this is my 20s the model doesn't come with a pick guard that size since I do do some scrubbing nah
man I was concerned about scratching my $5,000 guitar so I put this el cheapo pick guard on it
just to protect it until I could get something better I picked up a clear pick guard that I'm
going to put on this guitar but first I have to take this off so what I'm doing here is using a
hair dryer yeah at first I was using a fever gage to get under the edge of the pick guard
and then once I had an edge I used a credit card and then my pliers I've sped this video
up because it does take a little bit of patience but just keep directing the heat at the underside
of the pick guard and the glue starts to melt a little bit it does burn your fingers if you
get too close so I just kept tugging at it by the time they came loose as your
seat pops away here it leaves behind a little bit of residue so I use Ronson all which is
mostly naphtha and that that has no effect on the finish of a guitar so you can feel on the
top of the guitar where there's a little glue deposits left behind and so Kleenex and some
rods small and should get that off and clean it up and get it ready for the new pickguard
there were still a few little deposits of blue on the top so I did have to pour
a little bit right on the surface of the guitar and just rub it around a little bit
but it comes right up and the guitar ends up as as good as new when it came out of
the box I haven't had it long enough and haven't had it out in the Sun or anything
like that so there were no tan lines from this big guy that I have and the new pic but
Pickard being clear should preserve the classic look of the triple o 28:12 fret
we clean it up
and there you go just as easy as that clean as a whistle and next I'll tack on a video of putting
the clear pick guard on okay here we are the next day I've removed the strings and put an
old t-shirt here inside the sound hole because I'm going to be using some water to help seat
this pit guard I've got a cup of water with some dishwashing soap in it a couple drops
and a little syringe and I'm going to fit the pit guard to where I want it to be make sure
the surface is nice and clean before you do this and just cleaning up any edges on the edge of the
pit card or any lint or anything that you like that you're gonna fit it exactly where I want
it I've already done this a couple of times so I know the rings that I want to set it on
once I have it where I want it take a bit of masking tape and I'm going to place it on the
the squarest hinge the the straightest edge which i think is here and it's gonna make a hinge I'm
using low stick masking tape here so I don't Mar the surface of the guitar you'll notice that now
that I can pick up the pickguard like a little door and when I drop it down will drop exactly
in the place I want it so now you know squirt a little bit of this water soap solution around
the top Oh guitar there I squirted it right inside da sound hole look at that spread it around a bit
and then because the water is a non compressible substance when I get
this backing layer off it takes a bit of doing once that's off I can't there we go
I can lay this down slowly from this edge to the other edge and the water will sort
of wick to the edges and push out any air bubbles the thing with a clear pick guard
is that you can see any of the air bubbles and you don't do this with water yeah a
solid pick guard of course you won't be able to see that or even that tortoiseshell see-through
you won't be able to see it that much I've sped this up so you don't have to see it but
now I'm just pushing all the water out to the edge and mopping it up with a Kleenex and now
that it's all pushed out to the edge I can take off the protective film and because this hasn't
actually set properly yet I'm gonna it'll set in a couple of days probably I'm peeling it
very slowly and very carefully so don't pull the pick guard up so I'm pulling it at sort of
parallel to the top of the guitar because if I pull the Strait up and might pull the pick
guard right off now there's still some water under that pick guard but it will be absorbed
by the finish and and sort of evaporate over the next couple of days and just leave the glue
in place and there we go give it a quick wipe check it out I don't see any air bubbles at all
take a look at that completely clear I like it I like it better than the tortoiseshell that I took
off it'll protect my guitar and still maintain the original look of the triple o 28 vs get my
t-shirt back there's a lot of t-shirt in there but I'm glad I had it in there because I did
squirt some water in there we don't want any water damage inside the guitar and we're done