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Here are the cutout blanks of the pickguard
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eye catching.
material (see pic.#4). I drilled the mounting
met him in 1967. He was a warm, open guy
who loved music, guitars, guitar players and
holes and used them to attach the material The beveled Pickguards placed on the face good songs. I had the privilege to play with
to the plywood forms attached to my bench. of the SG (see pic.#5) looking’ pretty darn him with the band Zero a few years before
I used a small router for near perfect finished good. I had an old 60’s horseshoe Bigsby like he passed. When I first saw the Quicksilver
cut outs, then used a small router table with a Cipollina's that absolutely had to be on there as Messenger Service play in San Francisco, that
custom bit that Paul Stroh MADE for the project it was a huge part of John’s sound. SG just blew my mind. This was a super cool
that mimicked the Gibson early 60’s binding
project that was worth all the time and effort. As
bevel. Since this was to be a tribute instrument The finished guitar on my bench with the a bonus, it belongs to one of my super friends,
and not a copy, we decided that the “Gibson picture of John’s SG I kept there for inspiration Stan Mapolski.
Look” of the guards was still going to be pretty (see pic.#6). John was a wonderful man, I first Play on, Billy Stapleton