Thx, Mickguard, your post was a great help.
The deal is that two or three people here around my town are interested in a Stingray but cannot afford the money to get one original one. They asked me and I agreed building it for around 1100 Euros (instead of 1700 here in Germany). So theres the problem because they want something that looks like a Stingray, well, they would agree with some small changes, but it shall still look like the original in general. And i can't and don't want to copy the bass 1:1. So I thought about possibilities to change the pickguards and electronic covers design as I already found a good looking change for the body that i've never seen anywhere before. But I think those two parts should look very much like the original as - in my opinion - those are the parts the make the Stingray look. Hope to get help here.
mab