Pickguard, on or off?

[Tony M.]

Thank you Smitty.
Edited per your recommendation.
It flows much better now.

 

[Tony M.]

I also relocated the edited line
to preserve the slope of the post.

 

[RVA]

Although this thread has had its twists and turns, it is still revolving around the theme of the poll. Quite nice!

 

[Tony M.]

You hadda go and say that...

 

[eSGEe]

5 pages ---on a pickguard........interesting

 

[RVA]

5 pages ---on a pickguard........interesting

We are picky about pickguards, and sometimes picks. Once we pick a topic, we just pick it apart. In fact, I pick you to start a seperate thread on picks. Could you picture that?!

 

[Tony M.]

I can picture a pick thread with pics of all the picks we pick.

 

[RVA]

I can picture a pick thread with pics of all the picks we pick.

We should probably include some pictures of pickups too. I mean, you can have the pics and the pickguard, but you ain't gonna pickup chicks at a gig without pickups.

 

[Don O]

If you are prone to dropping picks, I did this little mod 15 years ago. I don’t use it, but it was interesting to try.

I can picture a pick thread with pics of all the picks we pick.

If you are prone to dropping picks, I did this little mod about 15 years ago. I don’t use it, but it was a good experiment.

 

[RVA]

If you are prone to dropping picks, I did this little mod 15 years ago. I don’t use it, but it was interesting to try.


If you are prone to dropping picks, I did this little mod about 15 years ago. I don’t use it, but it was a good experiment.

Cool! I bought a gross (yes, 144) of these> They are made of recycled copper and recycled carpet nylon

 

[WavMixer]

So you play at seances often?

What would you bring to a conjuring?

When I was a teenager I went into a graveyard on Halloween with some friends to have a seance. The only thing we conjured up were the local police department.

 

[Tony M.]

How do you guys play with such large picks?

 

[WavMixer]

How do you guys play with such large picks?

All it takes is a large guitar

 

[smitty_p]

See, Tony...

Now, get out there and give ’em heck, Tiger!

Hey, I just realized...I made a funny.

See, I was talking to Tony, and I called him, "Tiger."

Get it?

Tony the Tiger!!!

Ha! I kill me!

 

[WavMixer]

Hey, I just realized...I made a funny.

See, I was talking to Tony, and I called him, "Tiger."

Get it?

Tony the Tiger!!!

Ha! I kill me!

Hay, you did it again with the thread merge...
Lets get to know the Retirees

 

[jtcnj]

Didn’t the Knights Templar issue an edict on a Runestone that said the pick guard should never be removed from a Les Paul?

It is SHALL, which means you have too. Most people say they were betrayed by the king of France for becoming too powerful, but there is some documentation to suggest it may have been, in fact, over this very matter.

It doesn't matter because with or without the
pickguard I find Les Pauls to be uncomfortable.

They weigh too much.
They irritate my forearm.
They dig into my ribcage.
The cutout is poorly designed.
They have bad upper fret access.
The pickup selector is in a stupid place.
The front strap button is in a stupid place.

Removing or retaining the pickguard solves
none of these very serious design flaws.

Clumsy fat awkward boat anchors.
Every last one of them.

Sooooo, is that a yes or a no?......

 

[Tony M.]

Sooooo, is that a yes or a no?......

I thought my answer was clear.

 

[jtcnj]

Clever, very cleverrrrrrr!!
Ahh, forgot, I did read that earlier.

 

[smitty_p]

It is SHALL, which means you have too.

Right, you are!

SHALL never be removed!

 

[Gahr]

I like it with.. but I voted remove it only because I don't like the 1960 written it...

I see what you mean, and I'm hoping to find a replacement. The only problem is finding something matching the color as well as this one does. It goes really well with the other plastics (i.e. poker chip, pup rings, and the binding), I actually have two spare cream colored pickguards, but none of them match (in one of them, the holes don't line up properly either, so it's useless no matter what). But I'll keep looking. I guess the problem is finding something with the right aging. I'm tempted to get one from a place like Creamtone, but they are just effing expensive...