Our aluminum or brass pickguards and control covers help performing artists and studio guitarists greatly reduce or
eliminate tone circuit noises.
Sources of tone circuit noise are: 60 cycle hum (most single
coil pickups), static electricity, EMI noise & RFI noise,
Cell Phones, Halogen Lighting and Fluorescent Lighting.
A metal pickguard will also add some resonance and enhance your tone.
Why? Because plastic is not good at transferring string vibrations.
Customer Comments:
"Got the Pickguards today. Just Beautiful! Thanks" Eric (Tech for Wilco & Sonic Youth) - San Francisco, CA
"It looks Great! Everything is as we discussed. Let's go with it.
Thank you for the wonderful design work. Best Regards, Jim" - Custom Guitar Builder, Santa Ana, CA
Thank you for the wonderful design work. Best Regards, Jim" - Custom Guitar Builder, Santa Ana, CA
"today I got my guards! WOW!!!! Your work is amazing and absolutely perfect in every little detail!!! I love everything about them. The colours are even better than I expected. I couldn't be happier!!!! Greatly packaged they arrived safe and sound. Thank you so much for everything!!!!!!!! Best, Vas" - Athens, Greece
"It took away the static problem and made the pick-ups sound so much better.
Really Cool Stuff." - Bob (Sound Engineer), New Mexico
Really Cool Stuff." - Bob (Sound Engineer), New Mexico
"The guard seemed to just beef up the overall tone of the guitar. I've not pinpointed it yet, but so far it seems to have made my single coils sound more humbuckery. I'll send a pic soon. :) thanks" - Josh Adams
"it's just arrived! I collected it this morning and they are outstanding. Lovely work and an outstanding fit. Keep me posted re the Tele CAD and I'll be taking some Tele control plates when the Tele guards are good togo. Best, Terence. Reis" Dire Straits - South Africa
"Unplugged, the guitar now resonates like a resonator guitar. It must be the pickup pocket/bathtub design. Also, neck handling is amplified: I have yet to experience this with any other guitar. From tapping the neck to sliding across the frets. Plugged in, the pickups now grab more sound. What I mean is that the guard amplifies and reflects more. During my "tests", I noticed that it's as quiet as my Arpeggio w/ SD HB's. This is a big plus!" - Will Ross (Studio Musician)
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