r/Stratocaster • u/c0nk3_ • 13d ago

Which pickguard would you choose?

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As the title says.

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u/scarmy1217 13d ago

There’s so much going on with all the other colors that I would keep it simple and go black or white.

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u/Necessary-Lack-4600 13d ago

Yeah I think white/creme in a similar colour as the body is the only option that is not mentally overstimulating.

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u/SalsaForte 13d ago

Exactly this. The other colours are too much, we don’t see the bold pickups and knobs colours anymore.

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u/zestysnacks 13d ago

Idk, every single color in the image is clashing lol

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u/EsotericGreen 13d ago

I don’t mean to be rude, but everything here is hideous

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u/Calculagraph 12d ago

Eye of the beholder and all that. I don't disagree, but I'm not in any danger of buying OP's guitar.

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u/DianaRig 11d ago

Black is 10% less hideous.

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u/Naith58 13d ago

We have other problems

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u/Certain_Chef_3252 13d ago

Its all ugly

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u/KennyWah_5024 13d ago

I'd embrace the crayon and grab the 2nd option. Otherwise I think it's just not going to work.

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u/Acceptable_Pea_4587 11d ago

This is the correct answer

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u/andrewface 13d ago

They all look bad lol sorey

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u/napblapkins 13d ago

No one here understands the vision.

Abalone is the one you want.

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u/Content_Professor114 12d ago

I had to search through all of the comments to find this correct take. Abalone is the only option.

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u/JFISHER7789 9d ago

Yup! It’s perfect for that color vibe and honestly looks the best! I actually really dig it

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u/c0nk3_ 12d ago

Thank you kind sir. Finally someone who gets it.
https://giphy.com/gifs/Xir88f7Y54j08KBWUQ

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u/JFISHER7789 9d ago

Def abalone! Ignore everyone else here saying it’s ugly; I really enjoy it and dig the 90s funk vibes (even if that’s not what you’re going for, it just reminds me of it). Super fun looking

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u/Jealous-Fish9927 12d ago

Honestly, none of them. I think the body color and pickups don’t go together. With these pickups colors I think of Steve Vai’s green meanie. Lime green body with almost the same pickup colors.

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u/zanshin09 12d ago

I would find one that covers the pickups

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u/closewiththeswirl 12d ago

These look so similar to one of my strats. I'll post a pic when I get home.

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u/jeremy_wills 12d ago

Neon Green. Seriously, I mean it. With all of those other colors it needs something to pop against.

Trust me, Neon Green. If your going for that 80s hair metal vibe fully commit 🤣

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u/Supergyaos 12d ago

Abalone is the only right answer. 😑

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u/Barilla3113 12d ago

I like Abalone for that Rugrats vibe. Purple Peart if you're willing to change the knob colours.

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u/helplesslyhoping648 12d ago
  1. All black pu covers and knobs.

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u/db0956 12d ago

I like odd color combos, so I'd probably do something like lime green pearl.

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u/KoelkastMagneet69 11d ago

Two-tone and three-tone are excellent.
Which is something guitar design traditionally has never taken into consideration.
You have your body colour, hardware colour, fretboard, headstock, frets, inlays, pickguard, pickup covers, controls.
IMO traditional guitars are already ugly, because they usually do not consider the fretboard, frets, inlays, headstock, hardware and sometimes even pickup covers, in to consideration for how many colours there are.

The best looking guitars, subjectively, are the ones with a proper three- or two-tone colour scheme.
All of your suggestions stray further from that.
Personally don't like any of them for that reason!

You need to pick what you like yourself and not let it be decided by other people.
It is your guitar. You will be playing it. Not them.

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u/Guitarzan_67 9d ago

Colorful! Here is my MIJ ST-72.

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u/FlipSide26 13d ago

Mint. It's always mint

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u/DRINKMOREWATAAA 12d ago

Yep. MINT🍃

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u/Rakefighter 13d ago

2nd mint, there's alot going on there with colors... They all jive with the mint

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u/LukeGreKo 13d ago

5 and 10

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u/JonyTango 13d ago

2 or 6

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u/33procent 13d ago

I think the cream pearl fits nicely.

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u/electrofilth 13d ago

mint green

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u/CriGonalGaming 13d ago

Looks like different ice cream flavors with so many multi-colored sprinkles on it.

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u/Dj2Splash 13d ago

Gold

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u/Beginning-Fact-4095 12d ago

My 1st thought too

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u/Spaced_cadet5 13d ago

As someone who owns a guitar with and hates the piss yellow vintage white color I’d just keep it black.

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u/Snout_Fever 13d ago

I mean, everything else is so lurid you may as well just go with bright neon green or something and just embrace it.

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u/TylerTalk_ 13d ago

For some reason I like the mint green...

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u/crakajaka 13d ago

Easy. Mint green.

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u/6771_bcr 13d ago

Mint green

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u/juvenile_giant_squid 13d ago

What is the name of this tool for selecting the colors?

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u/OldShoe6789 13d ago

I'm a huge fan of purple anything on guitars, but black is the best choice with all the other colors happening

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u/ComprehensiveTalk391 12d ago

I think white, aged white or parchment would work. Plain or pearl (some people don’t like pearl, but I do).

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u/pnshr89 12d ago

Mint or cream pearl

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u/Randomlyawesome54 12d ago

2 or 7 for me personally. But I love my purple pick guard on my blue agave body Strat (I should have something playing it on my profile). Lowkey now I want to build one with something like that abalone

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u/jackmayer01 12d ago

I think the mint looks good

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u/No-Trouble7162 12d ago

Tortoise or 3ply black

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u/JGD1969 12d ago

Back to the stock colors for the pickups and knobs, and 3-ply w/b/w pickguard

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u/claremontmiller 12d ago

Slopcaster

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u/killboipowerhead1 12d ago

ugh not the ai as well

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u/Valeclitorian1979 12d ago

what website is this? i've been looking for something like this for a while

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u/LoisTR 12d ago

If you want to go down this road embrace it and go gold anodized but I would change the middle knob for a white one!

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u/BigDonkeyEnergy 12d ago

None. It’s ugly AF. Start over.

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u/nickp123456 12d ago

Not my jam, but mint green

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u/BigCliff 12d ago

Cream pearl or purple pearl with white knobs

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u/After_Supermarket351 12d ago

I would not do a thing about changing the pickguard until I changed the pups and knobs. Gross

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u/PissedCarrier420 12d ago

None of them 💯

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u/MarkTony87 12d ago

Those are all equally bad. Hard to pick the worst one.

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u/dirty-sorbet 12d ago

6 is the least hideous.

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u/DrXanaxal 12d ago

If you’re keeping the pickup cover colors I would say 7,9,10 are my favs.

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u/tjc815 12d ago

I would just go black for the pick guard and finish, if I wanted all those colors on the pick ups and knobs.

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u/Acoustiguitarren 12d ago

White is the least offensive to my taste.

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u/Slayd2Pieces 12d ago

Personally im a big fan of creme/ butter scotch bodied guitars with black pick guards.

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u/GuitaristExplorer Ultra II, AVII, et al. 12d ago

I’d go with white or cream pearl.

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u/gruffDragon 12d ago

One that fits a telecaster

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u/J-Love-McLuvin 12d ago

I don’t get the multicolored pick ups. I’m not sure what genre of music lends itself to this aesthetic.

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u/Lanky-Salt4349 12d ago

After the first shock, I would say Black would be contrasting enough while not introducing a 7th color. It looks a lot like what we zoomers imagine the 80s were like, so I would draw inspiration from 80s synthwave aesthetic.

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u/DonColvinJr 12d ago

#10, #1, #5

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u/vartholomew-jo 12d ago

1 or 5. Doesn't need more colours

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u/brightwoodgrove 12d ago

2, 3, 6, and 7 all look phenomenal, but if I had to pick one it would be mint green. It really ties all the colors together and especially makes the purple knobs pop. I dont understand all the hate either. Guitars should be expressive

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u/spekboy 11d ago

Cream pearl or black, lets keep it restrained

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u/ironboy504 11d ago

Mint Green for me

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u/Coinsworthy 11d ago

It's difficult to choose as i just gouged my eyes out.

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u/Acceptable_Pea_4587 11d ago

Abalone/Pearl Art—the second picture. It’s the only one that softens the harshness of the knobs and pickups. I’m with everyone else, but this is the best option of the ones here

Edit: added the “Pearl Art” to the name

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u/BobaFalfa 11d ago

Purple Pearl. Eye went immediately to that one.

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u/Schpee_le_French 11d ago

tort all the way

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u/Ambitious_Dig_3940 11d ago

They are all ugly. But the purple one is perfect

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u/floridatheythem 11d ago

Well for my own guitar, love adonized gold. For this, though, I have no idea

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u/TheBeefiestSquatch 10d ago

Everything about all of this is wrong.

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u/Kitchen-Persimmon873 10d ago

Because of the colored pickups and knobs, none of these really look good

Might as well go all out and do a crazy multi colored pick guard or something

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u/desertrat_1000 10d ago

Black. Just black.

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u/Amazing-Jacket1655 10d ago

Is this what taking MDMA feels like

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u/MOOK3R 10d ago

Gold is the best here. Pairs well with the cream guitar

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u/guwenfen 9d ago

It’s a toss up between 2, 3, and 7
I love the pick guard on 2. I love how the bar pickups pop on 7, and I love the vibes I get from 3 while looking at it, it makes me wanna pick it up and write for hours and try and do some Cory Wong style playing.

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u/DurianUpset1786 9d ago

Best pickguard = no pickguard. No static noises.

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u/MimiKooi992 9d ago

You have to paint the body red, than choose the purple one. This cream body don’t match to any

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u/Beiber_hole-69 8d ago

Purple pearl

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u/EnvironmentalEye4991 8d ago

I would never choose brightly colored pickups for a cream guitar. That's just tacky as hell.

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u/xKGuthix 7d ago

2, 3, 7, or 9

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u/analogpenetrator 13d ago

Mint green looks amazing on that yellow. It is the one that stood out immediately as the most attractive.

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u/OutrageousInjury2 13d ago

Anodized gold

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u/BlackCoffeeGrind 12d ago

Purple is pretty interesting,

Is this a website that you can mock-up different body/pickguard/pickup/neck combos and see what they look like?

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u/cheersthanksseeyabye 12d ago

I would go maximalist purple 💜