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If anyone has any leads on Clown Barf (Random-Multi color) Celluloid Nitrate for bindings,head veneers and pick guards please let me know.
I have looked high and low on the internet and can't find any.

I have found sources for Mother of Toilet Seat.

Thanks,
Brad

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Maybe contact some of the major pick manufacturers and see if they can help you?

Mario Proulx makes pickguard material from scratch and sells it through multiple outlets AFAIK. You might want to contact him and ask if he can meet your needs - I believe he can do any style/color on demand (but at a price, of course!).

HTH,
Dave F.

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"There goes Mister Tic-Tac out the back with some bric-brac from the knick-knack rack"

The stuff Mario makes isn't celluloid. Here's what he's looking for.
http://www.frets.com/FRETSpages/general ... nbarf.html

I never heard it called that, but it's SPOT ON!

(and a pickguard made of that would be hilarious on the right colored Strat!)

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Only kind of guitar I have ever seen it used on is a ladder braced Bourgeois. They may be able to point you in the right direction.

Here's a direct link to Paul Hostter's notes about making picks from clown barf. Scroll down and navigate around. This opening page is a little over the top. In fact, Paul says it's not for the faint hearted. But once you start navigating, he really has some nice information on his site. Well worth the time it takes to navigate through all his pages.

http://www.lutherie.net/confetti.html

Patrick

I would also buy some Brad... Let me know if there is a mi imum order where you eventually find it!!!

Btw, did you try to contact Frank Ford directly?

M

Brad,

Try Charles Freeborn. www.freebornguitars.com

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Thanks for all the leads I am going to try some of them and see where I get.

By the way I am starting an all black guitar with white pearloid (celluloid nitrate) for the head veneer,bindings and pickguard-I am really jazzed about it.

Regards to all,
Brad

Our BeauGuard chemistry is the same as the Tortise varieties, we just use different colored pigments. Clown barf is actual flakes that are somehow bonded together (I assume in the back of a tiny car with lots of clowns in it).
You might try some of the drum making companies, as they at least used to skin with all those sparkly things. Otherwise hunt down old timer electric guitar places like Real Guitars in SF, or maybe McCabes in LA can set you on the right track.

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I've heard its very difficult get a decent price on the 2nd hand market for one of those cars. Something about them smelling funny and the horn being completely worn out.

Cheers

Kim

Added to the fact that very curious things went on in the trunk...

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Brad -talk to Harry Fleishman!!!!

Yeah, I thought it was a joke the first time I ever heard of clown barf... But it is a real thing, and it is one of the most appropriately named things I have ever seen.