zombywoof Posted January 17, 2009 Share Posted January 17, 2009 I like 'em with scratchplates. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueLesPaul2006 Posted January 17, 2009 Share Posted January 17, 2009 I voted for NO pickguard, but I have one on mine. I like the look of the LP without the guard but I use mine to rest my fingers on while picking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
i hate classical music Posted January 17, 2009 Author Share Posted January 17, 2009 i guess this is the end of the poll, most people like them with the pickguard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lineman4l Posted January 17, 2009 Share Posted January 17, 2009 I say pick guard off........I'm in the same delima though! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IntelligentAl Posted January 18, 2009 Share Posted January 18, 2009 I voted for pickgaurd on, but I am very curious as to how my LP Studio would look with it taken off. That's the good thing about having a guitar that comes with the pickgaurd: you a have the option to remove it! But I agree, it totally depends on the guitar itself... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Svet Posted January 18, 2009 Share Posted January 18, 2009 All of this discussion leads me to another related question. How hard do you play and how far out of the field of the strings? I mean, I feel I have a heavy picking hand and generate some intense dynamic contrasts but I don't feel that my guitars finish would be in danger with or without a PG! The guard is purely aesthetic in my view. if you're moving your hand parallel to the body and brushing strings that are raised off the body how, prey tell, are you ever hitting the body? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcwillow777 Posted January 18, 2009 Share Posted January 18, 2009 All of this discussion leads me to another related question. How hard do you play and how far out of the field of the strings? I mean' date=' I feel I have a heavy picking hand and generate some intense dynamic contrasts but I don't feel that my guitars finish would be in danger with or without a PG! The guard is purely aesthetic in my view. if you're moving your hand parallel to the body and brushing strings that are raised off the body how, prey tell, are you ever hitting the body? [/quote'] +1. That is what I feel about electrics. I don't beat my electrics, I usually have my pinky and ring finger resting on the body by the bridge pickup or on the pickguard in the same place if the guitar has one. When I'm strumming I don't use really wide motions, so the pick scratches really aren't an issue. Now on the other hand, there are times that I beat the snot out of my acoustics when I play them. A lot defends on the song. I have taken some of the finish off around the bottom of the sound hole on my Martin. In fact there are are ridges around the bottom of the hole. Wow, a reliced guitar. I remember when I got it back in '80. I really babied it. I used a fairly light pick and lighter strings. I lived in North Dakota at the time so I had to be really careful with finsh cracks. I has heart broken when I got my first. It looks like a road map of the USA now. Then one of the techs at the shop I bought it at told my I should let the guitar do the work for me, that is why I bought a Martin. I bought it for the sound it produces. So I did. I haven't regretted it at all. Mine doesn't look nearly as worn as Willie's, but it definitely shows signs of wear. As far as the original question, I prefer them with the pickguards off, though most of mine have them on. I have one LP clone with it off, but then it came that way and I am glad. I guess the hole that the PG would leave on the body bugs me, so I just leave the PG on. Funny, huh. As beat as my Maritn looks a little hole bothers me? Go figure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LesPaulEMG Posted January 20, 2009 Share Posted January 20, 2009 ....... depends on color, finish, etc. they look good anyway Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matiac Posted January 20, 2009 Share Posted January 20, 2009 I can never decide...right now it's off. Who knows, maybe next week I'll put it back on. Oh, hi by the way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tflanster Posted January 20, 2009 Share Posted January 20, 2009 I got my LP with the pick guard unattached and left it unattached. If and when the scratches become unsightly, I'll put the guard on and hide the scratches. I think the color of the PG, even though it matches the binding, is ugly on a TransCherry. So I guess color is what matters. I say leave it off until scratches are too ugly to look at. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Villkain Posted January 21, 2009 Share Posted January 21, 2009 If my LP came without a PG I would never put it on as I don't believe in drilling holes in an instrument myself. If came with it already on, I'd just leave it on/take it off depending on my mood. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pohatu771 Posted January 21, 2009 Share Posted January 21, 2009 The Wine Red Gibson Les Paul Studio, with gold hardware, would look terrible with a pickguard. But a wine red Les Paul with nickel hardware needs it. So do amber-burst. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyberpunk409 Posted January 21, 2009 Share Posted January 21, 2009 Of course' date=' with the pickguard [img']http://lh5.ggpht.com/_68mEcMNlUhY/SWEBD3FIPhI/AAAAAAAAAoU/NUaCHmdYAzs/s800/DSC04339.JPG[/img] nice guitar, what is it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Memphs1978 Posted January 22, 2009 Share Posted January 22, 2009 nice guitar' date=' what is it?[/quote'] Les Paul... sorry i had too.. looks to be a honey burst LP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gibiphone Posted January 22, 2009 Share Posted January 22, 2009 In most cases 'on', but let me have a look. . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
larkin38 Posted January 22, 2009 Share Posted January 22, 2009 On my LP-100 I kept it on. On my Gibson LP. It came with the pg off. I put it on, but took it off. It looked better with it off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
captmidnight Posted January 22, 2009 Share Posted January 22, 2009 I can never decide...right now it's off. Who knows' date=' maybe next week I'll put it back on. Oh, hi by the way.[/quote']Hey Matiac...welcome back! Is good to see the blue bomber back in action on here. Capt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anfontan Posted January 23, 2009 Share Posted January 23, 2009 I removed the pickguard from my plus top Epi Les Paul Standard and was amazed at the fine looking Maple under there. ...below is the picture.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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