Remove Pickguard

[gamoskiouros]

Hello! I am a newbie and I am planning to buy a Fender Stantard Jazz Bass Fretless (Mexico). The question I want to ask is if I remove the pickguard will it be a problem to the bass?

[Labi]

Originally Posted by gamoskiouros

Hello! I am a newbie and I am planning to buy a Fender Stantard Jazz Bass Fretless (Mexico). The question I want to ask is if I remove the pickguard will it be a problem to the bass?

Not at all.

[Ozzy4007]

No problem. It may not be the prettiest under there though. Sometimes the MIM fenders have routing holes and such.

[Buzzi]

Its just that, probably, the look of the bass will not be as good as you think...

but it won't get any harm to your bass either

[gamoskiouros]

OK. Thank you very much!

[sbass traveller]

Originally Posted by Ozzy4007

No problem. It may not be the prettiest under there though. Sometimes the MIM fenders have routing holes and such.

+1
Thought I'd take mine off to take a look-see (or maybe I was trying to look like Jaco... I can't remember ) and there was a big 'ol hole in the most random place. That put an end to that real quick.

[dtsamples]

I took the pickguard off my MIA J expecting it to be a nice look, but it's all routed. I didn't know they did that with the MIA's. Bummer. An olympic white J V with no pickguard would have been sexy.

[Marton]

I think the Highway one don't have any routing under the pickguard.

[C.Linton]

Even if there is no routing, there are still all those screwholes left over.

[gamoskiouros]

In Fender Frontline 2009, when in debuted, its says ...shielded body cavities.. Does it mean that the routing will be covered?

[tangentmusic]

Originally Posted by gamoskiouros

In Fender Frontline 2009, when in debuted, its says ...shielded body cavities.. Does it mean that the routing will be covered?

No. There will be a thin layer of shielding lining the bottom of the route