What is the name of the black material used for pickguards on Lyon & Healy A and early Martin Style 20 mandolins?
What is the name of the black material used for pickguards on Lyon & Healy A and early Martin Style 20 mandolins?
The material that L&H used was described as Vulcanized Fiber.
https://www.mandolincafe.com/forum/t...aly-Pickguards
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Excellent -- thank you. The material Martin used on their Style 20 seems to be very similar -- if not the same.
Yes, Lyon and Healy pickguards are made from vulcanized fiber, otherwise known as fish paper.
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Fish paper sounds bad enough, but the stuff was once known as gelatinized fiber - even worse. The Wikipedia article is more than detailed on the subject, but our takeaway should be that it is still manufactured, not lost to time or progress. Or subject to import-export regulations as are other materials we might have.
Yes, that material is still available. Moreover, I happen to own some of the right (L & H) thickness. (No financial interest.)
available up to 3/8"
https://www.professionalplastics.com/FISHPAPER
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