Help me personalize a Midnight Blue Strat

[eurotrashed]

I was never a fan of this color, bought it thinking it would be more blue than purple. I could refinish it but I am trying to make it cool without refinishing it. So looking at pickguard, knobs and pickup cover options.

I saw a Sonic Blue Strat on this site with a black pickguard and multicolor knobs and pickup covers and it gave me this idea:

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Also thought about pearloid pickguard, tortoise shell, ionized gold, polished silver.

Or I thought if I could get a pickguard like a Jazz Bass with a polished section just around the controls...

Anyone got ideas?

Also thinking of throwing a P-Rails into it too...

Current:

[eurotrashed]

Here is the picture that got me thinking:

[Stike]

Engine turned guard
http://www.rainbowguitars.com/access.../0991378000/FE

[AndrewC]

Here's how it looks with a pearloid pickguard...

[eronson]

beat it up, or black everything would look pretty slick (pickguard etc...)

[eurotrashed]

Originally Posted by eronson

beat it up,

Yeah... no thanks...

As for the blue strat posted, that does look good. But I think it is a different blue. My strat is this blueish-purple color that is terrible trying to match to anything.

I took the tortoise shell pickguard off my G&L SB-2 and held it up and it looks kinda nice though.