Originally Posted by: StevenNat my guitar shop they i can get any color i want for 1050 so i would not be saving 100 if i got the balck thanks for the suggestion though!!

unless you are experienced with all the guitars parts, I wouldn't actually take off the pickguard a spray paint it... well, then again... all you would really have to do would take the pickups off of the pickguard and it should be just by itself then. it's not like a strat where all the electronics are connected to the pickguard, so it shouldn't be too hard... so nevermind, you could probably do that if you wanted to without any real experience in taking the guitar apart.