Telecaster 8-Hole Scratchplate Pickguard SS to fit genuine Fender USA/MEX - White Pearl
Description
- Replacement 8-hole Telecaster scratchplate/pickguard
- Compatible with genuine USA & Mexican Fender Telecasters
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Colour Name:White Pearl 3-ply 8-hole Scratchplate to fit most USA, Mexican Telecasters and Squier model TelecastersIn 1969, Fender changed the design of their scratchplates. Moving away from 5 fixing screw holes to 8. They'd come to realise that the original 5 holes weren't enough to keep the plate from lifiting away from the body in certain areas.Mounting holes for the neck pickup were also introduced, thus making pickup height adjustment much easier (previously the scratchplate would need to be removed to do this)We've modelled our 8 hole scratchplates on this more modenr design, but with a wider variety of colours and a choice of single or 3-ply.All our scratchplates are fully shielded on the reverse, to help reduce hum.Specification3 ply scratchplates: 2.4mm thick1 ply scratchplates: 2.0mm thick
Reviews
L**D
Nice, but not perfect
It’s a beautifully made scratchplate no question. When I unwrapped it, it looked utterly stunning. However, I had two problems. 1) There are no neck pickup mounting holes. The pickguard is undrilled to suit vintage style guitars, where the neck pickup mounts directly to the body. I had to drill two holes to mount my neck pickup as the routing in the control cavity on a modern Telecaster doesn’t suit direct pickup mounting 2) The pickguard is very slightly bigger than the Fender standard. This created two problems for me; the screw holes for mounting the pickguard onto the guitar don’t line up absolutely perfectly - it’s very close but it’s not perfect; As it’s slightly too big a very small portion of the pickguard slightly overlaps the control plate. Not very noticeable, I can live with it, but it’s quite annoying.Given that most people who want to replace a scratchplate are probably upgrading a modern Telecaster (Squier, Mex or American STD) it seems to me that pre-drilling the holes for the neck pick up is a no brainer. Do people with vintage Telecasters really install modern looking scratchplates that are out of character with the originals? Wouldn’t have thought so. The biggest fault for me though is the slight oversizing - that is a product fault to my mind.
D**S
Perfect fit.
Perfect fit for my Legacy telecaster. Good quality scratchplate.
B**M
Great fit
Super product from northwest guitars
A**R
Five Stars
Perfect, gives a nice vintage look to my tobacco-burst telecaster.
S**T
Tele 3 ply Scratchplate
Looks and feels Quality. Just what i wanted. Thanks very much.
A**R
Great service! Very happy!
Decent quality and quick delivery.
A**E
looks great.
Original 1 ply black, looks great.
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