r/offset • u/Low_Expression6530 • 14h ago

Pickguard Yay or Nay

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Not sure how I feel about this, brushed aluminum purple guard. I like the way it looks in certain lighting where it appears darker. Curious to what you all think.

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u/comrade_zerox 14h ago

100% the clothes you wear while playing this guitsr will determine if that color scheme works or not

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u/ReverendRevolver 13h ago

Yo! You just trying to sell purple chucks and sunglasses to OP, arent you!

(Im kidding, but you aren't wrong.)

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u/comrade_zerox 11h ago

Bold color choices require planning and commitment. Thats the difference between Drag and Clown.

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u/Genericgeriatric 6h ago

Fun fur purple bucket hat ftw

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u/Average_abomination 13h ago

Looks like valentines candy and not in a good way

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u/JayDogJedi 12h ago

It's definitely got personality! I say keep it. If you like it, it's your guitar.

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u/dfitz04 4h ago

But, do you like it?

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u/Environmental-Video3 13h ago

I’ll be outvoted here but I like it.

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u/Neveronlyadream 6h ago

I like it too.

It's got kind of a vaporwave feel to it and it's not just another stock Jazzmaster.

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u/bingusdinguswazoo 13h ago

maybe black pickup covers and knobs?

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u/losfew 5h ago

Oh for me the white covers make it all work

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u/bingusdinguswazoo 5h ago

White doesn't look bad at all either tbh

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u/scotts-tots3 14h ago

Fuck Nay

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u/poppadoble 12h ago

I don't think it's the best pick guard for that guitar, but it's certainly cool and unique.

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u/tgrey19 13h ago

Looks sick. J masics/toronto raptors vibes. I like the white/cream plastic as well

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u/buck_ae_down 12h ago

What genre of music is this thing making?

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u/Low_Expression6530 12h ago

Mostly post-punk some shoegaze

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u/buck_ae_down 11h ago

That being the case - I think this is appropriate.

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u/dandee93 5h ago

110% keep it then. Lean into it and say it's a Loveless tribute.

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u/464126 12h ago

Looks dope

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u/JessyPengkman 11h ago

I like it, a lot of people are boring and traditional here. If you like it that's all that matters

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u/mazeacre 11h ago

A very big ‘yay’ from me

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u/ChristopherMarv 9h ago

Get a yellow pick guard. It will look like you got the guitar from McDonald’s.

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u/Ok_Independent3609 13h ago

Hell yes, that is super badass, simply because it’s unusual and unique. I suppose it depends a bit on what you play, but its definitely got that oddball charm.

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u/MatureManNightly 12h ago

agreed. wouldnt be my first choice for myself but if I saw someone in a shoegaze band using it at a show or something I would definitely think it's sick

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u/miha68419 13h ago

I think it looks dope, kind of a j mascis vibe with the purple. Don't listen to these people, most of them scowl at anything that's not the same tired color schemes that have been around since the 60s

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u/Low_Expression6530 13h ago

Thanks, and yeah that crossed my mind too. I think it's because of his purple mastery. I know it's not period correct and pretty polarizing.

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u/Reanansidhe 13h ago

Looks cool to me.

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u/OverHearing9944 13h ago

The answer is no.. Remove that atrocity immediately

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u/Spountz 13h ago

Anything is still better than red+tortoise

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u/_nervosa_ 13h ago

Looks awful. 👍

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u/lawn_neglect 11h ago

Yeah, don’t listen to these people. That guitar is horrible 👍🏼

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u/JesusSamuraiLapdance 14h ago

I think the purple pickguard looks great.

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u/Feeling-Coat3160 14h ago

This is fucking cool, don’t listen to these people. Maybe black covers, knobs, and switch tip will help

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u/Low_Expression6530 13h ago

Thanks, and yeah, I think changing the plastic color would help. I thought about getting aged plastic if I keep it on.

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u/Feeling-Coat3160 12h ago

Reminds me of a jazzmaster j mascis would probably play. Looks awesome. Aged would look good to

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u/wierdbeardthe1st 13h ago

Hell yeah, the colors of royalty!

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u/Rex_Howler 13h ago

I think the colours clash

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u/Jwto 13h ago

Nay

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u/AlloGuvnuh 14h ago

Is that the Viii? Where did you get your pick guard, I’ve been wanting to do a swap as well

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u/Low_Expression6530 14h ago

Yeah, it is, I got it off Ebay through Galatic Guitars.

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u/AlloGuvnuh 14h ago

Was it a specific guard for the vintera?

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u/Low_Expression6530 13h ago

No, it was just listed as 13-hole guard for Jazzmaster. I took a chance on it would fit.

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u/ebietoo 13h ago

Yay for purple anodized on red

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u/ianmakingnoise 13h ago

At first I hated it tbh but it’s grown on me after swiping through the pictures. I hate it but I love the fuck-you of it. Leave it on.

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u/OkCorner3223 12h ago

Not for me

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u/Maleficent_Ad1506 12h ago

Love Shack form the B-52s came to mind.

That sort of aesthetic.

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u/Krustylang 11h ago

Different is good! Too many guitars look alike. Make it your own!

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u/etherealbisexual 11h ago

Needs different color pickup covers

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u/No_Elevator_5907 11h ago

Love it. Red and purple and red and pink really work well. You could do something subtle in orange to tie it together..

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u/Next_Garlic3605 11h ago

I think it's neat, and the longer I look at it the better it looks.

What I've found when playing live is that if people see something unusual, they'll first assume you've got a special, secret reason for it, and then they'll start wanting it themselves.

That's all dependent on you feeling confident about it, and ig not sounding like ass live 💜

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u/Even-Ingenuity5318 11h ago

Its a nay from me

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u/DeadlyButtSilent 11h ago

Nay for me. But you are you.

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u/ColonelNasty_ 11h ago

Not for me - I’d love brushed gold on this though

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u/zoomtokyo 10h ago

I'm normally an open-minded guy but I really don't like that combination. You can't go wrong with tort. A brassy looking metal one would be sweet too.

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u/science_writer 10h ago

Nieghhhhhhhh

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u/TofuPython 10h ago

More power to you but I don't like it

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u/Conscious_Blood2231 10h ago

Love it, just don’t dress to match your guitar😎

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u/KittiesRule1968 10h ago

That's a hell no from me. Not my thing, but if you like it, go with it. Who gives a shit what random people on reddit likes it or not?

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u/ddubbins 10h ago

Cornflower blue pickups…Don’t be scrrd!

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u/wolfel 10h ago

I see purple, i like

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u/HaraldWestman 9h ago

If you like it - YAY!!!. Hideous to me but WHY should you give a flying f-ck?

You do you!!!

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u/vakaaaa 9h ago

I like it.

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u/F0N3M 9h ago

this is a My Bloody Valentine - Loveless guitar and I would totally buy this from you for way too much money tbh

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u/SidAppalachia 9h ago

I dig it.

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u/Jumpy_Hornet3131 9h ago

Absolutely nay - clashes horrendously - making me feel mentally ill.
Unless that’s the effect you were going for?

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u/callmymom332299 9h ago

It’s hideous. I love it

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u/SGnirvana97 8h ago

Absolutely not

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u/Trump-is-the-pedo 8h ago

Swap out the tuner buttons for some anodized purple ones (Guyker maybe), maybe change out the plastics to a third color, and I say it rules.

These precious twats talking about “what you’re wearing when you play it” are circlejerkers to the max. If you make guitar collectors mad, you’re doing it right.

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u/Remarkable_Loss8066 8h ago

It’s not matching. lol
And you have to be extra mindful of what you wear now.

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u/NotZalgo 8h ago

Yay!!

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u/Natural-Rough-3789 8h ago

I dog it. For sure your outfit needs to match.

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u/gerardguey 8h ago

its gonna be a no from me dawg. This is too clean of a guitar for anything but mint, off-white, or tort at the craziest

Only way a purple pickguard like that works imo is if you also mod it to hell and/or sticker bomb it. Then play and beat tf out of it

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u/HalfGunSkyTour 8h ago

Do you like it?

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u/Low_Expression6530 7h ago

It depends on the angle. The first few pics are with the curtains open, so it's more of lavender color, which I'm not as much of a fan of. I like it when it appears dark like the last two pics.

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u/Panonica 7h ago

Just wear a green suit on stage and it’ll be fine.

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u/lazycometlazycomet 7h ago

nah i love this

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u/crispydukes 7h ago

Yes on a white one. No on the red

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u/Easy-Bowler3604 7h ago

I actually love it

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u/bananarabbit 7h ago

where did you get the pick guard from? wondering how it'd look on the JMJM

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u/just_having_giggles 7h ago

Nay but I can see why you like it

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u/LingonberryLunch 7h ago

Very cool, but I say tort looks the best with CAR and light pickups.

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u/BlandSpeedRecord 7h ago

very J Mascis (complimentary)

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u/cerephine 6h ago

I love it!

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u/XxBOOSIExFADExX 6h ago

I think what's making it hard to say yay is the white pu covers, knobs, and trem arm. Replace it with black and it would make the purple flow with the red better. I'm personally not a fan of the white with red, especially with a darker fingerboard.

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u/lordgabriel721 6h ago

So beautiful

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u/vldsgn 6h ago

id put a tort on that one but your combination is unique i like it

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u/tryingtosellmyguitar 6h ago

I think that it looks ugly to be honest, purple and red aren’t super complimentary colors and the look of a tortoise, mint or white/aged white guard on a matched headstock JM is classic for a reason. you picked a very classic looking guitar and put a big purple sticker on it

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u/Itsapocalypse 6h ago

Personally I love the color of the body of this jazzmaster and the purple strikes me as a little garish and distracting of the red, so it’s not my taste.

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u/Acrobatic_Point_2771 6h ago

Mmh no. Best combinations of colors are the ones on the opposite side of the spectrum. Mint would be perfect.

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u/Chaoshornet 5h ago

It’s fun

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u/Oreius411 5h ago

If u put black pickup covers and knobs it would looks really sweet man. Otherwise I like it dude. Rock on.

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u/eastmabl 4h ago

Looks like the Sudbury Blueberry Offsetocasters

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u/Overdriverx 4h ago

Most definetely one of the pickguard + finish combinations of all time

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u/RooftopKiteshop 3h ago

If it was me. It's have a black guard on it and that would be perfect for me

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u/thurbermingus 3h ago

I think that’s totally sick but I once put a pink pickguard on a JM (miss that guitar)

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u/Wirezadden 2h ago

Love it!

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u/Chim-Cham 2h ago

It's a really cool guard for some other guitar. I think it would look great on inca silver, maybe Sonic blue. I actively dislike it on this guitar but if you're in a p-funk cover band or part of a circus act, then hey it fits. I know a guy who would play this. All of his guitars are ridiculously stupid looking haha

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u/Stratguy666 2h ago

I really like it.

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u/BingBongBngBong 1h ago

I’ll leave this here

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u/scojoharp 1h ago

I dig it.

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u/avrumi_art 1h ago

I wouldn't be choosing this color, it's already too busy

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u/BoredGameDad 1h ago

I like it!

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u/Pulposauriio 13h ago

I mean, I don't like it, but if you do, go for it :)

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u/db0956 12h ago

Fine.

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u/100011101011 13h ago

It depends. I think it works great if you play ear-bleeding country. If its’s angular NYC postpunk, not so much ;)

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u/throwawaybottlecaps 13h ago

Yeah everyone knows the old saying, “you can’t play punk with a purple pickguard”

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u/OverHearing9944 13h ago

Lol. Yes i'm so tired of that cliche

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u/Ok_Independent3609 13h ago

Also good for funk, and whack-a-doo indie.

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u/NukesAndSupers 13h ago

I think a purple guard COULD work, but not this. this is a fairly light and fairly cold purple and it just clashes with the red. 

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u/Low_Expression6530 13h ago

I feel the same way. WD has a dark purple guard that looks closer to the last two pics that I might get. This one was $20 that I bought as a test.

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u/Username11223344556 14h ago

Bot

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u/IDontLikeYourToan 14h ago

Just curios, but why are they a bot?

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u/yellowishbluish 13h ago

Thats a nay for me dawg

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u/Tricky-Phrase-77 13h ago

Sorry not for me

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u/Weekly-Amphibian-106 14h ago

I second the fuck nay!! Get yourself a mint one with that red it will look good as hell! I have a mint one on a purple JM and had one on a candy apple red and it looks good too.

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u/Low_Expression6530 13h ago

I still have the mint guard. I might put it back on. I bought this one because it was cheap and wanted to try an aluminum guard to see if it cut down on some of the noise from the pickups.

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u/whatevs330 14h ago edited 12h ago

Nay. Happy 11 hours old

Edit: why aren’t other people wishing a new account well, fucking losers😂

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u/Conscious_Blood2231 10h ago edited 10h ago

Bc that’s stupid