clamp-on pick-guard?

[kurtwestphal]

Hi, does anyone know of a clamp on type pick-guard. I'm thinking something that attaches the way a clamp-on arm rest does or something like that. Thanks

[mandroid]

The Gibsons like my '21 As came with a latching one [pat. july 4 1911 ] then they started to screw them into the top edge and kerfed side liner, with a small bracket.
violin makers parts house can supply the metal parts since it is how chinrests get mounted on them.
woodshop tools available? http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/rock.gif

I see a variety of widths are made for the chinrest clamps threaded sections, depending upon whether the player wants the chin cup over the tailpiece, or off to the side.

[jim simpson]

kurtwestphal,
Do you want a clamp-on style to avoid having to drill a hole into the side of the mando? I would think that a clamp-on would still require the guard to be attached to the side of the neck. I installed a smaller F-style pickguard recently and was pleased with how secure it stays attached being the it's just the 2 pins holding it. I prefer the look of the smaller pickguard and find that it is as functional.

[John Flynn]

I remember a thread a long time ago that showed off a clamp-on pickguard that Bill Bussman (Old Wave Mandolins) did for one of his customers. It looked nice. You might contact him.

[mandroid]

having the carpenters jack scheme and pickguard outer-edge support in the same part pops into my thoughts.
I supose it's still going to need the pin or pins to connect pickguard tip to the fretboard edge . http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wow.gif

[PhilGE]

I remember a thread a long time ago that showed off a clamp-on pickguard that Bill Bussman (Old Wave Mandolins) did for one of his customers. It looked nice. You might contact him.


That would be mine. I will probably end up having a local luthier put some pins in it. It was a cool experiment, but the pickguard keeps slowly slipping off. It's got to do with the recurve, the clamp, and a large piece of ebony hanging way out over the body from the clamping site. Bill did a sweet job with creating what I asked for, though! http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif

-Phil

[kurtwestphal]

Sorry to resurrect this, but I just noticed in the Gilchrist thread, in the "post a photo of your mandolin" section, the Classical model seems to have a clamp-on pick-guard described by sternArt as cam clamp pickguard bracket. Does anyone have any other info on this? #-Thanks