P basses without pickguards

[porterbass]

Saw this on here previously....love it so I saved it as inspiration for the possible refin on my black/maple Fender CS P above.

(Would you call this shape a single cut P?) ;-)))

 

[Kahfi92]

Love P body without pickguard, I'm getting one made by local luthier, would probably done in 2 weeks.

 

[Smooth_bass88]

80s Fender Boxer series, made and/or crafted in Japan.

 

[Herrick]

I am definitely a fan of Pees & Jays without pickguards.

 

[bdgotoh]

One more

 

[devnulljp]

Something like this with a MusicMan style control plate.

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I put a control plate similar to this one on a parts PBass I put together

 

[cratz2]

I dig the no pickguard look:

 

[RexxRokket]

Here is mine, one of my personal favs

And thats how it sounds.

 

[Volker Kirstein]

 

[LostJohnny]

Pickguardless P on a budget:

Slick Bass Guitars

 

[Pauly 4001]

Sometimes you just don't want a pick guard, tort or not.

 

[BTL]

I like my 32" P without a pickguard

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@TK4261 32" scale and no pickguard for the win!

 

[Michedelic]

IMO this is what it should be. I see the whole pickguard thing as a consequence of Leo F's cheapskate way of building basses. His designs may be monumental in many other respects, but this kind of design choices could (should) have been abandoned many years ago.

Cheapskate or cost effective? He was just following in the footsteps of Henry Ford. That he included a pickguard in the Tele and Tele-derived ‘51 P when it served no ‘cover up’ function tells me that one of the players he would consult with from time to time suggested it. The customer is always right. I’m not partial to the naked look, too boring.

 

[Hot Rats]

P's without pickguards are cool.

 

[Hanss]

Something like this with a MusicMan style control plate.

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Basicly what Leo Fender did when he invented the L-1000 for G&L

 

[Andy Brett]

My MIJ old candy apple red P looks great with a black pic guard, sorry!

 

[ClusterFlux]

I don't like Precisions without pickguards.
I don't like sunburst finishes.
I don't like the original skinnier headstocks.
I don't like basses that look beat-up (especially deliberate relic'ed basses).

And yet....

 

[BBassBassington]

This is my Fender Custom Shop P bass, it came stock with dual Seymour Duncan '51 stack pickups. I liked it better without the guard so I bought this chrome control plate. Although I love black/maple basses, I've thought about sending it off to be refinished in something like a dark cherry burst.

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I'm a big fan of dark cherry burst, especially with a maple fretboard. Plus I could see the wood grain being very nice on a CS instrument. At least either way you've got a beautiful bass so you can't go wrong.

 

[ZedLepp]

Oh, you mean the way they should have been made in the first place.
I hate pick guards.
Nothing says "cheap" or "tacky" more to me than a big piece of plastic on your instrument.

 

[Val Tremola]

Not a P-Bass but I get it