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Where can I get a foil "e" pickguard for an Elitist Casino?


smurfco

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Hi everyone,

 

Just picked up a 2015 Elitist Casino and it's a beauty. But I prefer the look of the foil "e" like on the older Casinos (and the Lennon models). Is there anywhere to get a pickguard to fit my Elitist that has the foil "e"? I'd prefer a genuine Epiphone guard (maybe a spare from an IBJL?) but a reproduction would probably work too.

 

Let me know - thank you!

-smurfco

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If you don't find the PG you're looking for.......

 

You can have an "e" made at any sign shop. From a photo, with a couple of dimensions, they can CNC cut a piece of metallic adhesive backed sign vinyl. Peel & Stick and your good to go.

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Axtreme Creations has the chrome Es, though they aren't cheap. I've had around 60 made to Epi spec, over the last several years but I'm out of the chrome ones (a local restoration shop bought all of my most recent batch). I do have a dozen or so of the gold ones, that work well if you have gold hardware or a natural guitar. As for pick guards, I've had really good luck with Terrapin. especially while John was still alive. Things were a little spotty during the transition to Mary, his wife running the business,, but they've pulled it around and I still think that they are the best for custom pick guards. I like how you can do a 100% scale print out of the patterns that they have , to see what fits perfectly ( believe it or not, not all Epi model pick guards are the same, especially the Casinos).

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Thanks, everyone. Believe it or not, I lucked out and found someone on Craigslist (in Dallas, TX of all places) selling a pickguard with a foil e from a Lennon Casino that he's kind enough to sell and mail to me here in Connecticut. I hope it fits - I think that it will - but it was cheap enough to be worth the risk.

 

Thanks again!

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