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Bought a cheap, 2007 Epiphone SG yesterday and while plunking on it acoustically, noticed the pickguard/open pup cavity additional sound characteristics. Since I primarily play pickguardless solid bodies, it definitely stood out.
This morning I pulled the pickguard off and found 16 years of flotsam and jetsam under the guard, between it and the body of the guitar.
Here’s where it gets really (un) exciting!
1. Does having the pickguard not fully “seated” against the body change the tone?
2. If I clean it, polish it, and reinstall - assuming the polish will create a seal between the wood and pickguard, will that change the tone?
3. Is all this as meaningful as the parts per million of my enemies tears mixed into the molds of my Big Stubby picks?
4. Why are you still reading? Are you as bored as I am?
This morning I pulled the pickguard off and found 16 years of flotsam and jetsam under the guard, between it and the body of the guitar.
Here’s where it gets really (un) exciting!
1. Does having the pickguard not fully “seated” against the body change the tone?
2. If I clean it, polish it, and reinstall - assuming the polish will create a seal between the wood and pickguard, will that change the tone?
3. Is all this as meaningful as the parts per million of my enemies tears mixed into the molds of my Big Stubby picks?
4. Why are you still reading? Are you as bored as I am?