What color pickguard on a 3-tone Burst strat?

[AmpliFIRE]

I'm ordering a custom strat, and can't make up my mind...LOL. It's going to be 3-tone Sunburst with a Brazilian rosewood board.

Here are my choices:

Black with Black pups
White with white pups
Mint with Mint pups
Tortoise Shell with White
Tortoise Shell with Black

 

[Subclavian]

white pearl!

 

[Scott Ians Beard]

Id go white too.

EDIT: I have mint green on my strat and it just looks wierd, I really should replace it. Thats why I wouldnt go for that!

 

[jonny toetags]

mint or vintage white

 

[LedZep77]

Mint/Mint!

 

[ratter]

#2 - mint with aged white bits. Has to be a good mint though and not some of the brightass green you see sometimes...leaning almost towards ivory. Something like:

 

[cyndicate]

Anything but the black on black is nice

 

[AmpliFIRE]

Thanks guys! I'm leaning towards the mint/aged white parts myself.

 

[Slaytallica]

white pearl!

Signed!! FTW

 

[ratter]

ps - if you or the builder is looking for particular bits, I like the 50's knobs and bits I got from:

http://www.fatboyguitars.co.uk/

 

[chunktone]

white pearl!

Signed!! FTW

Ya, I'd go with pearloid with matching Rio Grande pickups.

 

[AmpliFIRE]

ps - if you or the builder is looking for particular bits, I like the 50's knobs and bits I got from:

http://www.fatboyguitars.co.uk/

great call Mikey! I really like the looks of this one:

 

[AmpliFIRE]

Oh...I forgot to mention. This will be a reliced guitar, so white pearloid is out. Don't get me wrong, i think it's very sexy...but it just won't jive with the vintage vibe I'm going for...

 

[yngzaklynch]

I'd say aged or mint.

 

[ratter]

ps - if you or the builder is looking for particular bits, I like the 50's knobs and bits I got from:

http://www.fatboyguitars.co.uk/

great call Mikey! I really like the looks of this one:

Shipping was pretty quick and reasonable even though they are across the pond. I put their bakelite style knobs and pup covers on my EJ, along with their tone capacitor...

 

[chunktone]

Oh...I forgot to mention. This will be a reliced guitar, so white pearloid is out. Don't get me wrong, i think it's very sexy...but it just won't jive with the vintage vibe I'm going for...

Then I'd go mint. It's very refreshing!

 

[Joeytpg]

black

 

[itsme]

White pickguard with aged pickup covers and switch/knobs

 

[D-Rock]

White pickguard with aged pickup covers and switch/knobs

+1. That's what I put on my Strat. Except the pup covers and tip are technically called "parchment". Which is a bit less dramatic looking than the "aged" color against the white.