59/60 Doublecut Junior pickguard

[lpnv59]

How thick is the tortoise material? Anyone know if its the same .060 thickness of a single ply 50's style Fender pg or is it thicker??

I'd like to get one made to replace the non original black guard on my '61 Coronet. Mark Bishop suggested I get a tortoise guard like a Junior. I thought that sounded hot! Trying to find a manufacturer who has an original shaped template seems to be a challenge. Pickguardian has material that he says is .070 thick. If anyone can tell me how thick their DC Junior guard is it would be much appreciated. Thnx!

 

[Luke Gibson]

Billy, my '58 DC Jr. measures .080 thick on my Starett Digital Micrometer. Hth!

 

[lpnv59]

Thank you very much for helping me out on this. :salude:salude

 

[Kevin L.]

I highly recommend Tony at Pickguardian. He has made a couple of beautiful guards for me, including one for a DC Jr.

 

[lpnv59]

I've bought both a Tele & an Esquire guard in Bakelite from Tony. He does great work.. But what I can tell from pics sent to me, Dan @ Mojo Axe has the nicest looking tortoise material out there. Still can't order yet as I'm waiting on a tracing taken from an original guard a friend is getting for me.