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firedancer86 · Post by **firedancer86** » Tue Jul 22, 2003 11:26 am

do you think Iv'e gone to far?

I spent an hour last night carefully peeling my pickgaurd off...

SUCCESS: now I have a claasy clean (almost tanless) solid sitka top 8)

just thought I would share

cave_cricket · Post by **cave_cricket** » Tue Jul 22, 2003 11:37 am

firedancer86 wrote:do you think Iv'e gone to far?

I spent an hour last night carefully peeling my pickgaurd off...

SUCCESS: now I have a claasy clean (almost tanless) solid sitka top 8)

just thought I would share

hopefully the slight tan should blend nicely....i bet it look squite nice now...you should get some pics up!

billywestom · Post by **billywestom** » Tue Jul 22, 2003 1:41 pm

firedancer86 wrote:do you think Iv'e gone to far?

I spent an hour last night carefully peeling my pickgaurd off...

SUCCESS: now I have a claasy clean (almost tanless) solid sitka top 8)

just thought I would share

did you ask anyone if that is how yer supposed to do it? you just peel it off? how do you start it? by digging a knife under there?

fatjack · Post by **fatjack** » Tue Jul 22, 2003 1:43 pm

billywestom wrote:
firedancer86 wrote:do you think Iv'e gone to far?

I spent an hour last night carefully peeling my pickgaurd off...

SUCCESS: now I have a claasy clean (almost tanless) solid sitka top 8)

just thought I would share
did you ask anyone if that is how yer supposed to do it? you just peel it off? how do you start it? by digging a knife under there?

i would assume he did it by just starting on the little pointy corner near the neck, mine kinda peeled up from there too...

billywestom · Post by **billywestom** » Tue Jul 22, 2003 1:44 pm

so wouldn't there be some glue left on there? i didnt even know you could take em off, i would like to do that with my guitar

fatjack · Post by **fatjack** » Tue Jul 22, 2003 1:45 pm

billywestom wrote:so wouldn't there be some glue left on there? i didnt even know you could take em off, i would like to do that with my guitar

why, i don't see why fire took his off in the first place... the pickguard is there for a reason you know...

billywestom · Post by **billywestom** » Tue Jul 22, 2003 1:46 pm

well, yeah, i know that, but i guess if you want a more natural look you can take it off if you want...i dont think i have even hit my pickguard with my pick at all

fatjack · Post by **fatjack** » Tue Jul 22, 2003 1:49 pm

billywestom wrote:well, yeah, i know that, but i guess if you want a more natural look you can take it off if you want...i dont think i have even hit my pickguard with my pick at all

why are so many people hung up a the way a guitar looks?! it should matter, just as long as it sounds good...

and billy, you may think you don't hit the guard, but if you look at it at a certain angle, you'll probably see those pick scratches...

billywestom · Post by **billywestom** » Tue Jul 22, 2003 1:51 pm

fatjack wrote:
billywestom wrote:well, yeah, i know that, but i guess if you want a more natural look you can take it off if you want...i dont think i have even hit my pickguard with my pick at all
why are so many people hung up a the way a guitar looks?! it should matter, just as long as it sounds good...

here's a better question....why are people so hung up on the way people feel about the looks of their own guitars?

fatjack · Post by **fatjack** » Tue Jul 22, 2003 1:52 pm

billywestom wrote:
fatjack wrote:
billywestom wrote:well, yeah, i know that, but i guess if you want a more natural look you can take it off if you want...i dont think i have even hit my pickguard with my pick at all
why are so many people hung up a the way a guitar looks?! it should matter, just as long as it sounds good...

here's a better question....why are people so hung up on the way people feel about the looks of their own guitars?

hmmm... good call...

but i still think that a guitar's aesthetics are much less important than overall quality and sound...

Ando · Post by **Ando** » Tue Jul 22, 2003 3:00 pm

i want to get mine changed, Get a Tortoise.. they look bad

isaac · Post by **isaac** » Tue Jul 22, 2003 3:25 pm

heh. i never use a pick so i'm getting mine off soon.

Pickles · Post by **Pickles** » Tue Jul 22, 2003 4:09 pm

the way you take it off is by using a blowdryer... just lettin ya know. if i get a guitar with a pickguard, ill probably take it off and put on a clear pickguard.

edit - i would take it off my hofner, but its a classic

Trippin Hillbilly · Post by **Trippin Hillbilly** » Tue Jul 22, 2003 7:12 pm

i have no idea why anyone would want to take a pickguard off...........hmm, oh well

firedancer86 · Post by **firedancer86** » Tue Jul 22, 2003 8:50 pm

people...pick gaurds are outdated...they are basically there for custom apperance sake...many-a-guitarist take them off...I was told (and since I have a Chet) that the laquir (sp?) put on newer guitars does more than enough...so are they needed? absolutely not!

what you do is start the hair dryer on a corner and start peeling VERY carefuly...it comes off with ease if you take your time...then when it is off, you take some naphath (lighter fluid) to the glue (no risk of staining or smelling - I'm telling you the laquir is tough!) and rub it off with a shamie or terrycloth...

it looks extremely classy and personalizes your guitar...so before you start questioning how odd and worthless it is, you can ask hundreds of others who have yet to had problems with it...

and yes I do care how the guitar looks! are you crazy!
is it my first priority? No, but it is my porogitive to have my guitar look nice

here are some others pictures of pickgaurdless guitars...

http://www.taylor-gallery.com/800/814bce3a.jpg

http://www.taylor-gallery.com/800/814bce3c.jpg

/\ those are 814's just like mine

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