pickgaurded strats,flame/quilted tops waste of wood?

[MountainDog]

I normally don't prefer pickguards on guitars, but in answer to this thread, my '91 Custom Shop Set-Neck strat looks pretty good with it's quilted top:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...erSetNeck1.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...etNeckbody.jpg

[mm2002]

Pickguards are ugly, wood is beautiful.

[RacerX]

I think it stoooopid to cover beautiful wood with a huge-ass hunk of plastic

...almost as stupid as misspelled words in Poll thread titles...



Ohhh, my brain's been scamed!