strat metal pickguard

[kipper]

hi merry chritmas to all. any one now how fitting a metal pickguard could affect the guitars tone. would it be simlar to shielding cavity. make it better or worse ect. peter

[stratmantd]

I've still got one lying about somewhere which I used on my Strat in the late 70s after seeing Phil Lynott using one on his black bass; I thought it looked cool.

I couldn't discern any difference other than the fact that the height of the pickups will most likely be totally different to what they were with the plastic scratchplate. Being a 70s Strat, the plastic scratchplate was 3-ply and the chrome one was half as thick.

Don't most scratchplates have foil stuck to the underside anyway?

[kipper]

thanks for that tom. no i dont think they cover the whole area just pot part. peter

[Tone]

Hi

Olderek demo'd his new self made Strat at Cookham last night and it has a metal pickguard.

It sounded great so perhaps the pickguard added to the tone! I don't know if Derek fitted any additional screening - (perhaps you'd like to enlighten us, Derek?)

To my mind, the only drawback is that you'll have to spend a lot of time polishing it as it shows every fingermark.

Cheers.

Tony

[chronikman-ch]

ein Bild selbst gemacht für meine Sammlung (? wenn Hank spielt meine Gitarre) mit meinem 1967 EKO X27 mit metall Pickguard. Ich bin nie spielt sie auf einem Verstärker.
Heinz