jedzep Posted April 13, 2022 Share Posted April 13, 2022 Nasty! Send it to me and I'll ship it back in 6 months looking right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
will97 Posted April 13, 2022 Share Posted April 13, 2022 (edited) I prefer the look of look of batwings from an aesthetic standpoint - especially when it used on a jumbo body (J-200/J-185). However, I think regular slopes and smaller guitars such as the J-45 or LG-2 do have more of a charm with the smaller teardrop pickguard. I have put a batwing on a newerJ-45 studio and the difference in tone was negligible. Granted, the batwing used was a thinner 0.025" tortoise material. I suspect that guards that use a thicker material like the 2-ply thicker "gel-like" guards that Gibson used in the past (2015-2018ish) models did have a more profound effect on the sound as there was an ample amount of glue used to attach those guards (Ironic as lot of them suffered from detachment issues). The tiger striped guards that posted by Dave look very well made and are thinner. The darker tiger looks great but I think the lighter tiger stripe guard would be a real winner on a lighter top . Edited April 13, 2022 by will66 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kwlsky Posted April 13, 2022 Share Posted April 13, 2022 30 minutes ago, merciful-evans said: This is one ugly guitar. What were they thinking? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ksdaddy Posted April 13, 2022 Share Posted April 13, 2022 29 minutes ago, Kwlsky said: This is one ugly guitar. What were they thinking? I watch a Grand Ole Opry show that was filmed in the 50s (not actually affiliated with the Grand Ole Opry). It's on RFD-TV once a week or so. About 80% of the featured performers have D-28s and over half of them have horrible nondescript shaped oversized and/or double pickguards. It was like a fad back then, affix a stupid looking guard. I cringe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave F Posted April 13, 2022 Share Posted April 13, 2022 Still goes on today Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
E-minor7 Posted April 14, 2022 Share Posted April 14, 2022 4 hours ago, Dave F said: Still goes on today "You could almost think that you're seeing double" B. Dylan in When I Paint My Masterpiece approx 1970 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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