D-60 pickguard - Greven

[pigtown]

Considering replacing the pg on a D-60.  Grevens sure seem to be the nicest for a replacement.
There are many "flavors" to consider.  I've ruled out the light and medium.
One vendor has 50's, another has BOLD.  Anybody familiar with these 2 I've narrowed it to?
I emailed John Greven, he said contact these couple of places.

[Calvin]

Is 50's the one with lots of brown/reddish swirl??  I think that one looks better on a Mahogany.  The one that looks good on rosewood is the amber colored one with the big black blots, I dont remember the name of it exactly.

[pigtown]

The one that looks good on rosewood is the amber colored one with the big black blots,

That one's the light, not really fond of that one.  The mediium also looks good on mahogany.

[Calvin]

I've also seen a tiger strip one, but I dont know what about that one.

[dermot]

you might want to look at the real deal - celluloid... MUCH lighter and thiner than a slab of expoxy.. i am not pleased with the Grevin i have.. it is really heavy, thick and has a rippled surface.... basicly it sucks by todays standards...  although 5 years ago when Celluloid was not avb it was the closest to vintage you could find.. today there's many better options;

Deep River Celluloid PG's avb from John Arnold..
acrylic/Celluloid/acrylic sandwich avb from the Larrivee store
Celluloid sheets avb from LMI -> http://www.lmii.com/CartTwo/thirdproducts.asp?CategoryName=Pickguard+Material&NameProdHeader=Pickguard+Sheets

a real vintage pg on my 54' D18;


the slab of common household epoxy  with a brown dyes;


see what i mean about how crude and poor quality is it?.... they are very difficult to remove once on......

as always, YMMV

d.

[jeremy3220]

you might want to look at the real deal - celluloid... MUCH lighter and thiner than a slab of expoxy..

acrylic/Celluloid/acrylic sandwich avb from the Larrivee store

Aren't the Larrivee guards pretty thick?? The one on my OM-03R was thick. have they changed them?