sydbarret Posted September 9, 2020 Share Posted September 9, 2020 (edited) Was looking to get a WD aged pickguard to match my aged pickups. WD says the guards are for post 2010 explorers. Mine is a 2006 76 ri will it fit or did Gibson change them5 Edited September 9, 2020 by sydbarret Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rct Posted September 9, 2020 Share Posted September 9, 2020 I had a 2006 76 RI. I got a WD pickguard for it and it was pretty close, but didn't fit right. That was before 2010 though. One of two WDs I ever got that didn't fit right, of literally dozens of their pickguards. The other was my SG. rct Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt. Pepper Posted September 10, 2020 Share Posted September 10, 2020 There aging pick guards now too. When will it end? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pinch Posted September 11, 2020 Share Posted September 11, 2020 On 9/10/2020 at 3:37 AM, Sgt. Pepper said: There aging pick guards now too. When will it end? Relic'd picks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt. Pepper Posted September 11, 2020 Share Posted September 11, 2020 17 minutes ago, Pinch said: Relic'd picks. Strings too. Nothing like pre abused dead strings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pinch Posted September 12, 2020 Share Posted September 12, 2020 17 hours ago, Sgt. Pepper said: Strings too. Nothing like pre abused dead strings. Damn, you're right. And frets, too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt. Pepper Posted September 12, 2020 Share Posted September 12, 2020 (edited) 23 minutes ago, Pinch said: Damn, you're right. And frets, too! Gibson went the other way a while back and remember when their frets were Cryogenically Treated? AKA dipped in Liquid Nitrogen. Where I work we use it in the wind tunnel to chill the tunnel down to negative 250 fahrenheit, and I dipped a set of string in a bucket once. I guess the theory is once you dip it in LN2 (Liquid Nitrogen) it is supposed to re-arrange the molecules in the metal and make it harder I guess. When I dipped my strings in LN2 I heard no difference and the strings didn't last longer. I think Dean Markley does the same thing with their Blue Steel Electric Guitar Strings. I used then on my electrics when I had them. I did like their electric strings. Edited September 12, 2020 by Sgt. Pepper Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
merciful-evans Posted September 12, 2020 Share Posted September 12, 2020 We used liquid nitrogen on aircraft sub assemblies to shrink fit bushes into 'interference fit' holes. Useful stuff. Never thought of putting guitar strings in it though. I had a quick look at the explorer pickguards. If you know what your looking for you can usually find someone that makes them. Here in the uk, there are different price points for different quality. It might mean using e-bay, but the perfect world is still a WIP. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
merciful-evans Posted September 12, 2020 Share Posted September 12, 2020 Here's one (uk). Even if you dont want one of these. It has the info you requested. https://www.wdmusic.com/pickguards-gibson-explorer.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pinch Posted September 22, 2020 Share Posted September 22, 2020 They need to put out a "1984" Explorer. I don't get why they don't. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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