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I suppose if the holes for the magnets were the same size as the magnets, really that'd work just fine. My curiosity got pegged looking at the other active thread about it, in which I saw rick500 outlined that sort of method. I was just looking at his picture and realized the only way it sets into the same spot every time is because of the recession for his cover... I didn't want to make a recession for my PG's, but I guess it's not exactly a big deal to have a decent fit for the magnets. Now I gotta figure out if the small yet strong magnetic field will do anything noticeable to the pickups from an inch or two away... Definitely liking this forum more every time I visit it.

thanks guys! Josh that sounds like a weird effect, I'm gonna have to try that out on a scrap piece of P.G. blank tonight... I know what you mean with the "moon" being too close to the edge, sometimes it bugs me too. It's actually a sort of contoured depression into the guitar. Originally I had plans to make it a handle cut-out, but it looked like it was trying too hard. I'll have to try out the pinstripe surrounding the rest of the bridge, though. By the way - where can I find some B/W/B binding? I noticed stewmac has white/black plastics, but I'd have to laminate it myself... maybe that wouldn't be a big deal. I somehow doubt it'll bend around the sharp point by the strat's lower horn though. I'm also thinking about using magnets to hold in the pickguards to give the whole thing a really clean, modern look... but I'm not sure if the magnetic field would reach over to the single coils enough to hurt anything or not. I also haven't figured out how I can make sure the PG snaps into as accurate a position as screws allow (misalignment would make the gap between the two PG's look terrible...) thanks for the replies!

I really like both of your suggestions... I wouldn't have to worry about wearing the pinstriping off if I clearcoated the pickguard, which I hope to do... that binding idea is really ingenious, I may try that out as it'd allow me to get a consistent pinstripe height around the PG without too much frustration... and it might let me get a slightly thinner pinstripe as well. Either of those suggestions are much better than my original plan though, I'll try to bump this post up from the grave if I get a finished result. Thanks!

Hi from a lurker-turned-post-noob! I'm currently designing/planning a strat-esque body build (my first) and I got a stupid idea in my head that I want a B/W/B style pickguard, but I also want it to have a woodgrain surface (something like white ash). Then I'd like to stain/dye it as black as possible. And then somehow give it a glossy finish... rendition of my "almost ideal" PG: http://i92.photobucket.com/albums/l7/kylew.../BWB-WoodPG.jpg So the first idea I get is to just buy B/W/B PG stock and glue ash veneer to it, then cut out & bevel my PG... stain it, clearcoat it with waterbased lacquer, and buff it. But I'm just sort of wondering how well I'll be able to pull it off, and got curious if anyone here might be able to either point out issues I'll have doing this to the veneer, or else give other totally new suggestions on how I can get a black woodgrain surface with a white pinstripe around it. I can't seem to find too many examples like it on the interweb... And while I'm at it, here's what I'm hoping to be next fall http://i92.photobucket.com/albums/l7/kylew...retrocaster.jpg I'm a huge geek - Don't ask. I'd welcome any suggestions to its cosmetics though Peace!