AOA 62' Strat®-Guard Ltd. Red Tortoise
Ageing is "Art" we know about the The "Art of Aging" ....we are worlds leading company for aged guitarparts for Fender & Gibson guitars. 30 years we started ageing plastic and metal parts for guitars...."knowledge" is nothing you can buy anywhere! Each item is handaged by the same person, so we can guarantee consistent quality! But Note ageing is unique process and can always vary!
We buying all plastic parts factory direct, most are custommade to our specs. We offer the widest range of vintage correct or close to vintage colors for pickguards, knobs, covers, tips...our ageing is not overdone, plastic parts are not scratched (to death) they have just the rigth amount of typical wear and dirt!
Thousands of satifsfied customers and well known luthiers all over the world appreciate and trust our quality for more then 30 years...
You can't get anything good cheap... but you can get good parts here for a REASONABLE PRICE!
Please note: Some Customshop guitars/guards can slighlty vary from Screwholeposition! So we cannot guarantee our guards fits perfect! Often holes vary +/- 0,5-1mm!
Our ageings...we offer different style of ageing for our guards....as follow
"NOS"-Aged: This is our lightest ageing process, just a bit of everything....
-No dicoloration of the guard itself
-Vintage Gloss Bevel
-Light Dirt added at/under the knobs
-Light Dirt at Pickuproutings along with light aged Pickupmounting Holes
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"Standard"-Aged: Overall light ageing...
-Discoloration "Under the Stringarea"
-Vintage Gloss Bevel
-Dirt added at /under the knobs
-Dirt added at Pickuproutings and Pickupmounting Holes
-Simulated Crack at Neckpickup (Not complete cracked!)
-Signs of Screwdriver wear at Scoop
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"Smoked"-Aged: Same ageing Specs like our Standard Guard but with Discoloration "LEFT & RIGHT" of the String Area!
-Discoloration "LEFT & RIGHT of the Stringarea"
-Vintage Gloss Bevel
-Dirt added at /under the knobs
-Dirt added at Pickuproutings and Pickupmounting Holes
-Simulated Crack at Neckpickup (Not complete cracked!)
-Signs of Screwdriver wear at Scoop
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"HEAVY AGED": Ageing like our Smoked Series but overall heavier! Especially the Discoloration!
-Heavy (most uneaven) Discoloration "LEFT & RIGHT of the Stringarea"
-Vintage Gloss Bevel
-Dirt added at /under the knobs
-Dirt added at Pickuproutings and Pickupmounting Holes
-Simulated Crack at Neckpickup (Not complete cracked!)
-Signs of Screwdriver wear at Scoop
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The New Premium Ageing Option.... Ageing is Art! We at CRAZYPARTS know about "THE ART OF AGING" 30years Experience of aging in one add. option ava. now for "AOA" Strat Guards , we offer the worlds finest and largest selection of aged Strat Guards!
Premium Ageing Option:
We took our 30 years experience in this Premium ageing service to offer guards with all those nice typical vintage look details...
-More detailed ageing overall
-Gloss-Semigloss Bevel,. with add. light discolored bottom layer you often see on old Guitars (From cleaning/polishing)
-Smoother handbuffed Bevel, with more visible Bleeding effect (Black to toplayer from sheet glueing)
-Handbuffed surface with the right amount of gloss! (Not scratched to death) some nice signs of wear with the typical speckle look of old guards
-Typical yellow discoloration around the pickuproutings incl. light dirt
NOTE: We ageing Plastics for more then 30 years, Experience is nothing you can buy anywhere, or you learn in some hrs. Ageing is a complete unique job so it always variy slightly, nobody can replicate ageing 100%! Our Guards are not scratched or dulled at surface since the result is never the same like on realy old guards, you always will see signs of steelwool or sandpaper if you find a "Aged surface or dulled guard" and this dont looks realistic!
57' / 8 Hole Pattern
Known under 57' 8 Hole Pattern
Please Note: All our guards are made to Vintage/USA & Mexico Series Pattern. Distanced are in "mm" - measured from Center to Center hole, Tolerance in case of different Holediameter of some Aftermarketguards +/- 0,5mm, Our guard have holediameter of 3-3,8mm depending on supplier!
62' / 11-hole Pattern
62' (1959-mid 63') 11 hole Pattern
Please Note: All our guards are made to Vintage/USA & Mexico Series Pattern. Distanced are in "mm" - measured from Center to Center hole, Tolerance in case of different Holediameter of some Aftermarketguards +/- 0,5mm, Our guard have holediameter of 3-3,8mm depending on supplier!
64' / 11-hole Pattern
64' (end 63'-current) 11-hole Pattern
Please Note: All our guards are made to Vintage/USA & Mexico Series Pattern. Distanced are in "mm" - measured from Center to Center hole, Tolerance in case of different Holediameter of some Aftermarketguards +/- 0,5mm, Our guard have holediameter of 3-3,8mm depending on supplier!