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| Author: | Goodin [ Fri Oct 05, 2012 9:09 am ] |
| Post subject: | Wooden Pickguards |
I have never installed a wooden pickguard before and I am considering doing so on my current build. I will use a French polished shellac for the finish of the top. Can I glue the pickguard on to the shellac finish? What type of glue should I use? What's a good thickness for a wooden pickguard? Thanks for any advice. |
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| Author: | meddlingfool [ Fri Oct 05, 2012 9:31 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Wooden Pickguards |
You can get sheets of adhesive tape for this purpose from Stew Mac I believe ... |
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| Author: | Rodger Knox [ Fri Oct 05, 2012 10:06 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Wooden Pickguards |
+1 on the pickguard adhesive from StewMac. I would think thinner would be better, 1/16" or less if you can get it that thin. Shouldn't be a problem unless you're using some kind of burl. |
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| Author: | Bryan Bear [ Fri Oct 05, 2012 10:51 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Wooden Pickguards |
I just did this. I just used a veneer. I flooded the surface with thin CA and squeegeed it in, I’m not sure that was necessary though. I used the Stew Mac adhesive sheet right on the French polish and it works great. The only problem I had was I misaligned it when I started sticking it down. Once it touches you can’t move it, so be careful. |
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| Author: | Goodin [ Fri Oct 05, 2012 2:43 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Wooden Pickguards |
Thanks everyone. I'll try the StewMac pickguard adhesive. Good point about the burl. I am using Portuguese olive root which is sort of like a burl so I will make it just a bit thicker. |
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| Author: | Tom West [ Fri Oct 05, 2012 8:20 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Wooden Pickguards |
How do wooden guards stand up? I would tend to think that they would mar quite easily. Tom |
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| Author: | Michiyuki Kubo [ Sat Oct 06, 2012 2:50 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Wooden Pickguards |
Tom West wrote: How do wooden guards stand up? I would tend to think that they would mar quite easily. Tom I'm thinking the same thing. Isn't the pick guards job to protect the finish and wood of the guitar? Sounds like a neat idea but it make me wonder. Also, (a bit off subject) could you carve a pick guard on the guitar if the top was thicker in the area? This is a hypothetical really since I think it's a waste of wood to do this and maybe not really useful. |
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| Author: | giltzow [ Sun Oct 07, 2012 4:03 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Wooden Pickguards |
Hi All I have been using wooden pickguards for about 8 years. I like both plastic & wooded guards so I use what ever is wanted. They both come off fairly easily so replacing wood with plastic or replacing a worn one isn't too hard. My experience with wooden guards is that they hold up very well. I have guitars that are eight years old, played hard and still have the original wood guard. I had one of my guitars evaluated by William Cumpiano a few years back and one of his concerns was the wood pick guard. He said it might dampen the top. I think that is a valid concern. He didn't tell me wether it was the weight or the stiffness of the wood that concerned him, but it must be the stiffness because I recently replaced a plastic guard with a wooden one that was exactly the same size. My wooden one was 1 gram less in weight than the "Tor-Tis" guard that it replaced. I thin the wood to just less than 1/16" in thickness and use Tru-Oil as a finish. There are some advantages to the wood guard. Advertising and personalizing. I'm attaching a few pictures below. Attachment: DSCN8015.JPG Attachment: DSCN7631.JPG Attachment: DSCN7629.JPG
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