Westerly Wood
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Did we not already hammer this theory out? The amount of plastic a Guild pg puts on a dread does not really impair tone or top movement right?
Hey Woody, if you find that thread where walrus posted about the leather pickguard recently, Christopher Cozad answers that question fairly well in regard to inhibiting movement of the top. If you find that thread I think it will answer your question.
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Being hobby-/entertaining guitarplayer for over 50 years, ex-recording engineer, present roadie / foh mixing engineer and loudspeaker builder I dare to put my spoon into soup - here goes.
- back of guitar is against players belly - leather-, satin- , pullover or no jacket at all. And let us not forget how hard we squeeze the body against ours.
- whatever material you glue on top of the resonating soundboard has it size, shape and wheight - and all those will affect the sound - not forgetting the adhesives properties. . .
- choice of strings, picks etc and mostly your touch will determine about "kazillion" times more - I was at Leo´s house playing his guitar and not at all sounding like he did. He was at our store playing Steinberger bass through Gallien-Krueger with two Marshall 4x12 and my mate came to tell me : "Hey, that sounds just like Leo."
So - my humble verdict is - if it looks good - go for it.
Here's the post Tom mentions with Christopher's detailed answer:
http://www.letstalkguild.com/ltg/showthread.php?192568-Leather-pickguard-on-eBay
walrus