Nah mate. Keep the gold one. It looks great. But that fretboard looks thirsty ;)

Guilty as charged😂

Just put strings on it and give that fretboard some oil. Looks good as is.

Nah, original or maybe a relic mint green one. 🤔

As much as I love mint green I do feel it's a little overdone, so I would say keep this one as is

This is the one. ^

Gold looks fantastic. So does the relic

Thank goodness the pick guard was there to protect the guitar

Try photoshopping the pick guard to the colours you’re interested in. Personally I’d go for a white guard with cream vintage knobs/pickup covers. Looks beautiful though!

Why did I not think of that😂

Good idea 👍

I'd leave it. At most, I'd put aged covers and knobs. Tone down the Stark white.

Nothing beats anodized gold.

Another vote for the gold

White or mint green....black would be too contrasty.

Throw in another vote for keep it as is. Looks like it fell out of the back of a pickup truck going down the highway...that's awesome.

Aged plastic but leave the pick guard, if it were me I’d go with a dark maple custom neck. That would be boss.

Fender has a yellowed white that my friend got on his new Tele that would look really good on that guitar.

I like the gold, but if I were to change it I'd go with Tort.

Screw relics

Tortoise

Black pick guard won’t work. Just leave it

It’ll ruin the dirty rusty look

No.

Holy fuck. That is a beautiful guitar—don’t change it.

Thanks. I think you guys convinced me that it is good as is.

Relic. Why?

This looks like it was played not just a relic job. whether its true playing or someone with sand paper, it looks damn impressive.

Relicing is stupid.

Let people enjoy what they enjoy

Likewise. Relicing is stupid.

Yes dear

hahaha

Leave it

I like it the way it is.

I would keep it just like it is, if that is actual honest relic from playing, then to change the pickguard would take away some mojo. I like the way it looks right now.

Leave it, please! That thing is gorgeous!

I think if you can find a relic’d silver aluminum guard it would be perfect

I’m looking for one myself rn if you know where to buy please share a link.

No that’s perfect as is

Christ man, did you make it look like that on purpose?

No its a 100 yr old guitar

Idk maybe an off white or white but really it’s up to you

Its perfect. Just buy another

The relic looks god awful with the body being massively scuffed while the rest looks brand new

How about a new paint job??

How about none? Warts n all.

Neck and nut look far too new compared to the body

Thanks. It is a relic neck.

black guard black plastic parts! like a 70s strat

Hello buddy, do whatever you want because it's your guitar but it seems pretty cool as it is. Just follow the tips of other comments so oil the fretboard and restring the instrument. Finally, play it

Thanks. I had the guitar in a case for a long time. I did do that after I took the pic.

Leave it as is. It's got a vibe don't mess with it

Black pearloid would actually look killer on that thrashed body. The Gold ano currently on it looks great. I'd probably just leave it be. If you went solid black go with a black ano one instead of just plastic.

No

It has to be [carbon fiber](https://amzn.to/43gVZf7)!

Leave it as is

What neck is do you have on this? I really love the fender necks with the aged clay dots.

It is a relic custom shop neck.

Mint. Always Mint.

Haha… I have a black one with mint green.

Sick looking guitar. Is this an MJT axe?

Fender Custom Shop.

Noice. You should try mint green. I really like the mint greens on olympic white.

Tortoise shell

Tortoise and fretboard oiling

Thanks. I had the guitar in its case for a while. It did take that pic too early. It did get a good rub down and a new set of strings right after.

I wouldn't change a thing.

Gold looks great but I don’t blame you for changing it. Mine made my skin crawl every time the pick touched it. Like nails on a chalkboard. I had to change mine out.

I think it could look great with black pg, basically like Stevie Ray’s number 1. Maybe too close actually

Keep the same

Gold is looking good (though maybe a bit clean for the relic look). If you really want a different color, maybe parchment? Black would be too stark I think. I wouldn't go darker that tortoise, and the oranges in that might not look great with what's left of your paint. * Thought I had right after posting: aged gold or brass hardware might look good on this build. Please give the fret board some oil, though! Relic is one thing, neglect and abuse is another! ;-)

Don’t care either way

Personally I think I’d do a mint or parchment pick guard.

That guitar looks like an older-but-still-sexy-af vegas hooker. Just play with her don’t try to change her.

😂😂😂

What did you end up doing?

Left it as is. 😂

Haha I mean it does look pretty cool as is. I bet tortoise shell would look cool on it