Custom Designs
The pickguard on a solid-bodied electric guitar is often the first item to be modified (modded) by enthusiasts wanting to add creative designs or use different materials. Many companies now offer custom-made replacement pickguards to give an instrument a unique look.
The pickguard is sometimes deliberately missing from a guitar's design. For example, superstrats with neck-thru designs aim for maximum sustain and tend to have no plastic parts, pickup frames or plastic potentiometer handles. Anything that might dampen the sound is stripped off the guitar.
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