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Pickguard

A pickguard (also known as a scratchplate) is a piece of plastic or other (often laminated) material that is placed on the body of a guitar, mandolin or similar plucked string instrument. The main purpose of the pickguard is to protect the guitar's finish from being scratched by the nails of the picking hand, as it was included on guitars not played with…

Pickguard types, Materials & Custom designs

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Pickguard types

HeadstockLogosPVCAdhesiveSound hole
14 related topics

Materials

CelluloidVintage guitarsSolventMartinPVC
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Custom designs

ModdedSuperstratsNeck-thruSustain
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Classical and flamenco guitars

Classical guitarsFingerpickedFlamenco guitarsGolpes
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Pickguard types

Materials

Custom designs

Classical and flamenco guitars

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Pickguard

Nodes44
Edges43
Triples54
Avg. degree1.95
Density0.045455
Components1

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Pickguard

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related to Materials · 13
Pickguard → Acrylic, As, Celluloid, Commonly, It, Martin, On, Performers, PVC, The, This, Vinyl, While
related to Floating pickguards · 9
Pickguard → Curved-top, Gentleman, Gibson, Gibson L-1, Gibson Les Paul, Gretsch Chet Atkins Country, It, The, This
related to Acoustic guitars · 8
Pickguard → Aggressive, Although, Martin, On, Pickguards, PVC, The, This
related to Solid-body electric · 6
Pickguard → Fender, Fender Stratocaster, Fender Telecaster, Fender-style, Most, On
related to Custom designs · 4
Pickguard → Anything, For, Several, The
related to Golpeadores · 2
Pickguard → Golpeadores, The
related to Pickguard types · 2
Pickguard → Both, Pickguards
is a · 1
Pickguard → very common site for an autograph
related to Classical and flamenco guitars · 1
Pickguard → Classical

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guitars pickguards guitar plastic celluloid usually often electric material instrument common made acoustic designs materials guitar's also used design fitted

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Pickguardis avery common site for an autograph0.90text
the Fender Stratocasterinstance ofof the instrument.Solid-body electricFender-style plastic pickguards are usually fitted on solid-bodied electric guitars0.80text
Fender Telecasterinstance ofof the instrument.Solid-body electricFender-style plastic pickguards are usually fitted on solid-bodied electric guitars0.80text
the Gibson Les Paulinstance ofincluding electric models0.80text
and arch-top hollow-body guitarsinstance ofincluding electric models0.80text
such as the Gretsch Chet Atkins Country Gentleman use ainstance ofincluding electric models0.80text
the Gibson L-1instance ofThis design was introduced by Gibson in 1909 for its arch-top acoustic models0.80text
the Fender Stratocasterinstance ofSolid-body electricFender-style plastic pickguards are usually fitted on solid-bodied electric guitars0.80text
Fender Telecasterinstance ofSolid-body electricFender-style plastic pickguards are usually fitted on solid-bodied electric guitars0.80text
Pickguardrelated to Acoustic guitarsAggressive0.60section
Pickguardrelated to Acoustic guitarsPickguards0.60section
Pickguardrelated to Acoustic guitarsPVC0.60section

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