I like the pickguard.
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| Author: | sdsollod [ Sat Jan 31, 2015 4:38 pm ] |
| Post subject: | With and Without Pickguard |
With and Without Pickguard |
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| Author: | Chris Pile [ Sat Jan 31, 2015 4:56 pm ] |
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Nice either way. |
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| Author: | James W B [ Sat Jan 31, 2015 5:01 pm ] |
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Without |
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| Author: | Glen H [ Sat Jan 31, 2015 5:23 pm ] |
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Without But I might prefer with if it were a different pguard. That one IMO is just a little too large. The bottom right leg looks like it is drooping. |
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| Author: | Tom West [ Sat Jan 31, 2015 6:17 pm ] |
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Steve: Looks nice to me either way. If the guitar is for some one else, please them. If it's for yourself I would suggest the guard. I put guards on any guitar I make for myself, not because I need them, because I don't. But sometime, somewhere, someone will play your guitar and scratch it to H^&L if you don't have the guard. DAMHIK. Tom |
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| Author: | sdsollod [ Sat Jan 31, 2015 6:32 pm ] |
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That guitar has gone without a pickguard for about a year. I thought I'd see how the pickguard would look. Rather than using the typical Martin style tear drop I thought I'd try to come up with a shape. As it turns out... this design looks a lot like a Gibson design. I didn't consciously try to do that... I have not yet try to sell my guitars, although, I may see if I could do that. On my last one I used a clear pickguard. Since the top is sinker redwood, I thought I better try to protect it... |
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| Author: | Greg B [ Sat Jan 31, 2015 7:46 pm ] |
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I like the pickguard.
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| Author: | JasonMoe [ Sat Jan 31, 2015 8:47 pm ] |
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Commando |
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| Author: | Clay S. [ Sun Feb 01, 2015 9:45 am ] |
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I like it either way, but I think the guard should be wider and closer to the edge. People who need them flail away and might get past the edge of that one. |
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| Author: | David Newton [ Sun Feb 01, 2015 3:40 pm ] |
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I like pickguards, and I like yours with a pickguard. I like your design, because I like the 30's Gibson shape guard. If you are going to try & sell your guitars, my advice is to make a guard and have it available to show the customer either way. If you mount one on spec, a customer is going to say "I'd rather not have a pickguard". Murphy rules on pickguards. |
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| Author: | Hesh [ Sun Feb 01, 2015 4:17 pm ] |
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Hey Steve: First both guitars look absolutely beautiful!!!! Second: I like it either way too and like the shape of the guard in the pic as well. And third: I understand that you don't yet sell em although your stuff looks like you would have lots of takers. What I was waiting for in this thread was for someone to inquire as to where this instrument may end up. More specifically for me the decision to put on a p*ck gu*rd is a function of if it's going to a finger style sort who takes care of their stuff or perhaps a flat picking heavy hitter - form follows function is always worth a consideration. Since you may be keeping it guess it depends on how and what you play and as such only you can answer this question, ultimately. Really nice work though!!!! |
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| Author: | tysam [ Sun Feb 01, 2015 4:54 pm ] |
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Very nice with either option....good work. I prefer no guard if it was only a guitar for me. All of my demo guitars I have a guard on....and even then I worry with the way some folks beat on them.  Ultimately it depends on the use the guitar will get....multi player guitars I recommend a guard, solo user guitars depend on the style of the player. Either way you decide, it looks good.
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| Author: | sdsollod [ Sun Feb 01, 2015 5:01 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: With and Without Pickguard |
Thanks for the kind words Hesh (...and others). I have just finished my 10th build (the sinker redwood OM above) and the one with (or without) the pickguard has been around a while. Frankly, I just wanted to see how it would look with a pickguard. I think that some guitars look fine without, but I thought this one looked a little naked for some reason. I generally don't need a pickguard because even when I strum I'm pretty controlled. At this point, I have not sold any guitars. I work full time and I average about one per year. I get kinda attached to them after all that time and I get so I don't want to let loose of them. I have given a few away. My wife says we're running out of room... I'm planning to retire soon and I'm thinking that perhaps I could try selling some. I don't expect to make a substantial amount of money, but it would be fun, which is really why I build them in the first place. |
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