Self-Adhesive Pickguard Blanks for Acoustic Guitars

Cutting
The plastic in these pickguard blanks is thin enough to be cut with a sharp Stanley knife or single-edge razor blade. Be careful to always cut away from your fingers to avoid injury.

The edges of the pickguard can be smoothed out with a sanding block then polished down in the grades of sandpaper until the desired finish is achieved. A bevel is sometimes used on the edges.

A router with a ball-bearing router bit and template can also be used to cut the material.

Attachment
Use some small pieces of masking tape to mark the position of the pickguard in a few places on the top of the guitar.

Start by pealing back around 1/3 of the adhesive backing and position the sticky part of the pickguard. Once one end of the pickguard is in place you can work towards the other end, peeling the adhesive as you go.