn’t a huge fan of the tortoise guard.
Was tossing up either parchment or mint, but I really like this mint look that I found online.
Fender guards were talked of as being the lightest mint shade available, but it still looked too green to me on arrival. Got one for a reasonable price on Reverb.
So 6 hours in the harsh direct sun of South Island New Zealand later (we have high UV levels here due to the hole in the Ozone layer as well as the recent massive Tongan volcanic eruption) and the green was toned down to my taste.
Swapped the guards today and I’m really happy with the result. Not period correct as already mentioned on this thread, but neither is the neck radius amongst other things.
Hard to tell from the pics, but it’s a really close match to the original online sample pic.
![Image](https://i.ibb.co/7WDfyDH/9-D2-FFF99-9-AAE-4-AB0-B34-E-4045-C8-E44071.jpg)