Musiclily Pro HSS 11 Hole Guitar Strat Pickguard for Fender USA/Mexican Made Standard Stratocaster Modern Style, 1/3/4 Ply

Another fine product from Musiclily, it fit perfect on my fender Strat and it looks absolutely awesome. Their products always rock the house and never disappoint at are priced so every musician can afford them.Always satisfied with their products which I��ve used in the past many many times

The pickguard is well-made and comes with all the necessary screws for installation. It is also shielded on the reverse side. I am unsure which Stratocaster model it was based on, but if you have an American-made Strat, you will need to trim it to fit. Using a Dremel with a sanding wheel makes this process quite straightforward. I would definitely purchase this product again!

After dealing with the company, I need to update my review. Their customer service is outstanding! They remade my HSS pickguard with 15 mm of spacing between the bridge and the humbucker opening, which was 9.5 mm on the one I originally bought. The humbucker now fits very well in my Strat with the new version of the HSS pick guard. With the addition of the new spec HSS pickguard, in addition to the original, you have the availability to use this with any Strat body for one third to one quarter the price of a Fender. The cutout for the Musiclily humbucker will accommodate a full f spaced uncovered humbucker. Only two different colored Fender pickguards will to that and the rest are cut out for a standard sized humbucker. The variety of color styles with Musiclily is amazing and gives you so much personal choice over the Fender models.I think the quality of the material is good. The white pearl is striking in appearance. No manufacturing defects were present. The down side is the position of the humbucker cut out. I have an American standard strat equivalent and the humbucker barely fit into the cavity. The bridge edge of the humbucker is tight against the routed cavity, making installation difficult. I put in a Gibson 498t and had to modify the mounting bracket of the pickup to the configuration of a Dimarzio pick up to fit my routing. The body routing is very generous to begin with and I was very surprised and unhappy to have to do that to make it work. Unless I am going to use Dimarzio��s in the future, I will have to modify every other bridge pickup I want to use with that pickguard. I��m not going to do that so I am going to by a Fender brand pick guard and spend 3 times the price to avoid this hassle. I really would avoid this pickguard configuration from this manufacturer. I have the s/s/s configuration of this pickguard from this manufacturer and it is great without issues in quality or installation in the same body.

So I bought this for a Mugig Strat https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B077ZLHDMZ/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o03_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1That I got for 45 bucks on Amazon Prime day. That is a fantastic guitar by the way, easily on par with $249 Squiers.Anyway, I replaced the plain white pickguard with a Musically Pear White one. The new one did have a little speck of dirt or maybe metal shaving or something lodged into the middle of it, that could not be cleaned away. But it was not too noticeable so I just used it. I did need to modify the pickguard a little to get it to fit. I crudely used some plain ol' metal snips and a file to cut the humbucker hole a little bigger and also the neck slot needed to be a little deeper. But, once I got it installed - IT LOOKED AWESOME. Like a dummy, I forgot to take a picture of the finished product! )-: But I turned around and sold the guitar for a nice little profit! Anyway, I'm not kidding. Those are nice looking and nice sounding guitars (Mugig Strat) with great necks... and this pickguard really brought it to the next level in the looks department.

I wanted this black pickguard to replace the white pickguard that came with my crimson red Made In Mexico Stratocaster. Why? Because I thought that the black against the red body, with white pickups and volume/tone controls would look good. It looks great. The fit was almost perfect except that the cutout for the bridge humbucker was a bit off from the original pickguard. No problem, as the cavity cutout in the body had enough tolerance to accommodate the difference ... no cutting, no filing, etc. In addition, the old pickguard had 2 mounting holes (for the humbucker) in the upper position of the pickguard, where the new guard only had one. No biggy, I just used the one, and the humbucker sits perfectlyNOTE of caution: Do not remove the protective plastic overlay from the pickguard until you are finished mounting everything, or you will scratch the new pickguard big time. I had to order a second, because I messed up the first. But for the price, it was no big deal. I am very happy with the way it turned out.