Acoustic Guitar Pickguard

item was as advertised, and fit well on my taylor nylon string. hoping it will last a good while.

This abalone pickguard is the coolest thing ever. Truly a glorious touch to a new sparkle black guitar I picked up at a greatly reduced price. The order was quick as a flash and I will DEFINITELY be planning to pick up more in the near future...

I wanted a clear stick-on pick guard for my Takemine EAN40C12. This guitar has a beautiful but soft cedar top, and is easily dented or marked. Also the finish is satin;other attempts at stick on pick guards, left ugly bubbles as the surface is not smooth as a gloss finish. The StewMac supplied pick guard was thin and flexible and the adhesive seemed to adhere well with minimal air pockets.
The radius was easy to align around the soundhole. This is a good value product.

I ordered Item # 5860 - Tortoise Pickguard from Stew-Mac, after discussing my interests by phone. It replaced the basic black Martin Pickguard that came standard with my otherwise attractive but understated new Martin DC-E1 Acoustic Electric Dread guitar.

The new replacement pickguard was pretty much the exact same size and shape. I had cautiously removed the old pickguard with no problem. Peeled off the back of the new pickguard from Stew-Mac and applied carefully, and it was that easy. The new pickguard is much more attractive than shown even! I had previously replaced the rather plain-looking white Tusq bridge pins with Martin ebony and abalone ones, and now the entire guitar looks so much better.

The entire "effect" on the appearance is like night and day! Yet, it still stays within the spirit of how I wanted my guitar to look - elegant and not overly flashy. I was most pleased with the entire purchase process, info provided prior to sale, and then the actual product, itself. NO offense to Martin, and everyone has different preferences. The guitar sounds really great - no matter what.

I would also caution anyone reading this or considering replacement of a pickguard to use extreme caution and common sense in removing their old pickguard. If you have never done this before, please read up on it first. I believe there is info available through Stew-Mac that will help you out. Regardless, it's great to have your favorite instrument better reflect your tastes, too. Same great tone, much better look in my own personal opinion. I continually receive compliments on this guitar.

When I first received my clear pickguard, I was disappointed that it wasn't clear, but had a frosted appearance. Only after much examination did I realize there was a protective film applied over the guard; it's not obvious that it's there. The film is quite uniformly applied and tightly adhering. Once removed, there was a glossy clear guard underneath. I wish the guard was a bit thicker, but it does protect against pick marks and looks good.

I ordered two abalone pickguards for my dreadnaught and a friends dreadnaught. They both look amazing, the only complaint I could think of, is that the laminated top doesn't look the best up close, but from afar you could never tell it was on there and it's very minor. However the amazing figure of the shell far out-weighs any problem I may have with the laminate (though I really can't complain because it protects the shell). At any rate I wouldn't hesitate to buy a new one for another acoustic guitar that I've yet to buy.

I always wanted to try a clear pick guard and this was a great choice. Perfectly shaped, professionally packaged, and a snap to install. Thanks!

I purchased a tortoise pickguard a while back for use on an old acoustic guitar. The guard looked good, was of decent quality and adhered well. I recently purchased a clear guard for my new acoustic guitar. As noted in other reviews, the guard material is very thin. But most disappointing is that the clear guard was not clear, but has a frosted appearance. I decided not to install it on my nice tiger eye maple guitar.

I ordered two of these clear pickguards in the Summer of 2010--both for gloss guitars. When they arrived, I found that they have a matte finish. I went back and revisited the listing on StewMac, and realized it doesn't say either glossy or matte. So I used them anyway. More recently, in December 2010, I ordered two more, because I'd picked up two new guitars, both with satin finish, one of which was a Seagull S6 (pictured). I assumed that when I received the pickguards, they would again be matte finish, but they were glossy finish. I'm not sure that StewMac knows what they actually have and would be concerned about ordering again without some clarification on their site. I am reluctant to reorder now not knowing whether I'll get glossy or matte finish clear pickguards.

I ordered it for an Alverez 25th Anniversary model acoustic that had a plastic Abalone sound hole ring. It fit perfectly and looks great!