Here's a way guitar players and collectors can get some plastic out of our lives and bring in a bit more natural wood

There have been literally tens of millions of guitars produced over the last 60 years, almost all of wood, yet the many classic model types have plastic pickguards that can shrink, warp, become brittle, crack and split apart

Plastic pickguards scratch and dull over time, and cannot be readily repaired, buffed out nor refinished.

Many guitar players claim tone improvement when wood replaces plastic, and certainly the esthetic appeal of wood far surpasses that of plastic for most musicians.

What we have here, in these wood laminate pickguards are relatively unique and beautiful works that appeals to every electric guitar and bass player I have showed them to.

January 2012

WoodPickGuard.com is currently finishing it's workshop in Rialto, California and will be starting new work in a few days

You can email Erik for custom order information

Some changes we are making:

Using thinner Birch 3 and 4 ply so completed parts will be from about .060" to .090" thickness, cooresponding to the dimensions of the plastic it is replacing

We are considering offering only oil finishes or unfinished wood pickguards .. just don't like currently available plastic clears and having this done professionally in a clean spray booth environment is prohibitively expensive