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Yes all sorted you were right! That was embarrassing! It's been that long since I bought a new guitar. 😳

Thank you 🙂 I did look, but obviously not hard enough. I didn't want to be too rough on it. I'll try again!

Hi all After years of wanting a Gibson ES335, I finally bought one last week, and love it! The only concern I have is around the pickguard. I noticed a day or two ago that there are already about five noticeable dings in the pickguard by the bridge pickup. I get that they take some of the pick knocks that would otherwise damage the paintwork, so you'd expect some scuffing over time, but this normal after a week? My other electric is a Rickenbacker 330 which I've had for 20 years and after all that time I can barely see a single mark on the Rick's pickguard. My initial thought was maybe there is a thin layer of peel-able plastic film covering that came with the guitar, but I cant see any as far as I can make out. Thanks in advance for any advice. Andy