Guitar Center has $100 Coupon you can use so you get one for $750
Posted: Sat Jan 29, 2011 5:58 pm
by Berto
i has a pickguard question. why do guitarists prefer 3-ply guards when many vintage guitars came with 1-ply? is this just because it prevents warping? why don't many people change the original pickguards to 3-ply? I know these reissues are not vintage, but they sport a 1-ply pickguard like many vintage guitars do.
Posted: Sat Jan 29, 2011 6:05 pm
by hotrodperlmutter
i've can't recall seeing a les paul with a 3 ply pickguard. except the flat ones with the ugly pickguard.
Posted: Sun Jan 30, 2011 9:46 pm
by paul_
Customs have a 3 or 5 ply pickguard, the standard style LPs (cream plastic, top binding only) have always had 1-ply. Studios have a 1-ply black one I think.
It's Fender that beefed up plies and screws to prevent warping, back in '59. The vintage 50s RI guitars have 1-ply just to look right. It's not only 1-ply but square-edged (no bevel) and much thinner. Basically if you've seen gold ano guards up close, the original plastic ones were exactly the same size/shape/thickness as that (except on the Jazzmaster which I think always had multi-ply because it was tort).
Posted: Sun Jan 30, 2011 11:11 pm
by westtexasred
Early '57 Goldtops had a 5-ply black pickguard
Posted: Wed Feb 02, 2011 6:05 am
by honeyiscool
$849, huh.
I like that price, and I like that guitar. It'd look hot in white, that's for sure.