Some plastics age faster than others

[Azureglo]

Heres how my 1988 MIK E10 has aged after 37 years: Funky, especially the grimy bits

 

[DougMen]

How new do you figure the Pure Vintage are? I bought mine used probably about 5 years ago.

They were after the 1st generation CV Strats that used Tonerider equivalent pickups were discontinued, so no earlier than 2019.

 

[JohnnyMac]

Heres how my 1988 MIK E10 has aged after 37 years: Funky, especially the grimy bits

Interesting. That's exactly how my '89 Korean aged. (pictured earlier)

 

[JohnnyMac]

They were after the 1st generation CV Strats that used Tonerider equivalent pickups were discontinued, so no earlier than 2019.

Sounds about right.

 

[archetype]

Love aged pickguards and plastics like the first one posted here.

I’ve even had several where the original knobs no longer matched each other or the original pickup covers no longer matched each other.

Yep. Made from different resin batches.

 

[Azureglo]

This gives a much better representation: Same 37 year old pickups detached for transplant to new body

 

[KankRat]

I found a pic of how the pickguard on the Affinity originally looked.
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I love this color. If it were mine I would do a parchment pearl.

 

[JohnnyMac]

I love this color. If it were mine I would do a parchment pearl.

My granddaughter wanted a black guard, knobs and pickup covers and that's what we did.

 

[KankRat]

My granddaughter wanted a black guard, knobs and pickup covers and that's what we did.

That will look great! Good choice.

 

[painter33]

I have ‘90s Squier aged pickguards on all of my Strats: Surf Green, Sonic Blue, Burst, and Black with covers and knobs mostly matching.

 

[Radiotech]

I've re-whitened a number of white guards (and guitars) with goo-gone, it also relives a lot of scratch marks too.

 

[downrazor11]

@JohnnyMac
A lot of plastics will change color if left in the sun due to exposure from the UV end of the spectrum, was the guitar across from a (non-UV shielded) window that let in lots of light?

 

[JohnnyMac]

@JohnnyMac
A lot of plastics will change color if left in the sun due to exposure from the UV end of the spectrum, was the guitar across from a (non-UV shielded) window that let in lots of light?

I'm not sure where it had been kept. It was in almost unused condition when I bought it. Now that I think if it, I'm pretty sure the pickguard still had the protective film on it. There is not a mark on it. I wonder if that was a factor. But it would have had the film under the knobs too and those areas are white.

 

[Bassmac]

I picked up a Squier Affinity for my granddaughter. I think it's 12 or 13 years old. The body is burgundy mist and I think the pickguard was originally white. It darkened pretty drastically. We didn't think it looked good with the body so I swapped it for a black one. I have white guards that are much older and the color has barely changed.

I'm thinking I may use it on my white partscaster.

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That would look good on black as well