Handmade Nepalese and Thai

Exquisite, made-to-order decorative guitar scratchplates hand-covered with Shepherd's bookbinder's paper and hard-wearing resin and/or lacquer, and backed with copper shielding.

Please contact us directly for details, as this is truly a custom experience! We can source a scratchplate for you, or use your guitar's existing scratchplate. We recommend a Resin undercoat with a customised Moonflower Satin finish for optimum aesthetics and playability. Where possible, we prefer to refit the decorated plate in person to ensure a good fit.

Due to the interaction between paper and finishes, some variation in colour may occur.  This process involves a number of steps, some of which require curing, so please allow a three to four-week lead time for your order.

Shepherd's have a wide range of paper in stock...please feel free to browse on store.bookbinding.co.uk and let us know what you would prefer if you'd like to look outside of our current stock.  Equally, we are open to sourcing other options if desired.

Pricing is on application, but as a rough starting guide (prices include in-store fitting):

• Les Paul types start at £45
• Telecaster types start at £80
• Stratocaster types start at £90
• Full jazz bass types start at £95

Shepherd's says:

"As with many of the Khadi tissues, these papers are made from the fibre of the lokta plant. Unsized but naturally non-absorbent and available in an array of colours these papers are used for collage, drawing and other techniques....as they too are handmade, every sheet will be different and the colours can vary hugely from batch to batch."