Here is one that converts to $560 from Japan, wow, cheap for this model.
https://www.ishibashi.co.jp/ec/product/2800001482007?SPID=ubox
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i love thunderthings
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Can someone explain to me the point of a clear pickguard?
I love to see the bass body, and I really dig basses without pickguards But a clear one? Why? The screws ruin it for me.
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Golden hardware, tortoise shell on pink body, infamous sunburst bodiesā¦ Some like, some donāt 
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Well, I guess itās a compromise - if you still need a pickguard (because you are really going at it with a pick) but want to see the color/wood/grain, then that might be your only option. And screwing them on is probably preferred to having them glued on (all things considered).
I dig the looks of clear pickguards, but I also own basses without any pickguard. No problem for me, as I play without a pick.
That said, slappers might also benefit from pickguardsā¦
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Does look good with a plexi pickguard 
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I donāt think that rash on Charlesā bass is from slapping.
But this rash on Kiyoshiās is 
Frets are seriously worn too.
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Well, obviously I donāt know for sure (havenāt discussed this with Charles himself), but I think that is a pretty valid guess. What else would it come from? In my own limited slap experience, I have noticed that my fingernails tend to land in that area between popsā¦
It also coincides with the location of the rash on Kiyoshiās bassā¦ Anyhoo, not importantā¦
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It definitely could be! I just wouldnāt have pegged Charles as going that utterly savage on his Mayones 
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Well, heās spending a lot of time up the neckā¦ That might contribute to some point.
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He is a pretty hard slapper if need be, even if not as savage as Kiyoshiā¦
Itās a LeFay, by the way 
Yes, but you wouldnāt pick there, and you wouldnāt get any significant wear from fingerstyle pluckingā¦
My money is on the popping action from slap/pop, but itās probably also a good thing I donāt need to put any actual cash down 
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Oops! I actually knew that (and could see the logo) but brain locked on to Mayones for some reason, sorry!
It could definitely be, just seemedā¦ unlikely for him? I donāt know. Regardless, something shredded that fine bass.
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Final piece of evidenceā¦ itās the popping, but potentially even more soā¦ the strumming (had totally forgotten about that possibility):
(sorry all, for hijacking the thread, but my nerd brain wouldnāt let that go. And, for @MC-Canadastan: a pickguard might have helped here, even a transparent one 
)
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Ahh yeah strumming seems likely too. Actually for Kiyoshiās body damage as well, she strums a lot. Though in her case the neck and pickup are pure slap rash
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yes, that B string did a number on that poor bass 
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What do you think that round divot is from on the B string side?
Thumbnail?
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Worth it. Yowza!
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Charles Berthoudās main axe is a black LeFay D-Tuner, a German custom.
He also plays a couple of custom-shop Schecters and an EBMM StingRay.
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Yeah, one of the folks here actually has a Herr Schwarz they bought because they liked his, so I had a real low-brain moment there to cough up Mayones.
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No idea. Thatās her first Stage I which she bought used so maybe she got it that way? Or not, itās hard to picture someone beat on a bass more than she does.
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