Re: Attaching pickguard w/ velcro
I asked a couple luthier about a pickguard for my km900 and they said they would have to add wood at the position where the attachment pins for the guard are normally drilled in and it would be a nontrivial amount of work to make it aesthetically ok. Then i got the idea to mount it to the top on 3 blocks of cork but i couldn't figure out how to attach it securely but reversibly without damaging the finish (I think mine might be lacquer).
When i was looking at mandos in the Builders Room at Wintergrass there was one that had a pin into the Florida and a small cork block holding pickguard off the top near the bridge and it seemed pretty secure, but I don't remember if that was on a Pava/Ellis, an Austin Clark or Andrew Mowry build, they were all in the room (pretty phenomenal collection of instruments!)
Kentucky km900
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