sinistralx Posted November 17, 2014 Share Posted November 17, 2014 While waiting on my maple neck replacement i was curious as to what a strat style pick guard would look like. I cannot draw for crap with a mouse but thought you may be interested :) its a gif, click on image to see animation Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d1stewart Posted November 20, 2014 Share Posted November 20, 2014 Funny, I've been thinking about the same thing, and had even printed a template Strat pick guard to see what I could come up with. I'd go a bit further to bring the pg around the bridge, as on a Strat, and take some of the points out from the JTV design. All in all, the JTV is a sonic stroke of art, but the aesthetics of the guitar--primarily the pick guard and headstock--are poor. That headstock is amateurish and ugly in its design, and the pick guard is crude. It suffers from being, I think, an attempt to avoid looking like the Strat pick guard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruisinon2 Posted November 20, 2014 Share Posted November 20, 2014 It suffers from being, I think, an attempt to avoid looking like the Strat pick guard. Yup. If it ain't broke... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clay-man Posted November 20, 2014 Share Posted November 20, 2014 While waiting on my maple neck replacement i was curious as to what a strat style pick guard would look like. I cannot draw for crap with a mouse but thought you may be interested :) its a gif, click on image to see animation Is there any way to order a maple neck from Line 6? I'd kill to have the guitar in the image. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sinistralx Posted November 21, 2014 Author Share Posted November 21, 2014 Is there any way to order a maple neck from Line 6? I'd kill to have the guitar in the image. Don't think you can buy the neck separately but i posted a pic of mine with replacement maple neck in the below link. Love the look and it plays like an absolute dream. http://line6.com/support/topic/10348-jtv-neck-replacement-pics/?do=findComment&comment=72239 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruisinon2 Posted November 22, 2014 Share Posted November 22, 2014 Don't think you can buy the neck separately but i posted a pic of mine with replacement maple neck in the below link. Love the look and it plays like an absolute dream. http://line6.com/support/topic/10348-jtv-neck-replacement-pics/?do=findComment&comment=72239 Far more value in the other aftermarket options out there anyway, imho. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sinistralx Posted November 22, 2014 Author Share Posted November 22, 2014 Far more value in the other aftermarket options out there anyway, imho. agree! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbaudrate Posted November 23, 2014 Share Posted November 23, 2014 All in all, the JTV is a sonic stroke of art, but the aesthetics of the guitar--primarily the pick guard and headstock--are poor. That headstock is amateurish and ugly in its design, and the pick guard is crude. It suffers from being, I think, an attempt to avoid looking like the Strat pick guard. I think the headstock is great. I'm glad they didnt go with the tired out, strat headstock . To each his own, i guess. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRealZap Posted November 23, 2014 Share Posted November 23, 2014 I'd go further and claim that i like the pickguard too... perhaps for exactly the reason you don't like it.... i like that it has more of an offset (jaguar, jazzmaster, et al) look than a strat look. at least the HSS version the SSS version totally looks like an afterthought, and it doesn't work for me. i also like the headstock... just be thankful it wasn't more like James Tylers own guitars.... now there's some ugly for you. I think the headstock is great. I'm glad they didnt go with the tired out, strat headstock . To each his own, i guess. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sinistralx Posted November 23, 2014 Author Share Posted November 23, 2014 I have to say, with the new neck I actually really like the pickguard as is. Agree about Tyler's origional headstock,,, not for me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruisinon2 Posted November 23, 2014 Share Posted November 23, 2014 just be thankful it wasn't more like James Tylers own guitars.... now there's some ugly for you. Amen...those headstocks look like the illegitimate child of a canoe paddle and a field hockey stick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d1stewart Posted November 23, 2014 Share Posted November 23, 2014 Amen...those headstocks look like the illegitimate child of a canoe paddle and a field hockey stick. That's what the 69 headstock looks like to me. The 59 (from the 500) is nice. Well, I'm going to have my 500 neck transplanted onto my 69 body, and vice versa. Then I'll sell the 569. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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