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Pointless?! Here’s when NOT to ask for shielding on your scratchplate!
When NOT to shield your scratchplate! We get it- you want your guard to be as awesome as possible; all the bells and whistles.
The punktastic world of Tom DeLonge and Mark Hoppus style pickguards!
Tom DeLonge and Mark Hoppus custom Pickguards! Pop-punk has been having a renaissance lately, and with the release of new Tom DeLonge and Mark Hoppus
Tortoiseshell Scratchplate Materials 101: Get to know the most epic, beautiful scratchplate material!
Tortoiseshell Scratchplate Materials 101: Getting to know the different types of ‘tort’ pickguard sheets we offer We have well over 120 different sheet materials
Replica Gretsch engraved pickguards made the traditional way
When it comes to Gretsch, There’s one classic way to have the logo appear, from behind! This vintage construction approach makes plastic a real high
White Scratchplate Materials 101: Introducing our lovely selection of white(and also parchment, mint, and cream) pickguard sheets!
White Scratchplate Materials: 17 different types of white (including parchment, mint, and cream) pickguard sheet materials to choose from! We have well over 120
Black Scratchplate Materials 101: Introducing our awesome black pickguard sheets
Different types of black pickguard materials We have well over 120 different sheet materials available and it can be intimidating to select one that’ll refresh
Spotlight: The Everly Brothers magnificent ‘Moustache’ Pickguards
Celebrating an iconic set of pickguards as used by The Everly Brothers Both Don and Phil Everly are known to use their beautiful Gibson
Spotlight: Phil Lynott’s badass Mirror Scratchplate
A quick celebration of a particular pickguard that Phil Lynott of Thin Lizzy favoured… …the acrylic mirror pickguard! Most famous for using his
The Vamps: making a sick one-off anniversary pickguard for bassist Connor Ball -in just 3 hours
Connor Ball, bassist for The Vamps, got in touch with us asking for something a little special for the 10 Years Of The Vamps –
Edge Bevels: 3 fantastic options for pickguard edges
The 3 different Bevel types We offer different edge bevel options for your custom scratch plate and with many of our sheet materials, this is
Turbo turnaround! Epic news- fantastic superfast 24-hour guitar scratchplate service!
Turbo turnaround! We’ve added a nitro boost to our turnaround time! Send us your old scratchplate / pickguard, and we’re now aiming to get your
Pickguard Shielding Explained! 4 considerations to destroy all hum, forever!
We offer a Foil Shielding service on our pickguards…but what the hell is that?? tl;dr – Foil pickguard shielding is a simple stick-on foil that
The Truth about ‘Standard’ Pickguards
Your Pickguard is Unique! Here at Tiny Tone, the most common question people ask us when placing an order for a custom scratchplate is along
Upgrade Your Scratchplate- why bother?
Here at Tiny Tone, we specialise in handcrafting upgrade custom guitar and bass pickguards (or scratchplates depending what you call them). We’ve started this blog
Bakelite Month at Tiny Tone! EPIC game-changer of an offer that you WON’T want to miss out on!
Bakelite month! Here at Tiny Tone we’ve been discussing how some materials seem a bit underrated, so in addition to kicking off what we hope
