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sirmyghin · Post by **sirmyghin** » Fri Mar 25, 2011 9:31 am

I got my pickguard done folks, after a bunch of trial fits and such between the builder and I due to a poor stock guitar that got away with a lot by virtue of being plastic. After UPS destroyed one, and all that. Fantastic customer service was the name of the game, and this guy wins. We had a lot of conversation. I will let the pictures speak for themselves though. The results are much better than I imagined they would be. The black and orange is THE combination.

darwinohm · Post by **darwinohm** » Fri Mar 25, 2011 10:30 am

Sirmy, that is perfect!!! Looks like it is brushed and anodized. That is a keeper!!! Darwin

sirmyghin · Post by **sirmyghin** » Fri Mar 25, 2011 10:45 am

darwinohm wrote:Sirmy, that is perfect!!! Looks like it is brushed and anodized. That is a keeper!!! Darwin

You got it , anodized aluminum, we tried to keep it fairly satin (it does have a bit of shine to it though). Throught you would appreciate it, knowing your... large love of beautiful guitars.

Xochitl · Post by **Xochitl** » Fri Mar 25, 2011 11:39 am

NIce!
Haven't you shown it somewherelse. I believe I have already seen it.

Elwood · Post by **Elwood** » Fri Mar 25, 2011 11:41 am

Really Really nice...well done Sir !!

blargfromouterspace · Post by **blargfromouterspace** » Fri Mar 25, 2011 2:49 pm

That looks fantastic. Glad to see you finally have a finished one!

darylb · Post by **darylb** » Fri Mar 25, 2011 7:31 pm

Outstanding. I like that guitar even more now.

nascarbean_97 · Post by **nascarbean_97** » Sun Mar 27, 2011 10:23 am

As said on the carvin forum, I swear that is the best looking ASAT ever, and now it's even better!

I think it's my love for orange...

yowhatsshakin · Post by **yowhatsshakin** » Sun Mar 27, 2011 12:40 pm

Sweet!!

- Jos

sickbutnottired · Post by **sickbutnottired** » Mon Mar 28, 2011 11:19 am

This is awesome. My only thought, what about getting your guy to do a control plate that matches? It's awesome with the chrome--but....

repoman · Post by **repoman** » Mon Mar 28, 2011 12:38 pm

Nice!. I always liked the orange finish and matching headstock. Looks killer with the new pickguard. Who did the pickguard work?

sirmyghin · Post by **sirmyghin** » Mon Mar 28, 2011 2:46 pm

repoman wrote:Nice!. I always liked the orange finish and matching headstock. Looks killer with the new pickguard. Who did the pickguard work?

A guy named Taylor, does it on the side, so to speak. I can give you his email if you would like to talk with him. Not a formal company for this type of work, I met him on the seven string guitar forum.

sirmyghin · Post by **sirmyghin** » Mon Mar 28, 2011 2:47 pm

sickbutnottired wrote:This is awesome. My only thought, what about getting your guy to do a control plate that matches? It's awesome with the chrome--but....

The problem there in is that the bridge would still be chrome, and the tuners are chrome. So I will probably leave that as is, unless I somehow got the bridge black plated too.

darwinohm · Post by **darwinohm** » Mon Mar 28, 2011 3:49 pm

Sirmy, I was so struck by the new pickguard that I forgot to mention your pooch. Great looking dog and he or she is photogenic. Looking at your guitar again and it is a beauty. If mine, I would look at the black tuner knobs from Stew-Mac for the Schaller tuners. I would leave the control plate and bridge chrome but black tuner knobs could push it over the edge.--Darwin.

sirmyghin · Post by **sirmyghin** » Mon Mar 28, 2011 6:20 pm

Might be something for the future there Darwin, The pooch (aptly named Loki) likes to sneak into any picture you are taking, I am sure he has popped up in many of my gear posts here, and know he has elsewhere. If you try to take a picture of him however, he pretends to be not interested and won't look at you.

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