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Old 09-24-2007, 11:26 AM   #62 (permalink)
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Re: "Screwless" pickguards

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Originally Posted by bobbovisme View Post
Just received mine today. I got one in clean and one in the ivory.

Top notch quality - looks professional. Get one before he starts charging an arm and a leg. If you installed one with the metal side bracket (without a screw into the guitar of course) and used one of the included rubber feet as the stop where the bracket is supposed to screw into the side of the guitar, I don't know how anyone but an expert up close would ever notice it wasn't a stock pickguard. I actually think they look better than factory. Why would you want to make screw holes into the body if you didn't have to.

My only disappointment is, the 'ivory' color is exactly that, and it doesn't look good with aged cream pickup rings. But I will say the factory pickguard isn't an exact match either. Any ideas on how to darken up the plastic? I'm going to hit him up to find a better matching plastic.

Great product - picts to come.



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