Belair green - need pickguard options/pics please

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TDR1138
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Belair green - need pickguard options/pics please

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Anyone have some shots of Belair green with cream, mint or parchment pickguards? Any axe will do. Just thinking of a new pickguard for my Belair LB-100 and trying to get a feel for what I think might look best. I've got an aged pearl guard on it now, and I just feel like it's too busy with the bright hue of the green. I played around on the AGB builder page, but the guards on the site don’t seem too accurate, particularly the mint. I want some real world examples. Thanks.
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Re: Belair green - need pickguard options/pics please

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google image search: https://www.google.com/search?q=g%26l+b ... 46&bih=969

"Mint pickguards on G&L's belair green is dead sexy."
--Albert Einstein
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Re: Belair green - need pickguard options/pics please

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Thanks. I did google the color, but it's hard to tell exactly what's cream vs. mint - or rather, most seem like cream to me, and the few pages I've linked to indicate that they're cream. What about mint?
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Re: Belair green - need pickguard options/pics please

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True, it's hard to be sure if they're cream/white/mint sometimes.

I'd say this is cream: http://tinyurl.com/lzqkvgz

Here is white: http://www.upfrontguitars.com/images/D/BB-p90-full.jpg

here is mint: http://tinyurl.com/k9omh2o

I think G&L makes the 'best' shade of belair green and mint looks awesome on it.

(my opinion is worth what you paid for it)
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Re: Belair green - need pickguard options/pics please

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Ok, cool, thanks a lot. Cream looks good. White is too stark for my taste. And that mint example ASAT is dead sexy.
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Re: Belair green - need pickguard options/pics please

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imo, belair green rules! love the cream with that...
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Re: Belair green - need pickguard options/pics please

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My Belair Green Legacy and S-500 match, with RW boards and Pearland guards.

One sleeper pickguard color for these is actually tortoise. Looks cooler than I thought it would.

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Re: Belair green - need pickguard options/pics please

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Tort did cross my mind... I have an extra tort guard for another bass that I've left up against the green for a while to see how it looks... It's grown on me. Problem is, cheap tort looks, well, cheap. I'm thinking I'll cut the guard myself (both to save money and because I like projects), and, since I've never cut a guard before, I don't want to learn on an expensive piece of tort, lest I should botch it.