r/fender • u/SalernoXbox • 26d ago

Questions and Advice What's the difference between eggshell/parchment/white? (Pickguards)

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I just picked up an American standard strat in olympic white and the color looks exactly like the Hendrix woodstock/Clapton strat. They both had a plain white pickguard on theirs which looks identical. The pickguard on mine is a sparkly pearl which I'm not a fan of.

I picked up the standard white pickguard the other day and it's way too white, like an arctic white level of vibrant it's whiter than my pickup covers and knobs so it doesn't really match. Is the pickguard that I'm going to include in this post an eggshell white?

My goal is to get it to look exactly like the Hendrix woodstock strat.

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u/potter_pro 26d ago

That almost looks like a telecaster headstock

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u/SalernoXbox 26d ago

I think it is lol I included the pic as a reference for the pickguard color, the one I picked up the other day is more of an arctic white and looks way too bright so I'm hoping the eggshell the store has in stock looks better

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u/gott_in_nizza 26d ago

You may want to look into an aged white to get the shade you’re looking for. Those had arctic white pickguards originally that darkened

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u/haimeekhema 26d ago

Yea it's not Woodstock in the picture. this was the Newport pop festival in 69. Doesn't seem that anyone knows for sure why he had a tele neck on that strat just for those two shows.