Everybody, if you don't want to put a pickguard on your guitar, can I ask why you are watching this? The guitar comes with the pick guard uninstalled, so to put it on, you have to DRILL in it. It hurts, I know, but if you want a pick guard you have to do it, if you don't want to, then why the hell are you watching this video?
I'm watching, well skimming through really, barely that.. because I lost the screw which attached the plate to the bracket and I just bought a new screw so I'm just quickly having a look,
Never thought about using soap when starting a screw, or the felt pads. Great idea. I gave my LP a good polishing where the pick guard was going to be and then installed it. Good idea to remove it once in a while to clean and re-polish the body where the guard covers it. Good video.
Im really considering installing one on my 1960 tribute ... I like the way it looks with the pickguard, makes it look more of a les Paul than without it.
I have a Les Paul classic with a pickguard and a studio without. I'm thinking about adding a pickguard to the studio. Les Pauls without pickguards just look wrong to me.
just recently bought a les Paul without a pickgaurd and im thinking the same thing. I just want to know if I should just buy one and do it by myself or If I should send it somewhere to have them put it on, I don't know if I trust myself with such a beautiful guitar😂
My Gibson les paul Traditional, and Gibson les paul standard both came with the pickguard in the case, but not installed.People talk about it being “Wrong” to install the pickguard, because you are drilling holes in the guitar.I agree..but also feel that the les paul “Needs the pickguard on” so i figured..would i rather have the guitar with the pickguard on,and loving the way it looks, or would i rather not drilling the two holes,but having the guitar eventually look like Willy nelsons trigger...a patch of paint or even wood worn off where my hand would keep grazing the guitar
I don’t know about you but it’s kinda hard to even hit the pick on the guitar without the pickguard while strumming Just don’t go crazy like a bastard on your strumming and you should not even need a guard
Nice video! The only things I do differently are I always use a little countersink to remove the finish around the drilled holes. You risk popping the finish off without it that teensy little chamfer. The other thing is to jack up the bracket a bit on the side of the guitar so the little screw through the pickguard is not in contact with the top. That prevents a ding in the finish if you bump the front of the pickguard.
Just bought my first LP Traditional a month ago. I'll install the pick guard when the body is scratched to hell from wild strumming I want hide it. Yes it's a tool, but a high-end LP is also a work of art IMO. Good video and the felt pad is a great idea. Just not ready to attack my LP with my Makita yet. :^)
Nkce work. I have a 91 Gibson LP classic that came with the pick guard but I took it off as a teenager because I thought it looked better without it. I actually like them both ways now. I’m about to buy a flamed top 2016 that doesn’t have a guard but I have seen some in this finish (desert burst) and I think it looks great with the guard. Either way, it’s two very small holes. My 91 has those little holes and it doesn’t bother me in the least. Nice job
CR Laurence has 2 sided tape for shower parts that's incredibly strong. It's similar to those sticky dots you can buy for sticking papers together but stronger. And it's not permanent. But being designed for wet applications..it's very durable. They have rolls of 1/4" and 1/2" wide tape. They're both probably about 1/16" thick. I guarantee it would work! You'd probably have to create a flat under the screw that holds the bracket on and have a piece of tape there as well as up near the neck and on the side where the bracket mounts near the bottom of the binding. I'm not sure if it would alter the finish over time. I do know it doesn't require holes to be drilled in your beautiful instrument!
I enjoy the comments from people who think drilling two small holes in the guitar, as was designed to be done by Gibson, is somehow ruining a guitar, but making ten thousand pick scrapes over the surface where the pickguard would have been is not going to cause wear a lot more difficult to repair than filling and color matching two small screw holes if you ever changed your mind.
I've been around guitars most my life and I'm 47yrs old. Owned a few les Paul's in my time. Some with and some without pickguards. And some I took off to see how it looked. But I have a esp snowwhite iron cross James hetfields signature guitar and it doesn't have the pickguard. So I ordered one. And just for shits and giggles watched your video of how to install it. And yesi feel the pain as I'm sure you did when you 1st put that drill to the wood. That hesitant feeling. But as ya say. If ya wanna pickguard it's gotta be done. Thanks for the vid.
I have 1968 les pul Custom Bought it brand new 10 years a go and still look brand new, I use double side tape low sticking strength and never had a single issue Just 4 little pieces enough to hold the entire guitar !
My buddy has a '68 LP Custom Black Beauty that he bought new in 1968. I think that he said he paid $300 for it with case. In the mid 80's, he had a Floyd Rose installed, lol. He has no plans to ever sell it, but man, talk about ruining a classic!
My lp came with a very unique pickguard where its attached to the pickups and then there is just a felt nub touching the guitar body on the bottom of the pickguard which can't be seen from regular viewing angles. It's super cool that I have the option to take it off with no screw holes. Although I think it looks alot better on
this is how pick gaurds are installed on Les Pauls... so all the nay sayers, you don't have a clue..it's SUPPOSED to go on the guitar... Slash started all the hate LOL....... I personally like it way better with the pickgaurd on, it looks like its supposed to look.
Very happy for you that was a nail biter , you don't want to mess that up I got Milne professionally done and was worried if they would of mess it up ! Great job peace .
I have read most of the comments on this thread. I want to thank you for showing us properly how to install a pickguard on a Gibson. I myself own a Gibson Les Paul Ace Frehley 1997 model the first year it's one of the first of its production line. It retails for right now a little bit over $9,000 and going up! this video was very educational when wanting to install the triple pickguard I myself personally don't see a Les Paul being a Les Paul without a pickguard. It all comes down to yourself do you want this on your guitar this isn't something that you just up and decide to sell! If you're going to spend what most custom Les Paul's cost nine times out of 10 it's going to become a family heirloom. So, be happy! If it makes you feel better to put the pickguard on then do it! It's not like you're going to get rid of it and if you do so what is a Gibson! I don't think anyone's going to look at it any differently because it has a pickguard on it. Absolutely great video!
Can someone list the factory screw sizes for Gibson and Epiphone pickguard and bracket? I noticed at Guitar Center and Sam Ash stores that the Epiphone screw heads were flatter and smaller in diameter than the screws on Gibson guitars.
BTW, Good Job !! I needed to know what size drill to use, so TNX !I was going to NOT add the PICK-GUARD BUT, I always wanted the Jimmy Page/Heritage-Cherry Sunburst Les Paul STANDARD...and PAGE has a Creme coloured Pick-Guard on his...NOW,SO DO I ...I also felt it looked a li'l NAKED without it. I am debating on the Poker-Chip...I think it requires a bigger NUT than what is on the guitar now.
I just baught a 2011 lespaul standard plus and i have to install the guard . Ut looks way better with it. Good call on the felt pads, nice tip and good job bro! Never mind these idiots that think drilling holes in a guitar i crazy . Theres a fatory full of hillbillya in tenn. that do it everyday, hello!!!
A lot of people saying a Les Paul needs a pick guard and just doesn't look right without, it's your personal preference, me personally I like it both ways. Just look at Slash he doesn't use pick guards.
i have a dilemma,i inherited my brothers 72 deluxe sunburst and he removed the guard. personally i like the look of other Lp`s i have seen with the guard. .but i was going to have it appraised for insurance purposes and wanted to get it as close as i could to the way it left the factory. curious what others would do,leave it be or return it to its origialy form?
Brad Bordalampe put the guard back on. it already has the screw holes, right? if you don't have the guard, you can order it from sweetwater, 20 bucks, bracket 10. genuine Gibson.
@strummeroni Gibson sells the Les Paul with the pick gaurd uninstalled .Though ,a simple job to install the gaurd, I figured it would be most helpfull to watch it be done before attempting to do it..Its the only video that shows it being installed.Take it for what it is.and stop looking at my legs.
This only demonstrate how many idiots are living in the earth, internet just showed that off. I am a Les Paul custom shop 59 reissue owner and my pickguard is not installed but this video is simply awesome and helpful. Stupid people are not even able to understand that to put a pickguard you need to make a hole, just imagine those geniuses going to colleges and being the next working generation... that makes me cry. Good job by the way!
Well done, BUT I would add some masking tape to the area's being drilled into so if you slip with either the drill or the screwdriver you are not scratchuing the shit out of the finish.
Nice Les Paul. Good job and a few questions. Is that a real gibson, and what year? Its sweet. What bar soap do you prefer, Dial, Ivory, Dove, Lava, etc? And do you think you should of drilled below the capping on the side of the guitar?
you should have showed more the result.... I still thinking on putting a pickguard in my Cort EVL z6, but i dont think regular les paul's would fit it =/
Jaco Pastorius had his Bass of Doom all messed up, still he was one of the best bass players in the world. Don't hassle so much about holes on guitars, just play!
Even though mine's only a new Epiphone Les Paul Plustop Pro ($599) I'm still not feeling great about drilling holes in it. I know it'll be fine, I've drilled holes for strap buttons, tuners, truss rod covers, etc. on quite a few guitars and never had a problem. Still, this will be the one time I screw up and drill in the wrong place or break the bit off and can't get it out on the top of this really nice AAA flamed maple (veneer-LOL) top. If it sounds like I'm putting Epiphone's down, I'm not, I love Epiphone guitars and the quality of them is nothing short of outstanding these days (at 1/3 the price of a Gibson).
1:10 Me: NOOO MADDISON!!! Him: The guitar is not called Maddison Me: Hush it Jason Him: I'm not even called Jason Me: *Sigh* Jason, Jason, Jason. you really DO like to piss the fuck out of me don't yah.
I’m scared as hell to drill mine, bought a traditional 2019 manhattan midnight, doesn’t come with a pick guard but want to give it that authentic look!
Ting Loong Lau If it’s meant to come with one it should be cream coloured to match the pickup surrounds and border of the guitar, don’t you think? I still to this day haven’t found the courage to get a pick guard and fit it, might have to get someone else to do it lol
@@JordanLouzado oh yea it's a cream one.. I bought it new. Even if I have the option to get others to do it.. I can't bear the thought of the guy making a mistake and ruining the finish 😂
No fan of pick guards. I saw a Gibson acoustic once owned by Hank Williams . . . no pick guard protected the finish on that road warrior! No fan of shiny glossy finishes on guitars either, seems to null the reason for choosing quality woods in the first place. Just a natural stain, and some matching crayon wax to fill the pick guard holes.
Hello. Why you use that bracket for the pickguard? I saw some people installing it without any bracket. I want to install a pickguard on my Epiphone Les Paul and I do ot know wether to use a bracket or not. Honestly, I wouldn't like to drill that hole on the guitar side. I would prefer to have only the plastic plate, without the bracket. ruclips.net/video/FzIB9w8XI_U/видео.html
I might need to know how it's done correctly some day. Maybe if I get a job at a music shop, and a person comes in with a Les Paul and don't want to do the drilling because he/she's afraid to ruin the guitar.
I love my Les Paul, but let's be honest there are certain idiosincrasies in the design that are odd, like the headstock design, tuning issues and this insanity. I will never drill a damn hole into a flamed Maple top Les Paul. That's nuts.
Well, while the thought of drilling holes into a guitar may not seem right, if you buy one with a pickguard fitted, there is no difference, the holes would have been drilled already, so what is the difference. Now, Pickguard or no Pickguard, well for such a nice instrument that costs a decent packet of cash, I think I would want to protect it as well. If you aren't a mad arsed strummer, you may not need one, but if you like to get into it, you probably do need a guard. Protect your investment. The holes are small and are hidden and filled in once the screws are tightened. Just do it with care and you wont have a problem.... Oh and Mike, ease up on the soap dude, you only need to use it to tap the hole, once that's done no need to add more.
Dude, you need to take a hole saw to the bottom half opposite of the knobs. I wanna see all the holes drilled into the body for weight relief. Gibson isn't what they used to be. Richlite fretboard instead of ebony now days. Sad. Anyways, nice video.
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Everybody, if you don't want to put a pickguard on your guitar, can I ask why you are watching this? The guitar comes with the pick guard uninstalled, so to put it on, you have to DRILL in it. It hurts, I know, but if you want a pick guard you have to do it, if you don't want to, then why the hell are you watching this video?
just trying to find some other way not to destroy our baby
@@inhkhoa374 if you don’t want a pickguard bracket screwed into your guitar, then don’t use the pickguard
@@inhkhoa374 ummmmm? do you know what the word "destroy" even means?! Im thinking...NOT
I'm watching, well skimming through really, barely that.. because I lost the screw which attached the plate to the bracket and I just bought a new screw so I'm just quickly having a look,
Never thought about using soap when starting a screw, or the felt pads. Great idea. I gave my LP a good polishing where the pick guard was going to be and then installed it. Good idea to remove it once in a while to clean and re-polish the body where the guard covers it. Good video.
Just came across your video and you gave me the balls to do it. It literally took 3 minutes…. Thank you
Im really considering installing one on my 1960 tribute ... I like the way it looks with the pickguard, makes it look more of a les Paul than without it.
I have a Les Paul classic with a pickguard and a studio without. I'm thinking about adding a pickguard to the studio. Les Pauls without pickguards just look wrong to me.
i have an epiphone genesis they dont come with one too and yes its better with a pickguard
just recently bought a les Paul without a pickgaurd and im thinking the same thing. I just want to know if I should just buy one and do it by myself or If I should send it somewhere to have them put it on, I don't know if I trust myself with such a beautiful guitar😂
My Gibson les paul Traditional, and Gibson les paul standard both came with the pickguard in the case, but not installed.People talk about it being “Wrong” to install the pickguard, because you are drilling holes in the guitar.I agree..but also feel that the les paul “Needs the pickguard on” so i figured..would i rather have the guitar with the pickguard on,and loving the way it looks, or would i rather not drilling the two holes,but having the guitar eventually look like Willy nelsons trigger...a patch of paint or even wood worn off where my hand would keep grazing the guitar
I don’t know about you but it’s kinda hard to even hit the pick on the guitar without the pickguard while strumming
Just don’t go crazy like a bastard on your strumming and you should not even need a guard
I like my finger tips to touch the gard...it feels wrong with out
Nice video! The only things I do differently are I always use a little countersink to remove the finish around the drilled holes. You risk popping the finish off without it that teensy little chamfer. The other thing is to jack up the bracket a bit on the side of the guitar so the little screw through the pickguard is not in contact with the top. That prevents a ding in the finish if you bump the front of the pickguard.
Good tip with the felt pads, thanks
Just bought my first LP Traditional a month ago. I'll install the pick guard when the body is scratched to hell from wild strumming I want hide it. Yes it's a tool, but a high-end LP is also a work of art IMO. Good video and the felt pad is a great idea. Just not ready to attack my LP with my Makita yet. :^)
Nkce work. I have a 91 Gibson LP classic that came with the pick guard but I took it off as a teenager because I thought it looked better without it. I actually like them both ways now. I’m about to buy a flamed top 2016 that doesn’t have a guard but I have seen some in this finish (desert burst) and I think it looks great with the guard. Either way, it’s two very small holes. My 91 has those little holes and it doesn’t bother me in the least. Nice job
CR Laurence has 2 sided tape for shower parts that's incredibly strong. It's similar to those sticky dots you can buy for sticking papers together but stronger. And it's not permanent. But being designed for wet applications..it's very durable. They have rolls of 1/4" and 1/2" wide tape. They're both probably about 1/16" thick. I guarantee it would work! You'd probably have to create a flat under the screw that holds the bracket on and have a piece of tape there as well as up near the neck and on the side where the bracket mounts near the bottom of the binding. I'm not sure if it would alter the finish over time. I do know it doesn't require holes to be drilled in your beautiful instrument!
I'm just about to do this so found the video very useful. Thank you.
I enjoy the comments from people who think drilling two small holes in the guitar, as was designed to be done by Gibson, is somehow ruining a guitar, but making ten thousand pick scrapes over the surface where the pickguard would have been is not going to cause wear a lot more difficult to repair than filling and color matching two small screw holes if you ever changed your mind.
Well the scratches can always be fixed to the point where it looks like they were never there. Holes... not so much.
But the ten thousand scrapes from picks give the guitar character.
How do you scratch your guitar while playing?! I don't get it.
thank you!
Agree!
Joseph Liptak exactly. I can't stand les pauls without them
I've been around guitars most my life and I'm 47yrs old. Owned a few les Paul's in my time. Some with and some without pickguards. And some I took off to see how it looked. But I have a esp snowwhite iron cross James hetfields signature guitar and it doesn't have the pickguard. So I ordered one. And just for shits and giggles watched your video of how to install it. And yesi feel the pain as I'm sure you did when you 1st put that drill to the wood. That hesitant feeling. But as ya say. If ya wanna pickguard it's gotta be done. Thanks for the vid.
Nothing to it but to do IT! Nicely done...👍
Thanks man! Same model as I just bought!
I screamed "nooooooo" at my computer screen for 6 minutes and 53 seconds.
Lol literally every guitar on earth has holes in it
Oh yeah what if it was an epiphone?😂
I have 1968 les pul Custom
Bought it brand new 10 years a go and still look brand new,
I use double side tape low sticking strength and never had a single issue
Just 4 little pieces enough to hold the entire guitar !
My buddy has a '68 LP Custom Black Beauty that he bought new in 1968. I think that he said he paid $300 for it with case. In the mid 80's, he had a Floyd Rose installed, lol. He has no plans to ever sell it, but man, talk about ruining a classic!
My lp came with a very unique pickguard where its attached to the pickups and then there is just a felt nub touching the guitar body on the bottom of the pickguard which can't be seen from regular viewing angles. It's super cool that I have the option to take it off with no screw holes. Although I think it looks alot better on
this is how pick gaurds are installed on Les Pauls... so all the nay sayers, you don't have a clue..it's SUPPOSED to go on the guitar... Slash started all the hate LOL....... I personally like it way better with the pickgaurd on, it looks like its supposed to look.
Very happy for you that was a nail biter , you don't want to mess that up I got Milne professionally done and was worried if they would of mess it up ! Great job peace .
You got someone else to do that? Wth is
You do good work and you also provide great tips. ...Still, I gotta say, watching a drill go into a Les Paul, makes me cringe just a little.
thanks for posting this; much apprec
Thanks for Info. I did the same thing. Looks great! Thanks....
Nicely done
I have read most of the comments on this thread. I want to thank you for showing us properly how to install a pickguard on a Gibson. I myself own a Gibson Les Paul Ace Frehley 1997 model the first year it's one of the first of its production line. It retails for right now a little bit over $9,000 and going up! this video was very educational when wanting to install the triple pickguard I myself personally don't see a Les Paul being a Les Paul without a pickguard. It all comes down to yourself do you want this on your guitar this isn't something that you just up and decide to sell! If you're going to spend what most custom Les Paul's cost nine times out of 10 it's going to become a family heirloom. So, be happy! If it makes you feel better to put the pickguard on then do it! It's not like you're going to get rid of it and if you do so what is a Gibson! I don't think anyone's going to look at it any differently because it has a pickguard on it. Absolutely great video!
Can someone list the factory screw sizes for Gibson and Epiphone pickguard and bracket? I noticed at Guitar Center and Sam Ash stores that the Epiphone screw heads were flatter and smaller in diameter than the screws on Gibson guitars.
I own a custom shop 1958 les paul standard. Its amazing
BTW, Good Job !! I needed to know what size drill to use, so TNX !I was going to NOT add the PICK-GUARD BUT, I always wanted the Jimmy Page/Heritage-Cherry Sunburst Les Paul STANDARD...and PAGE has a Creme coloured Pick-Guard on his...NOW,SO DO I ...I also felt it looked a li'l NAKED without it. I am debating on the Poker-Chip...I think it requires a bigger NUT than what is on the guitar now.
Thanks for The Tutorial
I'll Hope i can do that with my lp too
might add one to the one I'm getting. some Les Paul's look better with them. especially darker colors.
thanks... very easy
I just baught a 2011 lespaul standard plus and i have to install the guard . Ut looks way better with it. Good call on the felt pads, nice tip and good job bro! Never mind these idiots that think drilling holes in a guitar i crazy . Theres a fatory full of hillbillya in tenn. that do it everyday, hello!!!
what size drill bit did you use?
Do these guards fit a Glen Burton as well?
Thanks man
It’s a tough decision, pick guard or not
A lot of people saying a Les Paul needs a pick guard and just doesn't look right without, it's your personal preference, me personally I like it both ways. Just look at Slash he doesn't use pick guards.
Nice job. The only thing wrong with this video is the cut-off shorts. =p
thanks a lot,man=)
WD music products has left hand pick guards for Les Paul
where did you purchase this Pickguard?
I used Blu Tack. Works a charm, lol!
Could'nt have said it better. Thanks
Damn those holes... Dude - you the coolest. But what’s cooking in the kitchen?
Yes.
Are those holes drilled completely through?
i have a dilemma,i inherited my brothers 72 deluxe sunburst and he removed the guard. personally i like the look of other Lp`s i have seen with the guard. .but i was going to have it appraised for insurance purposes and wanted to get it as close as i could to the way it left the factory. curious what others would do,leave it be or return it to its origialy form?
Brad Bordalampe put the guard back on. it already has the screw holes, right? if you don't have the guard, you can order it from sweetwater, 20 bucks, bracket 10. genuine Gibson.
is there any way to put a pickguard without drilling the guitar?
At 6:48 is the pick guard supposed to be hanging down a bit at the back or should it of been pushed up a bit more?
@strummeroni Gibson sells the Les Paul with the pick gaurd uninstalled .Though ,a simple job to install the gaurd, I figured it would be most helpfull to watch it be done before attempting to do it..Its the only video that shows it being installed.Take it for what it is.and stop looking at my legs.
Does it come with the pickguard?
This only demonstrate how many idiots are living in the earth, internet just showed that off. I am a Les Paul custom shop 59 reissue owner and my pickguard is not installed but this video is simply awesome and helpful.
Stupid people are not even able to understand that to put a pickguard you need to make a hole, just imagine those geniuses going to colleges and being the next working generation... that makes me cry.
Good job by the way!
Well done, BUT I would add some masking tape to the area's being drilled into so if you slip with either the drill or the screwdriver you are not scratchuing the shit out of the finish.
Is this the prpg-050 or the prpg-030?
@mikebusa123..... Where did buy the pick guard set?
Regards
Do all LPs havé the same pickguard ?
fantastic :O
Nice Les Paul. Good job and a few questions. Is that a real gibson, and what year? Its sweet.
What bar soap do you prefer, Dial, Ivory, Dove, Lava, etc? And do you think you should of drilled below the capping on the side of the guitar?
Where do buy the felt pad that goes on nut that attaches aluminum bracket to pick guard? Ths
Any hardware store.
Put me in the category of leavin that beauty exactly how it was. Only my opinion. I could never drill into that thing
you should have showed more the result....
I still thinking on putting a pickguard in my Cort EVL z6, but i dont think regular les paul's would fit it =/
@topdog0995 if it was already on there should be a hole there already, right?
Jaco Pastorius had his Bass of Doom all messed up, still he was one of the best bass players in the world.
Don't hassle so much about holes on guitars, just play!
YUP!! What Blaze said!!!!
Drill the hole 0,8 times the diameter of the screw.
it depends.....
guys stop these hate comments, is their another way to put the pick guard
@thewalker772 i totally agree i dont like how it looks with it on at all
Even though mine's only a new Epiphone Les Paul Plustop Pro ($599) I'm still not feeling great about drilling holes in it. I know it'll be fine, I've drilled holes for strap buttons, tuners, truss rod covers, etc. on quite a few guitars and never had a problem. Still, this will be the one time I screw up and drill in the wrong place or break the bit off and can't get it out on the top of this really nice AAA flamed maple (veneer-LOL) top. If it sounds like I'm putting Epiphone's down, I'm not, I love Epiphone guitars and the quality of them is nothing short of outstanding these days (at 1/3 the price of a Gibson).
what size drill bit did u use ?
Slightly smaller than the screw.
It most certanly does.
its a gibson. but epiphone comes in honey burst.
epiphone does come in honeyburst. I have one.
to see there happens to be a way to put it on with out drilling a hole in it
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Me: NOOO MADDISON!!!
Him: The guitar is not called Maddison
Me: Hush it Jason
Him: I'm not even called Jason
Me: *Sigh* Jason, Jason, Jason. you really DO like to piss the fuck out of me don't yah.
You can get a Epiphone Les Paul in Honey Burst. Epiphone Les Paul Standard - Plustop/Plaintop Pro
Gibson or epiphone
I’m scared as hell to drill mine, bought a traditional 2019 manhattan midnight, doesn’t come with a pick guard but want to give it that authentic look!
I have the exact same one ✋supposed to come with a white one
Ting Loong Lau If it’s meant to come with one it should be cream coloured to match the pickup surrounds and border of the guitar, don’t you think? I still to this day haven’t found the courage to get a pick guard and fit it, might have to get someone else to do it lol
@@JordanLouzado oh yea it's a cream one.. I bought it new. Even if I have the option to get others to do it.. I can't bear the thought of the guy making a mistake and ruining the finish 😂
I hate pickguards dude, love classic models
I don't want to drill my Les Paul :(
I used a finish nail not a drill lol get r done lol
I’ll just glue it
Unless your name is Eddie Van Halen (or Paul Gilbert) putting a drill anywhere near my guitar makes me nervous.
Soap on the screw to make it go in cleaner.... No pun intended
i'm just gonna ask if you'll put a hole on your LP. Will it affect the sound quality of the guitar?
I don't think I can get myself to do this.
The top on my Gibson is too beautiful to drill into and cover with a big slab of plastic.
There are at least 25 other holes in it.
NO.
Who cares if he put a pickguard on it, its his choice.
I would suggest putting some making tape over the spots you're gonna drill to prevent chipping.
Fortunately, the screw holes are so small, it really doesn't matter. Look at SRV's guitars. I don't think aesthetics were on his mind,!
Or Eddie Van Halen.
Drilling into a guitar like that is like sticking a dagger into a human's heart.
So how come I have a epiphoe honey burst? Do your research mate.
No fan of pick guards. I saw a Gibson acoustic once owned by Hank Williams . . . no pick guard protected the finish on that road warrior! No fan of shiny glossy finishes on guitars either, seems to null the reason for choosing quality woods in the first place. Just a natural stain, and some matching crayon wax to fill the pick guard holes.
Wow Gibson would probably fire you for taking this long. 😂
Gibson also claimed bankruptcy to as well so....
Hello. Why you use that bracket for the pickguard? I saw some people installing it without any bracket. I want to install a pickguard on my Epiphone Les Paul and I do ot know wether to use a bracket or not. Honestly, I wouldn't like to drill that hole on the guitar side. I would prefer to have only the plastic plate, without the bracket.
ruclips.net/video/FzIB9w8XI_U/видео.html
I might need to know how it's done correctly some day. Maybe if I get a job at a music shop, and a person comes in with a Les Paul and don't want to do the drilling because he/she's afraid to ruin the guitar.
I love my Les Paul, but let's be honest there are certain idiosincrasies in the design that are odd, like the headstock design, tuning issues and this insanity. I will never drill a damn hole into a flamed Maple top Les Paul. That's nuts.
I don't know. Drilling holes into my Les Paul is probably the last thing that would come to my mind.
Well, while the thought of drilling holes into a guitar may not seem right, if you buy one with a pickguard fitted, there is no difference, the holes would have been drilled already, so what is the difference. Now, Pickguard or no Pickguard, well for such a nice instrument that costs a decent packet of cash, I think I would want to protect it as well. If you aren't a mad arsed strummer, you may not need one, but if you like to get into it, you probably do need a guard. Protect your investment. The holes are small and are hidden and filled in once the screws are tightened. Just do it with care and you wont have a problem.... Oh and Mike, ease up on the soap dude, you only need to use it to tap the hole, once that's done no need to add more.
Dude, you need to take a hole saw to the bottom half opposite of the knobs. I wanna see all the holes drilled into the body for weight relief. Gibson isn't what they used to be. Richlite fretboard instead of ebony now days. Sad. Anyways, nice video.