I just want to give a +1, Pickguardian is the best..ordered a black(beveled edge)PG for my "04 Jet-Glo 4003.It arrived quickly,packaged well and it fit perfectly...without sending mine out or even a tracing...quality material and great work.
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A word on PICKGUARDIAN!
- Thread starter Lazerrus
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Thumbs up to Tony at Pickguardian.
He just made a replacement for my 78 pbass with additional shielding.
AAA+++
He just made a replacement for my 78 pbass with additional shielding.
AAA+++
I ordered a thick 60's style 5-ply tortoiseshell guard for my Jazzmaster and it is the coolest thing about the instrument. Tony is the MAN!!! My basses are all guardless, so.... 
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Lazerrus,
I think you may have accidentally checked the "Paul Stanley option"........
http://gearhounds.com/images/view.aspx?productId=1730
I think you may have accidentally checked the "Paul Stanley option"........
http://gearhounds.com/images/view.aspx?productId=1730
Zombie thread bump for Tony. Ive ordered a pearloid guard for my 4003W to match the inlays on the maple neck and he did a great job. Went back later for an old school red tort for a honeyburst Pbass i was moding and couldnt be more pleased with how it looks. Has the exact vintage red celluloid tort i was seeking. Cheers to Tony! He does great work, turnaround time is good, and his custom work seems to surpass everyones expectations.
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This bass was the first Rick (that I know of) to have a pickguard made from that material.
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I took the bass to Tony (I left it with him for the weekend) to make a standard white one in the vintage shape (which he did) and when he saw the (then new for RIC - Spring 2008) FW inlays he said he had the same material in stock, so Tony made me two pickguards.
The first pickguard Tony made for me was a great looking tortoise one he made for my old '03 AV '62 Jazz Bass.
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Well, I have seen a couple of negative comments about Tony from someone who was leaning on him to hurry up. Tony apparently got all ouchy over it. Well Pickguardian is in town and I go over to his shop all the time. I do know he was having some sort of family crisis a while back (I don't know exactly what it was) and he was under a lot of pressure and I assume that had something to do with it. Tony has always been a real nice guy (and his dog is super nice too!) and his work is top notch. Tony has replaced all the pickguards on all my SX (I own 9 of them) with all manner of nifty stuff of my choosing. Work is exceptional. I just give him the old guard (SX guards seem never the same twice even from bass to bass of the same model) and say "copy this in that" and he does. And it's even better than that. You can give him a note if the original doesn't quite fit right and say things like "Move this pickup hole this much in this direction" and he does. He also did a pickguard that I designed myself for a couple of my guitars. Just gave him the drawing and much to my amazement I hauled my guitar over there expecting some final adjustments but the guard just went right into place in a perfect fit the first time we put it on the guitar. He also did the Tort guard for my Squier PJ 5 string. Since the neck pickup was changed from from jazz to a Fender split P the old pickguard was not a model. Tony had templates for Fender 5 string P pickups and again the fit was perfect first time. I have the advantage that I can go root though his entire stock of materials to pick things out, but I believe he will send you samples if you know what you want so you can hold them up to your bass.
Tort on SX 6 string in avatar is by Tony, natch.
Squire PJ-5, Tort by Pickguardian.
I'll be the guy to pee in the punch, I guess.
I've spent hundreds of dollars with Tony, and once come to his defense when members of another guitar community accused him of being too gruff to deal with.
But I recently ordered a guard from him that arrived in a different material than what we'd agreed upon. (It was single-ply instead of 3-ply and so thick that my stock mounting screws barely held it onto the body of my guitar -- it looked ridiculous). I asked to return it on his dime, since it wasn't what I'd ordered, or what was described on his site, and he said "no." The gist of his argument was that I was upset over something insignificant (3-ply vs. 1-ply, and thick vs. thin). That bothered me for three reasons: first, because the product simply wasn't as described; second, because I was a repeat customer, and; third, because you can't charge $65 for a piece of plastic and then tell a customer that it's insignificant. That's one hell of an expensive piece of plastic, and I am far from wealthy. To me, the difference mattered.
We went back and forth and he ultimately agreed to take it back, but on my dime. I said, "no thanks." I know it's just a matter of a few dollars in postage, but it cheesed me off. I have never, and will never treat one of my customers that way (i.e. sending something different than agreed upon and then kicking up a fuss first about returning the item, and then about paying for return postage).
We all know there are 27 sides to a story, and I'm sure Tony remembers this differently than I do, but he made me feel like a chump both for giving him my business in the past, and for sticking up for him.
I've spent hundreds of dollars with Tony, and once come to his defense when members of another guitar community accused him of being too gruff to deal with.
But I recently ordered a guard from him that arrived in a different material than what we'd agreed upon. (It was single-ply instead of 3-ply and so thick that my stock mounting screws barely held it onto the body of my guitar -- it looked ridiculous). I asked to return it on his dime, since it wasn't what I'd ordered, or what was described on his site, and he said "no." The gist of his argument was that I was upset over something insignificant (3-ply vs. 1-ply, and thick vs. thin). That bothered me for three reasons: first, because the product simply wasn't as described; second, because I was a repeat customer, and; third, because you can't charge $65 for a piece of plastic and then tell a customer that it's insignificant. That's one hell of an expensive piece of plastic, and I am far from wealthy. To me, the difference mattered.
We went back and forth and he ultimately agreed to take it back, but on my dime. I said, "no thanks." I know it's just a matter of a few dollars in postage, but it cheesed me off. I have never, and will never treat one of my customers that way (i.e. sending something different than agreed upon and then kicking up a fuss first about returning the item, and then about paying for return postage).
We all know there are 27 sides to a story, and I'm sure Tony remembers this differently than I do, but he made me feel like a chump both for giving him my business in the past, and for sticking up for him.
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This bass was the first Rick (that I know of) to have a pickguard made for with that material.
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Photograph Copyright © Jeffrey P. Scott 2009 All rights reserved.
nice! Mine was just standard pearloid but yours matches much better. May i ask what your guard was coded as? Clearly not a normal pearloid...need me one of those!
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nice! Mine was just standard pearloid but yours matches much better. May i ask what your guard was coded as? Clearly not a normal pearloid...need me one of those!
one should send the customer what they ordered or be prepared to replace it. after all, for all a seller knows, i'm using a particular set of screws that aren't stock size and i may need a thinner pickguard for everything to fit right.
I have no idea if it is a stock/standard offering. He might have just had some in as a test, or something, I don't really know. But, yes, it does match perfectly, same material.
Here is a close up of it.
Photograph Copyright © Jeffrey P. Scott 2009 All rights reserved.
I'm looking at different custom pickguard makers right now and Pickguardian came up in my search. I want a W/B/W jazz pickguard for a Sire V7 but I cant find a ballpark figure for how much he charges. Can anyone tell me how much he would probably charge for standard 3 ply pickguard?
Last time I got a quote for a Sire pg was a year ago, probably better to just ask him directly.
I have two P-basses and a Fender Jazzmaster guitar with Pickguardian pickguards in vintage tort.
In my experience, Tony's service has been stellar and all three pickguards nail the early '60's Fender tort that I prefer. His prices are very reasonable given the quality, turnaround times were good and the fit and finish are stellar.
A couple years ago I consigned my '68 Precision Bass at a friend's local vintage guitar shop. While the bass didn't sell, the shop owner told me that he received a half dozen calls from customers who wanted to know if they would just sell it's Pickguardian pickguard, obviously thinking it was a vintage Fender original.
In my experience, Tony's service has been stellar and all three pickguards nail the early '60's Fender tort that I prefer. His prices are very reasonable given the quality, turnaround times were good and the fit and finish are stellar.
A couple years ago I consigned my '68 Precision Bass at a friend's local vintage guitar shop. While the bass didn't sell, the shop owner told me that he received a half dozen calls from customers who wanted to know if they would just sell it's Pickguardian pickguard, obviously thinking it was a vintage Fender original.
