replacement pick guards

[stingray_65]

I'm collecting parts for a tele custom RI.

why is it that every pick guard I get doesn't match the holes on the body?

Its a genuine fender body and all 3 pickguards are from the same 72 RI MIM coustom??

the holes are close on most, but certainly not close enough and there is always a few that are not even close!

I contacted Angela Instrument BEFORE (this time) buying a new replacement and they said they would almost gaurentee that ANY pickguard wouldn't match, but didn't explain why.

any one have a clue?


***EDIT***
I have come to grips with the fact I will have to build one myself, I'm considering aluminum and polishing to a mirror, is this too soft? will it scratch too easy?

Stainless would be awsome, but I know what a bitch that stuff is to work without hardening it

[G._Hoffman]

Try WD.  And if they don't have it, they can make it - though it will be more expensive.  They have more pickguard templates than anyone, though.



Gabriel

[stingray_65]

Thanks for that link, I had came across them before and since fogot/lost thier information.

Like I said, I'll make my own at  this point, (it's a great excuse  for me to buy myself an oscilating spindle sander)

I'm just trying to figure out why the pick guard holes are all over the place.