Inlay Guitar Control Plates

& Pick Guards

This is a catch all section for Control/Toggle/Trim/Whatever plates that go on guitars/banjos/sitaurs/whatever.

This is for a Grateful Dead Style Tribute guitar produced by Troy (good guy, good builder) over at Post Guitars for David Martinez of Cool, Califonia. What a great name for a town, "Cool."

This control plate goes on the front of the guitar, below the bridge like Gerry Garcia's guitars did. I'll post pics of the guitar when I get them from Troy. This cover is 5" x 3" made of many differnet materials including; Mother of Pearl, Red Abalone, Black Mother of Pearl, Paua, Blue Jean Lapis, Dark Blue Lapis, Obsidian, Onyx, Black/Gray Grannit, Orange Spiny, Oriental Jade, Malichite, and Arizona Jade, and Maple all on top grade Rosewood.

It's a real stunner, I wish you could see it live. David have this to say about this new cover, "WOW!!!! So cool.... This is exactly what I had hoped for - it is perfect! I'm blown away by the detail... I can imagine it shimmering. The cattails and water are great. I am really torn..... I want to see this in person!!! But.... you should probably ship it to Troy so he can set it in he body of the guitar. I can't express how happy I am with this..... I didn't think I could get this level of detail and depth, and luminosity, and..... Cliff, thanks for getting this done so quickly, and doing such a beautiful job - a real piece of art. This is going to be the coolest guitar in the world.... at least in my eyes!"
Gretsch,Gretsch Guitar,Pickguard,Pick Guard,Custom Inlay Flying Hearts Gretsch Pick Guard made with White and Black Mother of Pearl, Red Abalone, and Bloody Jasper on Ebony. With Matching T-Cover
Gretsch,Gretsch Guitar,Pickguard,Pick Guard,Custom Inlay,tcover,Truss Rod Cover
PRS Paul Reed Smith Custom Inlay Fairy Trim Plate Dancing Fairy, with bat. I know, fairies and bats are different themes, but it's what Chris Bell of LA wanted. And that's the beauty of custom inlay is you get what you want. This is an awesome piece.
PRS Paul Reed Smith Custom Inlay Eagle Control Plate Ever Watchful over American. This cover is made with White/Black/Gold Mother of Pearl, Fresh Water Pearl, Red Abalone, Bloody Jasper, Dark Lapis, and Brass on Ebony. We also make a matching tcover.
PRS Paul Reed Smith Custom Inlay Flying Eagle Control Plate Flying Eagle at Sunset. This cover is made from White/Gold Mother of Pearl, Red Abalone, and Paua on Ebony.
Obviously for Rob Calise of Frederick, MD. He was a Chief in the Navy and this Tele replacement pickguard for to honor his service to his country. The cover is made from White and Gold MOP, Dark Lapis, and Bloody Jasper on Rosewood.
Based on the Flying Eagle truss rod cover, this trim plate using Fossilize Red Bone for the sun, giving it a 60's psychdelic look, or many like an alien planet. A perfect example of what a small change in material can do.
Fender Guitar Custom Inlay Grateful Dead Trim Plate A tribute piece for the Greatful Dead this cover is made from Silver, White and Gold Mother of Pearl, 10,000 Year Old Mammoth Ivory, Bloody Jasper, and Lapis on Ebony. This plate is owned by Daniel Stanley of MA. Dan shared these thought with me, "Your work gets a TON of comments."
PRS Paul Reed Smith Custom Inlay Crab Control Plate The Crab is made with Paua, Red Abalone, White and Black Mother of Pearl and four different kinds of stones on Mahogany. This piece was comissioned by Leonard Bosh Jr. of CT.
Plate for a PRS single cut 20th anniversary guitar commissioned by John Nussbaumer of Gastonia, NC. This is green paua and silver fantail on rosewood.
PRS Paul Reed Smith Custom Inlay Wolf Control Plate The Howling Coyote is made with White, Gold and Black Mother of Pearl and Agora on Mahogany. This piece was also comissioned by Leonard Bosh Jr. of CT.
PRS Paul Reed Smith Custom Inlay Warrior Angel Control Plate The Warrior Angel made with 10,000 year old Mamoth Ivory
Fender Guitar Custom Inlay Eric Clapton Layla Trim Plate Lay....La!!! Tribute trim plate for a Fender Strat. Custom made for Ric Golemon from Chicago." All I can say is.... frickin' unbelievable! Another excellent job, I can't wait to get it! It's going to be killer looking on the guitar! I can't appreciate your artistry more, its truly magnificent. "
Taylor Guitar Custom Taylor Flying Eagle Pick GuardTaylor Guitar Custom Taylor Flying Eagle Pick Guard Based on our flying eagle design, this if an ebony pick guard for a Taylor guitar custom ordered by Robert Gontarek of Roseville, MN. Robert shared this with me, "The postman just delivered the beautiful pick guard this afternoon. I installed it and it fit beautifully. Your inlay work is of utmost precision and a thing of beauty. Great work Cliff."This pick guard was attached with 3M double back tape and on modification of the guitar are necessary.
PRS Paul Reed Smith Custom Inlay Dragon Control Plate The second piece in the "King of Dragons" set ( the tcover is already designed ) this is probably the best dragon I have ever done. By doing just the head, I could really add a lot of detail to the piece. I'm looking forward to doing the trim plate. The first owner of this design, Dave Nalewajek had this to say, "The Dragon Head arrived today. As the old man on Everybody Loves Raymond use to say, HOLY CRAP. This is unbelievable."
Gibson Guitar Custom Inlay Owl Toogle Cover This Owl face is a toggle cover for a PRS Single Cut. Boy, I love this one! It is made of Silver Fantail, Red Abalone, Black Mother of Pearl, and Gold Mother of Pearl on Ebony. This piece commissioned by Gianni Del Degan from Canada.
Gibson Guitar Custom Inlay Owl Control Plate This is the matching back control plate for the owl face above. This cover would probably not be for you if you're a snake fan. :-)
PRS Paul Reed Smith Custom Inlay Owl Trim Plate Matching Trim Plate.
Control plate for a guitar made specially for the Detroit Jazz Festival by Marcovis Guitars.
PRS Paul Reed Smith Custom Inlay Trim Plate The Blue Jean Baby is made with Paua, Blue Jean Lapis and Dark Lapis on Mahogany. This piece was once again comissioned by Leonard Bosh Jr. of CT.
PRS Paul Reed Smith Custom Guitar Flying Eagle Body Inlay
This really isn't a control plate, but I just don't know where else to put this. This is a "Pick Up Ring Inlay. The piece replaces your two pick up rings and suspends the inlay on the front of the body between the rings. This one is a standard model for a Paul Reed Smith 22 fret guitar.
PRS Paul Reed Smith Custom Inlay Flying Eagle Control Plate PRS, Control Plate with Flying Eagle Made of Paua, Red Abalone, White/Gold Mother of Pearl, on Ebony $350.
Paul Reed Smith Custom Inlay Flying Eagle Control Plates Shared photograph from customer.
PRS Paul Reed Smith Custom Bird Inlay Control Plate Based on the design of my custom, this egyptian style bird is made of Paua, Silver Fantail, Gold and White MOP on Ebony. We are making up matching tcovers.
PRS Paul Reed Smith Custom Inlay Bird Trim Plate Matching Trim Plate.
PRS Paul Reed Smith Custom Inlay Flying Eagle Trim Plate PRS, Trim Plate with Flying Eagle Made of Paua, Red Abalone, White/Gold Mother of Pearl, on Ebony $350.
Gibson Custom Inlay Turtle Toogle Cover I like this little turtle and I really wanted people to see it. This was made for Princeville Guitars and is made of Paua, Red Abalone and Webbed Malichite on Koa.
Princeville Guitars Inlay Set Here is the entire Princevill guitar control panel set.
The Well Dressed PRS Set Includes Control Plate, Trim Plate, Pick Up Ring Inlay and T-Cover. Avaiable in Ebony or Rosewood.
PRS Paul Reed Smith Flying Eagle Inlay Set
PRS Paul Reed Smith Custom Inlay Bird Control Plate Simple, but elegant, Paua birds to match a PRS.