Heritage525 Posted September 6, 2007 Posted September 6, 2007 I have a TV Yellow Heritage 137, thinking about adding a pickguard. Jay Wolf has them for $48.00. Should I leave it plain, or add the guard?
Dick Seacup Posted September 6, 2007 Posted September 6, 2007 You should've set it up as a poll! Personally, I say no guard. But, I may be biased: http://www.shermonster.org/gallery/d/1324-2/IMG_3264.JPG[/img]
Gitfiddler Posted September 7, 2007 Posted September 7, 2007 Personally I like them unguarded and naked!
High Flying Bird Posted September 7, 2007 Posted September 7, 2007 I liked the pick guard on my H-137 so much I had a Bigsby put on the guitar. http://www.ronwarren.com/trio/img_4283_std.jpg[/img]
Heritage525 Posted September 7, 2007 Author Posted September 7, 2007 That looks good, I have a bigsby on my Gretsch.
High Flying Bird Posted September 7, 2007 Posted September 7, 2007 WD music is the supplier for Wolfe. I ordered a tortoise shell pickguard for mine from WD. It came in so dark I didn't like it and stuck with the one it came with. I should have ordered a light T-shell with a few layers to have got what I wanted. We put the WD pickguard on my Buddy's 58 LPJ. Before we put it on there I attached foil to the under side to help it give off more light. It helped. http://www.wdmusic.com/pickguards_225_ct.htm
Thundersteel Posted September 7, 2007 Posted September 7, 2007 Ok, here's my opinion; YMMV. Painted wood=pickguard. Unpainted wood=no pickguard. I like to see the natural wood glowing in all its glory.
LH575 Posted September 7, 2007 Posted September 7, 2007 I'd say to go with the pickguard that High Flying Bird has. That one looks much better than the pic in the first post.
GuitArtMan Posted September 7, 2007 Posted September 7, 2007 Peronaly I don't care for it. I looks like they put Gumby in a microwave... :-[
Dick Seacup Posted September 7, 2007 Posted September 7, 2007 HFB's guard looks like the more traditional Junior pickguard. I'm with Guitartman on the Wolfe guard...bad joojoo there.
mcjustin Posted September 7, 2007 Posted September 7, 2007 Note that high flying bird's is on a one p/u model, and won't fit on a 2 p/u. And a more traditional Special guard wouldn't fly because of the dog ears on the Heritage. I dig the one at Wolfe's. It was Wolfe's idea to resurrect the H-137 in P-90 style, they convinced Heritage to do so. Anyways, I ordered one of theirs and will try to post pictures when I get it on my H-137. Of course, I'm going to tape it on first to see if I really *do* dig it in person!
Dick Seacup Posted September 7, 2007 Posted September 7, 2007 I think the Wolfe guard would look better if it curved up to follow the horn into the neck, instead of having that sharp angle. It doesn't flow visually with the body lines...at least to my untrained eye. Taping it on to check it out is a great idea; hadn't even thought of that.
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