Need to find a Guild Pick Guard.
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lcjones
Member
c70man said:
Hi c70,
I had the same problem a couple of years ago. My 74 D-25 Cherry has a black pick guard. There was some shrinkage going on with the guard and ultimately, the edges of the guard started curling. I searched for a black guard and could not find one. All I could find was the tortoise shell guards. And that was not acceptable on my baby.
I finally purchased two sided pick guard adhesive tape from Stewart-MacDonald.
http://www.stewmac.com/shop/Pickguards/ ... esive.html
It's been on for two years and hasn't even given the slightest hint of pulling up. Plus a bonus feature is that if you have to remove the guard in the future, "no glue" to deal with!
The hardest part is pulling the guard off. BE VERY CAREFUL! Take your time. Ifyou go too fast you will pull up splinters from the top.
Good luck!
Chap
lcjones
Member
Ahh,, I understand.
For what it's worth, StewMac aslo has pick guard blanks in black.
http://www.stewmac.com/shop/Pickguards/ ... rials.html
You have a template with the tortoise guard. So that's cool. But in order to get the nice beveled edge, you'll need the pick guard router bit.
http://www.stewmac.com/shop/Tools/Routi ... utter.html
Hope that helps.
Chap
For what it's worth, StewMac aslo has pick guard blanks in black.
http://www.stewmac.com/shop/Pickguards/ ... rials.html
You have a template with the tortoise guard. So that's cool. But in order to get the nice beveled edge, you'll need the pick guard router bit.
http://www.stewmac.com/shop/Tools/Routi ... utter.html
Hope that helps.
Chap
taabru45
Enlightened Member
These guys have pickguards for over 1000 models, found it by mistake... fate? Gotta love a mistake like this! :lol: Steffan
http://pickguards.us/
http://pickguards.us/
Taylor Martin Guild
Senior Member
Check out Greven Guitar for pick guards.
They offer a great selection.
They also make custom guards.
They offer a great selection.
They also make custom guards.
Cypress Knee
Member
I wanted some double pickguards a few months ago. I called Fender, they gave me some one there who gave me the part numbers, which I then took to a local music store (Fender dealer) and they ordered the pickguards for me.
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6L6
Senior Member
I bought my Tacoma D-55 in 2006 and it had a tortoise pickguard on it. I contacted Customer relations at Fender Corp and they found me a black pickguard for it.
Oh yeah... they didn't charge me for it.
Fender ain't all bad, Folks.
What happened next was quite interesting. I took the guitar to my favorite high end shop in the area (one noted for super repairs as well) and they were not willing to remove the old guard and install the new. Just flat wouldn't do it because it was, "too risky to the finish." And, if they did try, they felt it would run a couple hundred bucks minimum to attempt the job with no guarantees.
So...
My NEXT stop was super repair guy Gary Brawer in San Francisco. His reply...
"Got 10 minutes?"
And, in less than 10 minutes he handed me back my guitar with my PERFECTLY installed black pickguard on it. The charge, if I recall, was about $10 or $20 bucks.
Must say that to my eye the guitar does look much better with the black guard. It is my main gigging axe and I love it to death!
6
'06 D-55
'06 D-40BJ
'06 F-412 (for sale)
'74 D-40
'98 Collings D-1
'98 Martin D-45V
'03 Taylor 214
Oh yeah... they didn't charge me for it.
Fender ain't all bad, Folks.
What happened next was quite interesting. I took the guitar to my favorite high end shop in the area (one noted for super repairs as well) and they were not willing to remove the old guard and install the new. Just flat wouldn't do it because it was, "too risky to the finish." And, if they did try, they felt it would run a couple hundred bucks minimum to attempt the job with no guarantees.
So...
My NEXT stop was super repair guy Gary Brawer in San Francisco. His reply...
"Got 10 minutes?"
And, in less than 10 minutes he handed me back my guitar with my PERFECTLY installed black pickguard on it. The charge, if I recall, was about $10 or $20 bucks.
Must say that to my eye the guitar does look much better with the black guard. It is my main gigging axe and I love it to death!
6
'06 D-55
'06 D-40BJ
'06 F-412 (for sale)
'74 D-40
'98 Collings D-1
'98 Martin D-45V
'03 Taylor 214
This smells like the classic tactic of overpricing a job they simply don't want to do. Obviously it was a $20, 10-minute job. (Congratulations, and kudos to the repairman.) A small job like this might have been cutting into their "high end" work, which pays them more. Or it might have been "beneath" the skills of their reputable luthier. IMO, they were trying to scare you away. Or, if you accepted their "couple hundred bucks minimum", then they'd consider it worth doing. The last possibility is that they are really that dumb, in which case they did you a favor.6L6 said:
Pardon my skepticism, but obviously they were wrong, so the reasons for them being wrong are worth considering. Finding any reason to do business with them would also be worth considering.
PS - My D-55 has a black pickguard, too, which I also prefer. It came that way.
6L6
Senior Member
Guildmark:
Yep, I hear what you're saying.
But in this case I know the guys at the "high end shop" really well who turned down the refit and I trust them emphatically. They REALLY were scared of messing up the guitar and did not want to attempt it. They listed about a dozen things that could go wrong, etc., etc., and all sounded ligitimate.
That said, Gary Brawer took out a hairdryer, loosened the glue, pulled off the old one, and stuck on the new. Done in a flash.
6
Yep, I hear what you're saying.
But in this case I know the guys at the "high end shop" really well who turned down the refit and I trust them emphatically. They REALLY were scared of messing up the guitar and did not want to attempt it. They listed about a dozen things that could go wrong, etc., etc., and all sounded ligitimate.
That said, Gary Brawer took out a hairdryer, loosened the glue, pulled off the old one, and stuck on the new. Done in a flash.
6
Very cool, 6. Sorry if I offended you or your local shop. Especially since it worked out so well for you. I was just reacting to the surface symptoms. How about a pic of the replacement pickguard?6L6 said:
Thanks.
Does anyone know if there's any specific era of Guild where removing the pickguard is problematical? I think some acoustics (hopefully not Guild) had the lacquer applied over the pickguard. Did Guild ever do this?
Is the hairdryer technique safe on a 25-year-old Guild?
Is the hairdryer technique safe on a 25-year-old Guild?