Which loaded pickguard for Olive Strat?

[micwalt]

I dig the look and feel of my USA Pro Strat; however, I've decided that I just hate Strat bridge single coils. So I'm looking at loaded pickguards.
Here's the guitar now:

Option 1:

Option 2:

For reference, here's one with a tort guard:

What say you?

 

[Chicken Man]

Zebra pickups work in very few scenarios, and this one could not be further from working.

 

[dodgechargerfan]

Black.

and +1 for no zebras.

 

[jelloman]

Black...

 

[baimun]

Get whichever pickup combo you’d rather have, and switch to brushed metal.

 

[mongooz]

i like the tort one

 

[baimun]

Or… @micwalt you can not be a conformist…. And do 3 P90s.

 

[DdBob]

Black

 

[Chad]

That guitar, black. And zebra covers are horrible.

 

[Bob411]

Was going to say I like tort but, not with the color of your guitar. Then I saw the picture. I vote tort.

 

[DFB]

I'd go black with black pickups, chrome knobs.

 

[micwalt]

I was thinking tort there for a minute, but I think I'm gonna go black.

 

[Knox in Box]

Get a custom pickguard for a Filtertron in the bridge and get one from somewhere good. It would be hella unique and they go well with the single coils.

Of course I'm a little weird like that. I did it with my SX strat way back. It sounded great, but I cut the pickguard sloppy and didn't want to spend too much on a custom one from the states.

 

[rhino]

Was going to say I like tort but, not with the color of your guitar. Then I saw the picture. I vote tort.

this

 

[Monson]

Just curious as I'm very happy with the SSS-config, but can an HSS Strat quack?

 

[Bob411]

Just curious as I'm very happy with the SSS-config, but can an HSS Strat quack?

Good question. I only have 3 Strats so, they are all obviously SSS so, I don't know either.

 

[DinoMikeSr]

Tort sss cream covers

 

[Aahzz]

I'm usually all about the tort, but that guitar needs the black.

 

[micwalt]

Just curious as I'm very happy with the SSS-config, but can an HSS Strat quack?

They can if you have a coil split on the humbucker.

 

[Monson]

They can if you have a coil split on the humbucker.

Ah cool! I was thinking suppose you were in a cover band doing bar gigs, and you needed to be able to play stuff like "You Shook Me All Night Long" and "Sultans of Swing" on the same guitar, reasonably convincingly.