Any removed their stingray's pickguard?

Here's my 92 SR5. I took the pickguard off but I had a clear cover made for the electronics.

 

i know Tim Commerford of RATM took his off in the early days of RATM...

 

I removed the pg from both of my Rays. I agree with you, they look silly, and remind me of a toilet seat with the pg on....esp. a black one.

 

I have the pg off my sterling. It was white and I thought it looked like an egg, now it looks much better.
Before:


After:

 

Looks like he took off more than the pickguard! I wonder how much Stringray is actually left in that thing?

 

i dunno, i think the PG on mine makes it look even sexier...

 

He rewinds all his own pups, and I have a feeling it prolly has a different preamp in it...

 

I gotta say, I like the pickguard. Without it it looks much less ray-ish, like any other double cut bass. But, as always, it's your bass.

 

As far as I know, he didn't start doing that until after he switched to Jazzes.
On the album it sounds like a stock 2-band Ray to me...one of my favorite tones.

 

WOW- my hats off to you bro! My slap n pop is so bad, I'd never notice that 1/16th of an inch difference a missing PG would make.

Back OT though, I also remember Garry Tallent from the E Street Band played his natural Ray w/no PG. You can see it in the video for "Rosalita" YouTube - ‪Bruce Springsteen - Rosalita (Come Out Tonight)‬‏ Theres a decent shot around 4:10.
Personally, I dont like the white PG's so I'd lose a white one without much of a thought.

 

I removed my WBW one...to put a White Pearloid one on.

It's the signature look. Removing it is like swapping out a Lakland's bridge. Anyway, I feel naked without a pickguard.

 

If it was not for the unsightly screw holes I agree they would look better without PG's. Especially the sunburst fretless

 

I like the pickguard on mine, but black on black isn't much different than just black.