how to remove pickguard on vintage Southern Jumbo?

[Sir Ricardo]

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Hello:

 

I've got a 1969 (I think) Southern Jumbo, the one with the multi-point pickguard. Several of the points have raised off the surface of the guitar, and dirt, etc., has gotten in under it. Plus the pickguard itself has warped a bit.

 

I think I'd like to remove the pickguard, clean the guitar, flatten the pickguard, and remount.

 

The pickguard is still fairly well attached, although it is sort of coming off.

 

Any ideas on how to do this?

 

thanks much -

 

Richard

[bobby b]

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Hello:

 

I've got a 1969 (I think) Southern Jumbo, the one with the multi-point pickguard. Several of the points have raised off the surface of the guitar, and dirt, etc., has gotten in under it. Plus the pickguard itself has warped a bit.

 

I think I'd like to remove the pickguard, clean the guitar, flatten the pickguard, and remount.

 

The pickguard is still fairly well attached, although it is sort of coming off.

 

Any ideas on how to do this?

 

thanks much -

 

Richard

 

You could try the hair dryer approach. Witha hair dryer on low heat, slowly warm up the pickguard, this should soften the adhesive. You could also run a length of dental floss under it to help things along. The key is to go very slow and don't heat things up too much.

It may easily pull up as you warm it, just dont force it.

Naptha would work for the clean up of the glue.

[fp]

I use naptha and a Q Tip.

Soak the Q Tip in the naptha and work your way a little at a time keep soaking the Q Tip as you go.

I've used the hair dryer as well but that tends to bend the pickguard and since you want to re-use it, naptha is the way to go.

[Guth]

This is what I did. Good Luck!

[Sir Ricardo]

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thanks for all the comments, guys....

 

I used the hair-dryer / dental floss approach, and it worked!

 

So here is my current situation. There is a crusty residue along the edge of where the pickguard used to be. Really crusty. I've used naptha and lemon oil to break it up....but they have little impact.

 

Any ideas who to get this off? In the photo, you'll see a line tracing where the pickguard used to be. This dirty line is slightly raised, I guess it's an accumulation of grime, adhesive, who knows. It is about 1mm high.

 

thoughts?

 

thanks in advance

 

Richard

[Guth]

I had I ton of glue residue left over when I removed my guard. There was so much that I had to remove that I swore my guitar sounded noticeably better after I finished with my pickguard project. At any rate, I just kept at it with a naphtha soaked rag, working a little area at a time, using a different part of the rag for each section. Eventually it all came off, allowing me to correctly place the guard using the Stewamac double- sided adhesive sheet designed for this purpose.