Here's some low-tech for you.
The stock historic pguard on my R7 was warped all to hell because of how it was installed and the mounting arm placement. I had no other projects needing attention so I thought I'd get this straightened out after being annoyed by it for a couple of years.
I took off the guard and put it in some nearly boiling water for a few seconds then took it out and held it bent in the shape it should be until the plastic cooled. I did this several times to finally get the guard flat. I then put it on the guitar after bending the mounting arm so there'd be no more warping. It looked good.
Better than good, in fact, when I realized that it was now shades lighter than it was before the bath. I don't have before/after pics because I didn't know this fading would happen. But I did still have the poker chip in its original historic shade so I gave it a bath as well. If you do this, don't leave the ring in the water too long or it will warp and you'll have to flatten it which is a pain.
So here are the pics. The boiled ring is installed and an extra historic ring is alongside for comparison.
Retrospec vintage length studs and bushings, Pigtail bridge, EC Collins bone saddles, Retospec bridge studs and wheels, Throbak butyrate pickup rings and pickups, 60's knobs and switch tip, Montreaux selector ring, MojoAxe pickguards. For fun, bone nut made by Elliot at Erlewine's guitar shop. He also did the saddles, studs, setup.
