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                        <title>RE: plastic on the pickguard?</title>
                        <link>https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/plastic-on-the-pickguard/#post-61179</link>
                        <pubDate>Tue, 25 May 2004 21:18:17 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[Yea, those BM guitars are nice having that slope.  Still, they don&#039;t have pick guards so the guitar finish really looks great.  But that means, if you somehow hit the sloped sides you get so...]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[Yea, those BM guitars are nice having that slope.  Still, they don't have pick guards so the guitar finish really looks great.  But that means, if you somehow hit the sloped sides you get some wear on the gloss coat.  I like the BM guitars but found them quite heavy like a LP.]]></content:encoded>
						                            <category domain="https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/">Guitar Repair and Maintenance</category>                        <dc:creator>corbind</dc:creator>
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                        <title>RE: plastic on the pickguard?</title>
                        <link>https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/plastic-on-the-pickguard/#post-61171</link>
                        <pubDate>Tue, 25 May 2004 16:55:47 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[One of Willie Nelson&#039;s acoustics has seen some guitar playing. Has that broke-in look.Joe

That guitar is considered one of the world&#039;s most famous and recognizable Martins. C. F. Martin eve...]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[One of Willie Nelson's acoustics has seen some guitar playing. Has that broke-in look.<br><br>Joe

That guitar is considered one of the world's most famous and recognizable Martins. C. F. Martin even uses it in an advert -- IIRC, Willie calls it "Trigger" -- draw your own conclusions about that.<br><br>-Greg]]></content:encoded>
						                            <category domain="https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/">Guitar Repair and Maintenance</category>                        <dc:creator>gnease</dc:creator>
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                        <title>RE: plastic on the pickguard?</title>
                        <link>https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/plastic-on-the-pickguard/#post-61169</link>
                        <pubDate>Tue, 25 May 2004 14:44:48 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[I think that;s &quot;Broke-n&quot; look.Corbind, you should look at the Brian Moore guitars they are built  with both sides sloping away from the strings.  Your pick would hit air]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[I think that;s "Broke-n" look.<br><br><br>Corbind, you should look at the Brian Moore guitars they are built  with both sides sloping away from the strings.  Your pick would hit air.<br><br><br><a href="http://www.brianmooreguitars.com/images/top.jpg">http://www.brianmooreguitars.com/images/top.jpg</a>]]></content:encoded>
						                            <category domain="https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/">Guitar Repair and Maintenance</category>                        <dc:creator>Nick Torres</dc:creator>
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                        <title>RE: plastic on the pickguard?</title>
                        <link>https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/plastic-on-the-pickguard/#post-61167</link>
                        <pubDate>Tue, 25 May 2004 08:07:07 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[One of Willie Nelson&#039;s acoustics has seen some guitar playing. Has that broke-in look.Joe]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[One of Willie Nelson's acoustics has seen some guitar playing. Has that broke-in look.<br><br>Joe]]></content:encoded>
						                            <category domain="https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/">Guitar Repair and Maintenance</category>                        <dc:creator>forrok_star</dc:creator>
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                        <title>RE: plastic on the pickguard?</title>
                        <link>https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/plastic-on-the-pickguard/#post-61141</link>
                        <pubDate>Mon, 24 May 2004 01:27:53 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[I&#039;ve seen it a few times but not recently.  I&#039;ll have to go to my buddy&#039;s house, grab a few beers and watch that.  One thing I try hard to forget is when they interview the guy who cleans th...]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[I've seen it a few times but not recently.  I'll have to go to my buddy's house, grab a few beers and watch that.  One thing I try hard to forget is when they interview the guy who cleans the portable bathrooms and filming it.  Oh my, not my kind of job.<br><br>About an hour ago I did take some pics of my pick guard and it made me laugh.  If no pick guard were present I'm sure I would be all the way through the nitrocellulose and getting to the wood.  Sometimes I get a little crazy with my picking when I get excited.]]></content:encoded>
						                            <category domain="https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/">Guitar Repair and Maintenance</category>                        <dc:creator>corbind</dc:creator>
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                        <title>RE: plastic on the pickguard?</title>
                        <link>https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/plastic-on-the-pickguard/#post-61139</link>
                        <pubDate>Mon, 24 May 2004 01:20:22 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[Ever seen the movie Woodstock?  I remember what Richie Haven&#039;s guitar looked like :)]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[Ever seen the movie Woodstock?  I remember what Richie Haven's guitar looked like :)]]></content:encoded>
						                            <category domain="https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/">Guitar Repair and Maintenance</category>                        <dc:creator>NoteBoat</dc:creator>
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                        <title>RE: plastic on the pickguard?</title>
                        <link>https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/plastic-on-the-pickguard/#post-61133</link>
                        <pubDate>Sun, 23 May 2004 22:58:25 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[I&#039;ve got a digital camera that I&#039;ve borrowed for a couple of weeks.  Anyone want to see what a rhythm player does to a pick guard?  Mine looks like it was used for a sled ride down a hill.  ...]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[I've got a digital camera that I've borrowed for a couple of weeks.  Anyone want to see what a rhythm player does to a pick guard?  Mine looks like it was used for a sled ride down a hill.   :oops:]]></content:encoded>
						                            <category domain="https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/">Guitar Repair and Maintenance</category>                        <dc:creator>corbind</dc:creator>
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                        <title>RE: plastic on the pickguard?</title>
                        <link>https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/plastic-on-the-pickguard/#post-61126</link>
                        <pubDate>Sun, 23 May 2004 20:14:11 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[Yeah, its perfectly fine to take it off.  Eventually the pickguard will get scratch but it will take a while.  If your dont liek the scratches after a while you can buy a new pickguard and t...]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[Yeah, its perfectly fine to take it off.  Eventually the pickguard will get scratch but it will take a while.  If your dont liek the scratches after a while you can buy a new pickguard and they are pretty cheap.  but they are designed to take the scratched instead of the finish of the guitar.]]></content:encoded>
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                        <title>RE: plastic on the pickguard?</title>
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                        <pubDate>Sun, 23 May 2004 19:22:20 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[That Plastic cover is put there to protect the pick guard from scatches while getting ready for shipping from the factory and when folks come into a store and try the guitar out. You remove ...]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[That Plastic cover is put there to protect the pick guard from scatches while getting ready for shipping from the factory and when folks come into a store and try the guitar out. You remove it if you like or just let it wear off.<br><br>Joe]]></content:encoded>
						                            <category domain="https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/">Guitar Repair and Maintenance</category>                        <dc:creator>forrok_star</dc:creator>
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                        <title>RE: plastic on the pickguard?</title>
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                        <pubDate>Sun, 23 May 2004 18:34:28 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[Just take the plastic off.  The pickgaurd is designed to get scratched up instead of the guitar.]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[Just take the plastic off.  The pickgaurd is designed to get scratched up instead of the guitar.]]></content:encoded>
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