Aging Pickguards

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Re: Aging Pickguards

Postby oipunkguy » Tue Jul 13, 2010 11:14 am

can you post any pics sarah?
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Re: Aging Pickguards

Postby Sarah93003 » Tue Jul 13, 2010 3:01 pm

Sure thing. Do you want a picture of the edge of the pickguard, or, how I measure it using a protractor and scale?
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Re: Aging Pickguards

Postby oipunkguy » Tue Jul 13, 2010 5:06 pm

pictures should be fine, i dont think we need to get that technical, lol.
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Re: Aging Pickguards

Postby MWaldorf » Wed Jul 14, 2010 9:47 am

oipunkguy wrote:mel, do u know if the older guards were cut like this originally? or would it be just aging of the pickguard?


The angle is so consistent from guard to guard it must be the original cut and not a factor of shrinking plastic. Also shrinking plastic would likely have a more wavy edge.
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