So, keeping with your analogy, you DEFINITELY don't want to see her f-hole??
Les Paul pickguard
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So, keeping with your analogy, you DEFINITELY don't want to see her f-hole??
13ontheB
Tele-Afflicted
That's your opinion!!
PraiseCaster
Poster Extraordinaire
I don't mind the pickguard, however, if you want to be a purist you better leave it on so the finish is able to "age" correctly. That's not an issue with the Epiphones.
For practicality purposes, I removed the pickguard from the guitar I used to gig with. That guitar is in need of a refinish, and once done the pickguard will be back in place!
Now, pickguard and poker chip, they're just a matter of personality. On a LP standard, I keep the poker chip and may or may not remove the pickguard. On the Les Paul custom (ebony), the poker chip has to go! Black over black, just looks like some flaw in the finish.. oh and yeah, I kinda know how to flip the switch to use the neck or the bridge pup, don't need Gibson to remind me!
For practicality purposes, I removed the pickguard from the guitar I used to gig with. That guitar is in need of a refinish, and once done the pickguard will be back in place!
Now, pickguard and poker chip, they're just a matter of personality. On a LP standard, I keep the poker chip and may or may not remove the pickguard. On the Les Paul custom (ebony), the poker chip has to go! Black over black, just looks like some flaw in the finish.. oh and yeah, I kinda know how to flip the switch to use the neck or the bridge pup, don't need Gibson to remind me!
Scotty Lonesome
Tele-Holic
Can't post right now...busy re-thinking my analogy. But, still...pickguard on at all times.
Scotty
Scotty
Canuckcaster
Poster Extraordinaire
I bit the bullet and put the pickguard on my Historic '56. It's a quilt top and while the grain is beautiful, I rest my hand on the pickguard when I play. It feels weird without it. Same with my Gretsch. It didn't have the pickguard on it when I got it, so I got the hardware to mount it and it's easier for me to play that way.
danelectro
Tele-Meister
Here's with guard on, I'm a guard on guy.
chet
Banned
Mine came with the pickguard off and no holes drilled into the top. There's no way I would ever drill into the top.
danelectro
Tele-Meister
Not mine, solid mahogany with no relief holes or chambers and weighs in at 8.6 lbs.
That's about what mine weighs. In fact, nearly every Historic Les Paul is somewhere in this range.
Scotty Lonesome
Tele-Holic
Well, my Les Paul (1974 Deluxe) ain't no slut. She keeps her pickguard ON!
<giggles>
Scotty.
<giggles>
Scotty.
I have mine off at the moment, but that's cause I've got a nice piece of flame Maple that I'm shaping to take it's place.
My buddy has a 90ish Alpine White Studio (that is of course, now, nicotine yellow) and it looked pretty good with no guard for a while...right up until I handed him a black-stained flame maple guard (and matching back covers) for it a few years ago. I'll look for pics.
Some Pauls look wrong without 'em, some look wrong with 'em. Mainly, though, I think they should have 'em. But you'd think that by now, for close to $2k, we could get something a little more interesting than off-white or black plastic.
My buddy has a 90ish Alpine White Studio (that is of course, now, nicotine yellow) and it looked pretty good with no guard for a while...right up until I handed him a black-stained flame maple guard (and matching back covers) for it a few years ago. I'll look for pics.
Some Pauls look wrong without 'em, some look wrong with 'em. Mainly, though, I think they should have 'em. But you'd think that by now, for close to $2k, we could get something a little more interesting than off-white or black plastic.
Mike Bruce
Friend of Leo's
Let me tell you how I really feel.
Les Paul pickguards look like slapped on afterthoughts to me, and what's with that dorky looking bracket? Why cover nice wood with stupid plastic? It might be different if they looked classy with figured wood, but otherwise, take it off and put it in the case for the next owner.
Mike Bruce
Les Paul pickguards look like slapped on afterthoughts to me, and what's with that dorky looking bracket? Why cover nice wood with stupid plastic? It might be different if they looked classy with figured wood, but otherwise, take it off and put it in the case for the next owner.
Mike Bruce
Tom60
Tele-Meister
I hate pickguards so much I even took it off my LP Junior
I swear it sounds better now.
I swear it sounds better now.
Scotty Lonesome
Tele-Holic
Stop the Madness!! Put your pickguards back on. Tom60:
Pickguard OFF the Jr? I dunno, man. You keep the strings on or off?
Pickguard OFF the Jr? I dunno, man. You keep the strings on or off?
Tom60
Tele-Meister
Don´t worry, Scotty - other than restringing they stay on.
But the guitar now has a nice teardrop Vintage Burst pattern - like an old Gibby archtop from 40s...
But the guitar now has a nice teardrop Vintage Burst pattern - like an old Gibby archtop from 40s...
Joe-Bob
Doctor of Teleocity
Off. Why pay $$$ for flame maple and then hide it?
I'm not a ham-fist, so I don't have to worry about pick scratches.
I'm not a ham-fist, so I don't have to worry about pick scratches.
strummin67
Tele-Meister
Mine's on. It looks like it's missing something without it.
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