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Pickguard?? Anybody install them??

I was trying to finish up a guitar over the weekend and ended up cracking the lid. Not much, but enough that I did a repair and clamped overnight just to be safe. The crack runs right through where you may normally find a pickguard.

It cleaned up nice and seems stable but was thinking about adding a slightly elevated pickguard over the area. The screws would attach the guard above and below the repair and possibly give it more overall stability.

Anybody ever do this with a CBG? I'd hate to potentially kill some natural resonance but this guys going to be a lectric blues banger anyway.

Note to self: Allway pre-drill everything, dumb ass.

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Permalink Reply by ron carlson on July 25, 2013 at 11:03am

No ham sandwich yet, but now with pickguard. I was going to go the veneer route but found remembered I had some pickguard material tucked away in my parts drawers. I cut one out of a old white guard robbed from something or another. I hit it with a couple applications of rattle can hammered black and it turned out pretty cool. Almost looks like it belongs there.

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Permalink Reply by Thomas "Duck" Petry on July 25, 2013 at 1:04pm

We need pictures. :)>

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Permalink Reply by ron carlson on July 25, 2013 at 5:20pm

Hey Thomas. I wasn't sure how to post a photo on the forum here, so I just put a couple of photos up on my page. You can see it there.

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Permalink Reply by the anonymous pick on July 25, 2013 at 10:42pm

here ya go , ill post yer pic for ya .

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Permalink Reply by ron carlson on July 26, 2013 at 2:06am

How the heck did you do that? All I can ever get it to do is show up as a link to a photo and not the photo itself.

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Permalink Reply by the anonymous pick on July 26, 2013 at 2:32am

a few ways .. i actually just copied and pasted that one ..

but when you post a response there is a small menu above the text box you type in . in that menu, the 2nd little box right beside "link " , . click that , and you can upload them from your computer .

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Permalink Reply by ron carlson on July 26, 2013 at 4:44am

Ok, I see it now, thanks!

I just got my nut and bridge done and strung up about an hour ago. Sounding good!

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Permalink Reply by Mr.melo on July 26, 2013 at 12:28pm

simple remedy that you and your family will enjoy...get an old 45 record a tray for fishsticks a spaghetti strainer and oven mitts.. place tray in ..and strainer upside down on top then lay record on top preheat oven at 200 low for 3 to five minutes record will get soggy looking place... strong construction glue 2 dual mixed compound on cbg the lay record centered to the box..the sides may fold over make sure you put a bit of glue there aswell. and there ya go...a pick guard with hole:) hope that helps. .Melodeeman