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11-06-2012, 02:50 PM
| | | | Anybody else hate pick guards?
Can't stand them. That's probably why I got my power jazz bass special.
Pick guards just seem in the way to me, just don't like the look.
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11-06-2012, 03:06 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: White Plains | | | It depends on the bass.
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11-06-2012, 03:10 PM
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11-06-2012, 03:14 PM
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Endorsing Artist: Fender Basses, Ampeg, Curt Mangan Strings | | Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: South Shore, Massachusetts | | | For me, it depends on the bass. I like them on Fenders, Sadowsky, Laklands and some others but don't think they would like right on Alembic or Warwick for example. I think they add to the look of the bass and you can order many different styles which can help you to personalize your bass.
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11-06-2012, 03:19 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Iowa, USA | | | I prefer an all wood look without a pick guard. No major judgement though. |
11-06-2012, 03:35 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Chester, Pa.,USA | | | Nope. I actually prefer them.
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11-06-2012, 03:40 PM
|  | Sometimes it's one more note than what was needed! | | | | | in 45 years my two biggest turnoffs for a bass or guitar is pickguards and sunburst finishes.
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11-06-2012, 03:42 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Ottawa, Canada | | | I used to think not having a pickguard was better... looked clean and slick.
Now I find basses with them have more character and those that don't look plain.
(In genereal of course, there are lookers and uglies of both types) |
11-06-2012, 03:45 PM
|  | Am I on time? | | Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: WA State | | | I don't hate them, but I don't like them either ... they cover up the nice looking wood grains. I've been playing with picks since 79', and never hit the body where the pick guard sits.
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11-06-2012, 03:56 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Amherst, MA | | | Depends on the bass. Laklands 94s look great with them, for instance. However for me if it's on a Fender Jazz type bass, it needs both the control plate and the pickguard. Having one or the other (but not both) makes the bass look incomplete, though having a clear pickguard ameliorates that.
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11-06-2012, 04:40 PM
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Originally Posted by C.Linton Nope. I actually prefer them. | This...
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11-06-2012, 04:44 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2011 Location: SF Bay Area | | | I love them on my P and J basses...really like being able to change out the pickguards and alter the overall look/style of the bass.
Would never put a pickguard on my Spector of course =) |
11-06-2012, 04:46 PM
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Originally Posted by low2groove in 45 years my two biggest turnoffs for a bass or guitar is pickguards and sunburst finishes. | Four of my basses have pickguards, the rest do not. The ones with pickguards look correct with them. It'd be a sin to put pickguards on any of my coffee table basses. 
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11-06-2012, 04:48 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Colorado Springs | | | I used to really dislike them. Never owned a bass w/em.
I now have a pair of 76 fenders (P&J) w/mirrored pickguards.
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11-06-2012, 04:51 PM
| | | | I need them. Can't stand it when bass has no pickguard feels empty when I am slapping.
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11-06-2012, 04:57 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Portugal (Braga) | | Not that I hate them (2 basses, 1 with the other without). But in terms of "picks" they are preatty useless because I can never fit any pick under that  .
Slapping without it scratches the wood... the pickguard can be replaced. |
11-06-2012, 04:59 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Buenos Aires, Argentina | | | I hate pickguards and control plates too. Just like a plain background´s body |
11-06-2012, 05:01 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Orlando, FLA | | | I don't use a pick, so pickguards are useless for me.
On a related matter, I absolutely HATE the control plate on Fender Jazz basses. |
11-06-2012, 05:02 PM
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Endorsing Artist Mike Lull T Bass pickups | | Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Seattle Washington | | I like them.....
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11-06-2012, 05:12 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Oregon | | | I play with a pick and I am indifferent towards them. For one I wouldnt scratch the body with a pick the way I play that would be rather hard , some basses look great without gaurds, such as the jazz special , others look to plain , the boxer P from 1985 by fender,looks like a jazz special but just with a P pickup and no guard, its way to plain looking to me. | | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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