Why Crazyparts guards?
The finest Vintage style Premium Pickguards for Strat®
We offer 5 Different Vintage Colors overall
Vintage Pale Mint Green Guards - Made to match Celluloid Nitrate
Slightly Translucent Material like the Originals
Thickness aprx. VCL Vintage Collection Series (0.100" / 2.5mm) Green 23 (0.96" / 2.45mm)
3 More Colors White, Parchment and Light Cream
Wide Bevel - Thicker black middle layer
Tooling / Router Marks on the Bevel
Vintage Countersunk Screw Holes (2 depths for Mounting Holes & Pickup/Switch Holes)
Truss Rod Notch (depending on type)
NOTE: All Guards made from US template so will fit Fender US/Mexican Vintage Series and most Vintage Models
The finest most accurate replacement guards for your Strat®
All our Guards are Custommade to our specs, incl. Real Wide Bevel Guards with thicker Black middle layer. Incl. a nice selection of Red & Brown Real Celluloid Toplayer Guards. Out Greenguards are close to old Fender Vintage Greenguards and not soooo green like most aftermarket Replacement Guards. Most of our Guards (please check describtion) have different correct deep countersunk holes for perfect screwfit. We also offer some Vintage (discolored) Vintage style Guard which are nice for Relics and Vintage inspired Guitars.
"THE VINTAGE COLLECTION®" Brandnew - Crazyparts is proud to offer this Vintage Correct Green Guard Series as first dealer worldwide.
Featuring .100'' Thickness! Wide Bevel with thicker Black Middle Layer! Router Toolingmarks and incredible Vintage Mint Color which is close to the old Fender Nitrate Guards! ....the Toplayer is slightly transclucent like old guards so the black ply "Bleeds" into the Mint ply! ...its hard to beat this Guard Series!
Vintage Pale Mint Green Colors...left "Green23" right "VCL" Vintage Collection
Colors are always personal taste so you can select the one you prefer....both looks great!
#The "Green23" Guard was ordered autum 23, this guard has the lightest Green with a hint of blue like the old new Nitrate Guards, this guard have thickness of aprx .09 inch/2,4mm, a light bleeding opac toplayer - the black middle layer bleeding into the greenish toplayer, its the most visible bleeding effect, since the top it thinner compare to the other guards. vintage routermarking for sure.
Note: In case of the production and lot thickness can vary slightly!
"The Vintage Collection" Guard is the most authentic guard if you looking for correct Vintage thickness of 0.100''/2,54mm, and all other specs, for sure like all guards the TVC guards have thicker black middle layer, light bleeding effect, routermarkings etc. This guards looks great in all conditions. its overall a touch greener compare to the Green23 Series without the hint of blue.
Stratocaster '62 & 64' Hole Patterns
Stratocaster '62 & 64' Hole Patterns
whats the difference?
Both feature 11 holes with one small change. The 1962 has a screw placed almost directly between the left side of the neck and middle pickups, and the 1964 pattern simply moves that hole downwards by about half an inch.
This transition took place in mid-late 1963 but we refer to them as '62 and '64 patterns in order to avoid confusion.