EleoCasil
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I was wondering if anyone knew the best material to make a pick Guard out of. I was also thinking bout customizing it, and putting my own logo. Any thoughts?:worship:
I would think that you might need to use a dense wood, such as rose wood, or ebony so that it won't scratch easy.
I haven't personally done it, but you might talk to NukeDoc.
He could point u in tha right direction.
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Bob
I've never made one, but if I were to try I believe I'd look at vertical grade (thin) plastic laminate ("formica"). Tons of different colors, strong stuff.
hahaha you dont wanna talk to me about it. everything i do is ghetto stylee mickey mousing to the nth degree fa'sho!
i just used some floor tiling that i found at home depot. cut it into shape, and superglued it onto the ukes that i put them on.
but i dont condone this action. this can affect the tone. and if youre not very handy and crafty, you can easily make your uke look like dung.
do it the right way and use a thin, dense wood... or the clear mylar stuff thta dom pointed you towards. good luck.
Hi everybody,
Is there a risk to use a "Kling-on" removable pickguard with the laquer finish of Kamaka's recent ukuleles???
I would like to protect mine with it but I don't want to make a mistake...
That's a good question actually. I asked Dominator about using a similar sticky product for a pick guard and he has added it to his tenor and didn't mention any damage. I'm not sure how it'd react with the Kamaka finish.
I second this experience.. no scratches on my uke and I play pretty hard at times..e.loI am just curious as to why you want to add pickguards to ukes? I've played pretty agressively, a couple hours each day on my favorite uke for the last 3 years and all that has happened is it has made the dull finish look polished where I strum.
I always thought it was weird that on a guitar you spent all this money on fine tone wood and then a slab of plastic is slapped on the top.
I'm not trying to be contrary, just curious.
I've played pretty agressively, a couple hours each day on my favorite uke for the last 3 years and all that has happened is it has made the dull finish look polished where I strum.
I looked at the Klin-On site. I wonder if you can just get sheets of it as opposed to the individual sets they sell?