Tone is in the pickguard

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Didn't want to waste my time reading that...the title/description was too stupid to consider. Normally I enjoy a good battle of wits, but there are no "wits" here.
 
This could open up a new frontier in the hunt for rare materials. Maybe not as important as the minerals and metals used in electronics manufacturing - at least not yet - but anyone who's in a position to capitalize on a newly discovered reserve of this Triassic dinosaur oil could benefit from a huge and unexpected upside.
 
I mean, sure, April Fools, but let's be real... the market for original 1950s and 1960s pickguards is probably closer to $10K than we want to think it is.
 
lol, Gibson..

Nothing like cracked gummy 70 yr old plastic to make all the difference :lmao:

And these are the same moron's who say "tone isn't in the finger's"

Cuz Gary Moore had such an incredible tonefull pickguard :rolleyes:
 
On a serious note, the pickguard did make a difference when I changed it on my Strat...



... because one pickguard has the hole for the bridge pickup 2 or 3 mm closer to the bridge, which I much prefer.
 
Ya, cuz a Strat has the pup's mounted on the pickguard. I can see that mattering. In this case (Les Paul) with pickups mounted to the body, it's the sympathetic resonance of the pickguard that supposedly makes all the difference. Call me a sceptic, but that's utter BS :D
 
I didn’t even have to open the article. I figured everyone would be used to this happening by now .
 
Rex_Rocker said:
On a serious note, the pickguard did make a difference when I changed it on my Strat...



... because one pickguard has the hole for the bridge pickup 2 or 3 mm closer to the bridge, which I much prefer.
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Oh yeah, changing the position of the pickup under the string is quite a dramatic difference. The timbre of most bass guitars is heavily determined by exactly where they mount their pickups. I have an idea that expands upon the concept for the OG Gibson Grabber but with a less pathetic range of motion and more stability once located.
 
pickups suspended in pickup rings and plastic pickguards

that should e the end of the tone wood debate

its the same as holding the pickups over the guitar and strumming
same sound with no wood

but thats for another thread
 
I believe there are some truth to that generic statement.
At least in STRAT scratch plates / pick guards.

SKIP to 44m04sec :

. . . and then to 1h04m10sec . . . for the actual A/B plastic vs. aluminium plate test :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RT41cPOc1ng

I have a parts-caster Strat with an anodized aluminium plate, and it produces really nice warm tones. (...for a Strat !)
 
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