Let's talk about pickguards.
You have seen pickguards before, on every Tele, Strat, SG, Jazz Bass, etc. ever made. Our guess is that 100% of them were made of material like this:
Whatever cutout design you have seen, the material itself (plastic, or sometimes a sandwich of a couple of layers) is about 3mm thick, pretty light weight, and reasonably rigid. It has a beveled edge to soften the face profile, and it weighs between 3-5 ounces (between 100 and 150 grams for our international readers).
Sodium Cathode pickguards are made out of aluminum for a couple of reasons:
However, when you pick up one of our pickguards, you will notice a few things right away:
You have seen pickguards before, on every Tele, Strat, SG, Jazz Bass, etc. ever made. Our guess is that 100% of them were made of material like this:
Whatever cutout design you have seen, the material itself (plastic, or sometimes a sandwich of a couple of layers) is about 3mm thick, pretty light weight, and reasonably rigid. It has a beveled edge to soften the face profile, and it weighs between 3-5 ounces (between 100 and 150 grams for our international readers).
Sodium Cathode pickguards are made out of aluminum for a couple of reasons:
- Your wiring has a lot of tape plastered on the inside of your guitar body for shielding. A metal pickguard is the ultimate shielding device.
- Your pickups are giant magnets, and pickguard material cannot be magnetic if it is going to leave your pickups functioning normally. (So: they cannot be any magnetic form of iron)
- Aluminum pickguards allow us to create dimensional art which takes customization to a whole new level.
- Metal looks a lot better than plastic. No offense to anybody, but you paid $600 or more for a decent guitar and the most obvious part of the body is plastic? Why?
However, when you pick up one of our pickguards, you will notice a few things right away:
- They are significantly thinner than a standard pickguard (you will feel the difference between 1.5mm and the standard 3mm)
- They have a different weight -- they will feel slightly heavier (about 3 ounces heavier)
- The edge is smooth but not beveled
The result is a pickguard which changes the front side of the body of your guitar from plain to champagne. Most importantly, our products are customized to say something else about you which a plastic sheet cannot.
To get a complete quote, head over to our "request for quote" page, or follow the instructions on our "How our process works" page.
To see a generic price list (your final price for customization may vary), head over to our "generic price list" page.
