Just wanted to recommend the plastics from Charles Guitar, struggled with aftermarket plastics for my strat and I’m finally happy.
First were the eBay cheap horrors, sicky green
![](https://i.imgur.com/9DRzXLJ.jpg)
Next was ‘parchment’
![](https://i.imgur.com/tBjQ0im.jpg)
Add to that that Fenders own aged white covers and knobs are nearly yellow.
Charles Guitar parchment guard and parchment plastics, ‘vintage’ tips (I believe they’re crazy parts):
![](https://i.imgur.com/czc8pjg.jpg)
The guard was £16 and looks better than a modern genuine fender guard. The pickup covers have that slightly translucent look. They look great, feel great and would recommend to anyone. They do the art of ageing stuff too but can’t speak for those, but I get the impression they use these as a base.
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Been uploading old tracks I recorded ages ago and hopefully some new noodles here.
The aged yellow Fender stuff aint too far off what it will be in a few years!
Anyway I painted the guard and changed the knobs to black, but the pickup covers have just aged naturally! They used to be a brilliant white akin to the pinstripe.