Ugly new pickguard

lars · Post by **lars** » Mon Oct 10, 2005 10:51 pm

In a thread about a month ago Dane Wilder brought up the new Pg-design.

http://www.rickresource.com/cgi-bin/discus/show.cgi?tpc=5&post=147505#POST147505

I agree totally. The curve is kind of "un-harmonic". When did this start? Any opinions?

rickcrazy · Post by **rickcrazy** » Tue Oct 11, 2005 3:29 am

"The curve is totally 'un-harmonic'". I concur. I believe the 'new' pickguard was introduced circa 1997.

keb · Post by **keb** » Tue Oct 11, 2005 3:54 am

To be perfectly honest I never really noticed a difference until you brought it up.

heinpete · Post by **heinpete** » Tue Oct 11, 2005 4:37 am

... no need to buy a replacement, just sand the hump away a little bit.-
Now everybody have a sharp look at the pickguard!
(Might turn out like the scene with Obelix and the nose of the sphinx???)

jwr2 · Post by **jwr2** » Tue Oct 11, 2005 5:51 am

the ugly pickguard is the 4000 basses from the 50s ...

kcole4001 · Post by **kcole4001** » Tue Oct 11, 2005 5:53 am

When did the new design start? I never noticed either! Easy to fix, though, as Peter said.

jwr2 · Post by **jwr2** » Tue Oct 11, 2005 6:27 am

probaby 1998 ... that's when the body and headwings changed to a 60s shape ...

lars · Post by **lars** » Tue Oct 11, 2005 7:20 am

I wonder why! Mr. Hall?

lars · Post by **lars** » Tue Oct 11, 2005 7:37 am

just to see and compare

bobcat · Post by **bobcat** » Tue Oct 11, 2005 7:43 am

Um . . . I can't tell the difference?

rickon · Post by **rickon** » Tue Oct 11, 2005 7:54 am

Glad somebody else noticed. Thought it was just me.

loendmaestro · Post by **loendmaestro** » Tue Oct 11, 2005 8:15 am

Doesn't seem like that big of a deal to me....

lars · Post by **lars** » Tue Oct 11, 2005 9:31 am

Yes! It's a big deal!
Look at the part of the pg where the controls are. On the jetglo bass in the illustration, the revealed part of the body between the binding and the pg increases evenly, forming a perfect harmonic shape. On the fireglo the pg has a hump that distorts the curve!

wim · Post by **wim** » Tue Oct 11, 2005 9:39 am

As perfect as I think the contours of Rickenbacker guitars and basses are, I find this really 'disturbing' the picture.
Can't use 'ugly' on a ric.

lars · Post by **lars** » Tue Oct 11, 2005 10:09 am

OK disturbing