Electric guitar pickguard, knobs, and tremolo arm

Guitar Pickguards, Plates & Strap Buttons in Redding, CA

Pickguards, control plates, cavity covers, strap buttons, strap locks, and thumb rests.

The small parts on the body take a beating. Pickguards crack and warp, screws go missing, cavity covers get lost, and strap buttons work loose until the guitar slips off your shoulder. These are quick, affordable fixes that make a guitar feel solid again.

We replace pickguards, cut custom ones for odd bodies or pickup layouts, and swap control plates and cavity covers. For straps, we install new buttons, move them so the guitar balances, repair stripped holes, and fit strap locks so nothing lets go on stage. Bass players can add or remove a thumb rest.

Bring it in to the shop on Redcliff Drive. If you already have the parts, bring those too and we’ll make them fit.

Body Hardware & Plates services

12 services. Don't see your problem? Call or text, we probably fix it.

Pickguard replacement

Swap a cracked, warped, or worn pickguard for a new one and fit it so the holes and pickups line up.

Sounds like: pickguard cracked, new pickguard, pickguard warped, change pickguard color

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Custom pickguard cutting

Cut a pickguard to fit an odd body, a different pickup layout, or a guitar with no off-the-shelf option.

Sounds like: pickguard doesn't fit, custom pickguard, need pickguard made, odd pickup layout pickguard

Pickguard screw replacement

Replace missing, rusty, or mismatched pickguard screws and tighten up loose ones.

Sounds like: missing pickguard screws, pickguard screws rusty, pickguard loose, pickguard rattles

Control plate replacement

Install a new control plate when the old one is bent, worn, or doesn't fit your knob and switch layout.

Sounds like: control plate bent, tele control plate, new control plate, control plate holes wrong

Rear cavity cover replacement

Replace a lost or cracked back cover so the electronics or tremolo springs stay protected.

Sounds like: back plate missing, cavity cover cracked, lost trem cover, back cover

Strap button replacement

Install new strap buttons so your strap stays put and your guitar doesn't hit the floor.

Sounds like: strap keeps falling off, strap button loose, strap button broke, strap slips off

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Strap button relocation

Move a strap button to a better spot so the guitar balances and doesn't dive toward the floor.

Sounds like: neck dive, guitar won't balance on strap, move strap button, headstock dives

Strap button screw hole repair

Fix a stripped strap button hole so the screw grips solid wood again.

Sounds like: strap button screw spins, strap button pulled out, stripped strap button hole, strap button won't tighten

Strap lock install

Fit strap locks so the strap can't pop off mid-song.

Sounds like: install strap locks, schaller strap locks, dunlop strap locks, strap popped off

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Additional strap button install

Add a second strap button, often at the neck heel on acoustics, so you don't have to tie the strap to the headstock.

Sounds like: add strap button, acoustic strap button, strap tied to headstock, need second strap pin

Thumb rest install (bass)

Add a thumb rest to your bass so your plucking hand has a comfortable anchor.

Sounds like: bass thumb rest, add thumb rest, finger rest bass, anchor thumb on bass

Thumb rest removal

Remove an old thumb rest cleanly and fill or tidy the holes it leaves behind.

Sounds like: remove thumb rest, take off thumb rest, thumb rest in the way