Hey guys - How do you think I did? Did my own pickguard!

[WorksInTheory]

I decided to replace the clear pickguard with a nice tortoise one. I was a little scared but did it myself and was very careful. Ended up turning out awesome but then... I knocked over the bottle of goof off that I used to get rid of the adhesive and didn't know it and it was pouring into the carpet. Guess Goof off is not discriminate against Carpet adhesive either because now my area of carpet is ruined!

Now that I think of it - should have took a before pic but here's the after.



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[Gemnoc]

Looks good to me! :mellow:

[jeremy3220]

Looks good, did you kill your own tortise?

[Teddeo1000]

 -_- Looks good to me! Teddeo1000

[WorksInTheory]

Looks good, did you kill your own tortise?

I wouldn't do that - he's alive and well - just has a weird clear pickguard filling in for where there was some shell before.

[jeremy3220]

I wouldn't do that - he's alive and well - just has a weird clear pickguard filling in for where there was some shell before.

That's kind of disturbing.  -_-

[WorksInTheory]

Thanks for the comments - I think it looks pretty good too - so good I am contemplating keeping it instead of selling this guitar now. Plus check out this back - I just realized it looks almost koa-ish.



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[woodhugger]

I'ts a martin knock-off...........your in BIG trouble now. see you in cell block d :GRN>

[WorksInTheory]

I'ts a martin knock-off...........your in BIG trouble now. see you in cell block d :GRN>

Talking about Martins - (and I notice your HD28) - check out this site with Martin Sounds. I was astonished by 2 things:

1) How well or close the cheaper ones sound (the DMs, D1's, etc.)
2) How much some of these sound like the Larrivee sound clips - esp the D's.

http://people.hibbing.edu/~crucials/mguitar.html

[HangFire]

Great job but I like my Dreads neked;-)

[Blue in VT]

Very nice...what kind of adhesive did you use...I recently removed the clear guard from my parlor and am thinking about putting a totise one on.  Where did you get yours from...a parlor one from larrivee is around $30

Blue

[WorksInTheory]

Very nice...what kind of adhesive did you use...I recently removed the clear guard from my parlor and am thinking about putting a totise one on.  Where did you get yours from...a parlor one from larrivee is around $30

Blue

I got one that had adhesive on the back already so just peeled off. I got it off ebay. If you want the place let me know - I think I have the email. The issue is that they took forever to deliver. Musicians Friend I believe has one too. All of these are about $10 or less. I think the Larrivee one is a genuine Greven which is expensive.

[poki]

that's a fine job on the pg installation.  yours looks like the one i just put on my seagull folk to protect the delicate cedar top.  i had to make a paper template matching the Rosette circle size and trim the pg to fit.  i got mine from first quality music for under $5.00.

[WorksInTheory]

that's a fine job on the pg installation.  yours looks like the one i just put on my seagull folk to protect the delicate cedar top.  i had to make a paper template matching the Rosette circle size and trim the pg to fit.  i got mine from first quality music for under $5.00.

Poki you did a great job. Since you did your own template - the fit around the hole is perfect! Mine curves in a little but I felt that was fine rather than messing with the pickguard. I'll have to check FQMS next time. The removing of the old pickguard was the hardest of process. I didn't have to do what you did with my Seagull MJM6 CW because it came with one. Don't you think the rosettes are weird with the new seagulls - they bump up and are a sticker I think.

[poki]

Thanks Works, i agree the seagull pgs are rather ugly but under high magnification i can tell they are indeed inlayed wood not a decal which doesn't make them any prettier though.  i'm not sure if it's just me but it seems to rosette should be a smaller diameter so it's closer to the soundhole but i really don't mind since it's such a fun guitar to play and is the only guitar that goes on the road with me.

[dermot]

I think the Larrivee one is a genuine Greven which is expensive.

the larrivee pg is celluloid in an acrytlic sandwitch i belive

the grevin PG's are made of common epoxy, are susciptable to warping at fairly low heat, ie; playing in the sun for an hour ro so, they are more than 2x thicker than celluloid (.045 -vs- .20), and are much more expensive.. that doesn't make them better.. a $50 hunk of epoxy is still a thick, heavy, wavey hunk of epoxy.... just with a $50 price tag on.05 cents worth of epoxy...

As a side note Martin have started using an acrylic / celluloid pg on the D18A and 45 series.. they always refused to glue a hunk of epoxy to a good guitar, as has Larrivee....

i prefer the look of celluloid over the look of epoxy by a long shot... but then i have a few older Martins to match to.. the epoxy really sucks when put beside the real deal (like my 54' D18 or my 49' 00018)... the grevin/epoxy look like.. epoxy, not like a real deal pickguard.. the high end Martin's and all Larrivee's have the best in my opnion.. they look the part, they weight much less, and they are truly stable....   your millage may vary ;-)

Ta,

d.