QuestionMark Posted May 16, 2017 Share Posted May 16, 2017 Otay, Spanky...........I can accept that........was just curious. There are things in my life that piss me off for no apparent reason too. However, I do think the original J-45 model from 1942 sported a tiger guard, but it also had the non-belly rectangular bridge. I've not yet decided to make the swap......might have landed the guard just to set it aside. I wouldn't try to emulate a war year model Gibson. War year model Gibson's were known to be erratic with Gibson having a shortage of parts and materials, using whatever thin stock of parts/materials/leftovers that had sitting around or could get their hands on to produce guitars. Some may be worth something today, but mainly because they were so scarce and were factory anomolies, though their quality was still Gibson-like. Just something to consider and maybe further research. QM aka Jazzman Jeff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blindboygrunt Posted May 16, 2017 Share Posted May 16, 2017 I can't decide this one Want to go for the firestripe but it's a little gaudy But sometimes gaudy is good Gotta see it on the guitar with no backing paper for a proper judgement Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldCowboy Posted May 16, 2017 Share Posted May 16, 2017 My '42 has the tortoise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QuestionMark Posted May 16, 2017 Share Posted May 16, 2017 My '42 has the tortoise. Very cool! QM aka Jazzman Jeff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lars68 Posted May 16, 2017 Share Posted May 16, 2017 Buc, my vote is for the tiger. It will look good once the backing paper is off. The original J-45s had tortoise guards, when first introduced in 1942. Later, when war shortages hit, Gibson put firestripe guards on J-45s (probably from old stock), but I think it is pretty well established that the original intent was for them to have tortoise guards. Lars Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BryanMichael Posted May 19, 2017 Share Posted May 19, 2017 Neither. A J45 with no pickguard is badass. ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dhanners623 Posted May 19, 2017 Share Posted May 19, 2017 Tiger, but frankly you can't go wrong with either one. Both look sharp. The only thing that doesn't look good on a J-45 are Grover Rotomatics.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GDC Posted May 20, 2017 Share Posted May 20, 2017 Tigers really look good once applied. Id go with tiger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stephencoh Posted June 3, 2017 Share Posted June 3, 2017 I like the tiger. It looks quite vivid there but will probably look more subtle once applied. Where did the tiger one come from? I've been thinking about a firestripe for my J15 and imagine this would be the kind of size I'd need. I'm not sure what if any difference there is between firestripe and tigerstripe though...I just like the stripes and the colour of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j45nick Posted June 3, 2017 Share Posted June 3, 2017 I like the tiger. It looks quite vivid there but will probably look more subtle once applied. Where did the tiger one come from? I've been thinking about a firestripe for my J15 and imagine this would be the kind of size I'd need. I'm not sure what if any difference there is between firestripe and tigerstripe though...I just like the stripes and the colour of them. Vintage firestripe guards usually look more like stylized wind-blown flames. Modern "firestripe" guards (except for a few custom ones) look more like the stripes of a tiger: extreme contrast, and very "stripey", without much if any subtlety in between. Mind you, a few vintage ones are similar to modern ones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dhanners623 Posted June 5, 2017 Share Posted June 5, 2017 For comparison purposes, on the left is the pickguard I had made from amber tigerstripe tortoloid I ordered from StewMac, while on the right is the one that came on the guitar: Of course I only left the lefty pickguard on: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j45nick Posted June 5, 2017 Share Posted June 5, 2017 Of course I only left the lefty pickguard on: Nice! Very nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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