Pickax

Just got a Holter Pickguard from Taylor Mullins for my Gibson L-00 Original. The factory pickguard was reddish in color but it didn’t really stand out on the black top. The Holter version is a Firestripe and it looks subtle in low light and really pops in bright or direct light. Taylor is great to work with and I highly recommend his pickguards. I sent the original to him and he made me an exact copy with superior material and it’s nicely beveled. NFI here, just throwing out a good word for him.

Would love to visit there. Sounds great!

Thanks for the info Guth. I've replaced and removed a number of pick guards before but not with the intent of saving the original. I will give it a go this weekend if time permits. The worst I could do is screw up the PG and in that case, I'd get another from Turtle Works. Your correct placement of the PG looks far better then Gibson's misplaced effort. It's defies explanation.

Guth, I want to do this to my J-45TV. How did you get the pick guard off without it curling, assuming you used a hairdryer to heat and remove?

Over the years, I've owned 45's from 96, 2010 and 2011 along with a WM45 from the mid 90's. They were all great Guitars but my favorite is my 2011 J-45TV. The rest were sold along the way.

No doubt - just recently picked one up. Very sweet and tank like. Beautiful SJ!!