THIS MATERIAL IS A PHOTO REPRINT, NOT REAL. The adhesive is a fake 3M that is slightly opaque as well, NOT TRANSPARENT. I guess it's just totally true that you cannot get good tortoise style pickguard material from anyone anymore if you want to make good custom guard. Even the stuff Stew Mac sells for $50 is kind of crap compared with material you could get 20 years ago. Only buy this if you do not care about how great it looks from less than 3 feet away.