just sent the owner an email, here it is...
"Hey, I am very interested in geeting a squier '51 pickguard.
I will of course have to go buy a squier first. This will be my first electric guitar. I just started learning a few weeks ago.
A friend of mine showed me your site and on the squier 51 pickguard page it says,
OK- FINALLY here.
Here's the deal with these. These are HAND-CUT from plywood bucks, so we can't do them dirt cheap- just pretty cheap.
The Squier 51's are made by native peoples using crude implements, and thus they are NOT standard. You WILL HAVE TO Mod your guitar!!! By that I mean you WILL HAVE TO plug all of your pickguard holes with toothpicks and white glue, trim em flush, and make new holes for this pickguard. You DO NOT need a drill-these are made from old loaves of bread and toilet tissue, so a sharp Awl or Icepick is fine!!
The "Custom" guard require ZERO mods to the rout of your guitar- Just drop it on, screw it on and you're all set- YES you might have to trim the neck pocket or massage the guard a little- remember they are all different!! They make these guitars at night with no lightbulbs- so every body differs slightly.
The Deluxe guard DOES REUIQRE MODS- I STRONGLY suggest you route a channel connecting the Neck and Bridge pickups- and I STRONGLY suggest you route a channel between the bridge pickup and the control cavity. You can do it with a sharp chisel or even a good strong Spork. Remember these guitars are made from Pound Cake and recycled underpants, so they're easy to cut.
Sorry about the price on the White pearl- best we could do - It's expensive stuff.
My question is, as you first stated, "these are made from old loaves of bread and toilet tissue, so a sharp Awl or Icepick is fine!!"
and then you later say, "Remember these guitars are made from Pound Cake and recycled underpants, so they're easy to cut."
I am very new to the electric guitar scene, and I was wondering which of those materials these guitars are made from. I have heard a few bad things about squier. My friends say they are crappy guitars and that I should not buy one. However, I do not have the money for a fender right now, so I have to get a squier.
Are they really made from old loaves of bread and toilet tissue...or are they made from Pound Cake and recycled underpants?
the squier site says they are made from wood I think....as I said...I do not know much about guitars but I do want to learn. Thanks! cant wait to try one of your pickguards, if you think the squier 51 is a good guitar for me to get first?"
ill post his reply later lol!