Monk Effects Stratocaster Aluminium Pickguard Shield Aluminium

Keep your guitar quiet!

Most Strat players are prepared to put up with some noise because they prefer the tone of single-coil pickups to humbuckers. Even so, Fender used a small shielding plate through the 1950s, before moving over to a full-sized 14-gauge aluminium shield late in the decade, which lasted until 1967.

Aluminium is regarded as a very effective material for providing protection against noise, but the aluminium shield also has an effect on the sound of Stratocasters. Apparently, this is due to ‘paramagnetism’, which softens and smoothes out edgier overtones in the upper midrange. In other words, a shielding plate can give your guitar a sweeter and more vintage tone.

No wiring necessary. Stratocaster thin aluminium shielding for the underside of your Stratocaster pick guard helps eliminate 60 cycle hum, shield against EMI / RFI interference, eliminate static.  .011" thick aluminium shielding.
A must for all Stratocaster.

• Easy-to-install ground/shield plate for Fender Stratocasters
• Fits most USA-made Stratocasters
  
  Pickguard and pickups not included, only aluminium shield.