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I am wanting to replace the pickguard on my J180-EC with a rosewood model.

To match with bridge and pins already installed. Anyone know of a good dealer for these?

I have seen several on the internet but not sure of which to use. Most pricing I have seen range from $40

to $50. Some advertise "rosewood" and some "rosewood veneer". I also would like to know if any

change in tone can be expected. Any help would be appreciated, dealer to use etc...

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I can't say for sure' date=' but I doubt that Rosewood vibrates at the same rate that Spruce does, so I would guess that would change the tone in some way. I would think the level of tone difference would depend on the size and thickness of the pickguard.[/quote']

 

yeah that makes sense...essentially you are stacking another wood type on top of the spruce...i think any change in tone will be nominal...do they make spruce guards??

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I am wanting to replace the pickguard on my J180-EC with a rosewood model.

To match with bridge and pins already installed. .

 

I *knew* I kept these photos for some reason!!

 

What you describe' date=' in general at least, has been done before!

 

Here's an ebony 1993 J-180 "Artist" model with the pickguard in rosewood, and I believe this was how this edition was made, straight from the factory.

[img']http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e340/shrimer/93GibsonJ-180Artist_front1.jpg[/img]

 

Sorry, I guess I wasn't clever enough to get a picture of the whole actual guitar, so here's the front end too:

93GibsonJ-180ArtistSE_front.jpg

 

I've had those pix since 2001, so I expect that was from some store's website.

 

You could likely get a luthier to cut you a rosewood guard in that or whatever shape you wanted. If you went to Gibson through your dealer of course, I think you could expect to pay several pretty pennies, and prolly a few pretty dimes for it. You can always ask though -- nuthin wrong with that!!

 

Fred

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http://artisanguitarrepair.com/woodpickguards.com/index.htm

 

These are the ones I have looked at so far.

 

I think the rosewood guard would make the guitar standout more.

Already has rosewood bridge and the Gibson rosewood/dot pins.

But the black finish on the J180EC along with the stock black

guard is a little to much IMO.

 

The rosewood pins I installed recently added a softer tone unplugged

or through a PA, really like it.

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Thats what I am talking about shrimer...Looks nice. I am going to have the

guard cut a little different than stock size but not much bigger. So I guess in

a few weeks I will be looking for the thread I saw months ago about

replacing the guard...

 

I do think the rosewood guard as a finished touch in matching the bridge.

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I can't say for sure' date=' but I doubt that Rosewood vibrates at the same rate that Spruce does, so I would guess that would change the tone in some way. I would think the level of tone difference would depend on the size and thickness of the pickguard.[/quote']

 

I wonder, does a plastic pickguard vibrate at the same rate as the Spruce top?

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