Pick guard or Scratch plate?

[Twincam]

Which way do you say it? 

Is there a more common way we say it in Britain? I noticed while doing a search online putting in either brings up different product results. 

Which leads me to my next question. Pick or Plectrum?..... Of course if you answer anything other than fingers then your not a "real" bass player 😜.

[BreadBin]

I say scratch plate but search for pick guard 

[kodiakblair]

It was scratchplate and plectrum when I started playing , It shall remain scratchplate and plectrum until I'm dead 😉

 

I don't care if folk use other terms,I just wont change mine to make them happy. I also prefer machinehead to tuner though when talking with my old pal I may use tuning peg.

He calls a headstock a peghead so not much I can do there 😁

[Cato]

I use both scratchplate and pickguard, just to confuse myself.

I always say 'pick' though, 'plectrum' just sounds a bit grand for a small plastic triangle.

[fleabag]

Scratchguard or pickplate.  Woss the prob ?

[mikel]

Scratch-plate.  Pick-guard is yet another Americanism.  I never play with a pick (I hate that term, its a plec, as in plectrum) so It would also be impossible for me to have a pick-guard. 

[bassbiscuits]

Another for scratchplates and plectrums here 

[Teebs]

I play with fingers, so that makes the scratchplate 'bass jewellery'!

[FinnDave]

46 minutes ago, mikel said:

Scratch-plate.  Pick-guard is yet another Americanism.  I never play with a pick (I hate that term, its a plec, as in plectrum) so It would also be impossible for me to have a pick-guard. 

Damn those pesky Americans, fancy making up words to describe things on instruments they invented!

[FinnDave]

2 minutes ago, Teebs said:

I play with fingers, so that makes the scratchplate 'bass jewellery'!

I'm a proper daredevil, I play with a pick (or a plectrum, whichever comes to hand) and use a bass without a pickplate or a scratchguard. Radical, or what?

[TheGreek]

plectrum and scratchplate....and nobody says "Pot art o"

 

[BreadBin]

2 minutes ago, FinnDave said:

I'm a proper daredevil, I play with a pick (or a plectrum, whichever comes to hand) and use a bass without a pickplate or a scratchguard. Radical, or what?

Woah, steady on!

[FinnDave]

1 minute ago, BreadBin said:

Woah, steady on!

Yeah, it's too easy to get carried away!

[Teebs]

7 minutes ago, FinnDave said:

...use a bass without a pickplate or a scratchguard. Radical, or what?

A NAKED bass!!!

[BreadBin]

Just now, Teebs said:

A NAKED bass!!!

I have several, it's proper filth in my guitar room.

[FinnDave]

1 minute ago, Teebs said:

A NAKED bass!!!

Playing a naked bass has to be better than playing bass naked (in my case, anyway!)

[FinnDave]

1 minute ago, BreadBin said:

I have several, it's proper filth in my guitar room.

proper bass porn!

[Teebs]

2 minutes ago, FinnDave said:

Playing a naked bass has to be better than playing bass naked

Ey - don't knock it 'til you've tried it

[FinnDave]

1 minute ago, Teebs said:

Ey - don't knock it 'til you've tried it

Well, I wasn't going to admit anything, but...

[Teebs]

Just now, FinnDave said:

Well, I wasn't going to admit anything, but...

Good man!

[Skybone]

Plec, just to be annoying.

And it's a scratchplate. Like valves instead of tubes.

[Teebs]

4 minutes ago, Skybone said:

Plec, just to be annoying.

And it's a scratchplate. Like valves instead of tubes.

Glowplug?

*runs for the hills*

 

[Bolo]

Scratch plate, plectrum (plural plectra), lamps or tubes (never valve).

[ianrendall]

The scratchplate has always baffled me. The nomenclature suggests that it is there to protect the finish underneath from scratches, although they are seen as more of a decorative design feature, to mount controls, or hide unsightly routing.

But let’s assume for a moment that they are there purely to protect the finish underneath. To what end? Do the manufacturers think that players might remove the plate for a very special occasion such as a gig in front of the Queen where the full glory of the bass can be shown to Her Majesty?

It’s like those little plastic surrounds that go round light switches to protect the finish on the wall. Would there ever be cause to remove them for a very special visitor to your house?

Don’t get me wrong - I love the look of scratchplates and think that solid colour or burst finish P’s and J’s look odd without them. Just a bit of a tongue in cheek offering 😁

[ianrendall]

13 hours ago, Skybone said:

Plec, just to be annoying.

And it's a scratchplate. Like valves instead of toobs.

Fixed it for you 👍