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Bought very thin clear pickguard off Amazon. Took me a while to sus out the backing paper was not the pickguard! The trick is to handle adhesive side of clear plastic as little as possible and to lay down plastic without enclosing bubbles.
Over the last year the small bubbles I sealed in have gone. The instructions said this would happen and I didn't believe it at the time.
For me, the thin pickguard has protected the top from the two fingers I rest on the top whilst fingerpicking. It would not protect aggressive play with a plectrum and so a purist might say it's not truly a pickguard, but it does for me.
Hope that helps.
I reckon they are far and away the best sort. No pickguard and you top gets wrecked (even if, like me, you never use a pick and only finger-rest now and then, that wears through the finish eventually. I had to get my Mineur concert guitar repaired for this reason recently, and have now fitted a clear guard. Paul will fit another one to my new Baritone next week, and I think I'll do the WA May as well, even though it has a harder high-gloss finish. Better safe than sorry.
Opaque guards are a really bad idea. The wood underneath doesn't fade and all the rest does, so if you ever take the guard off it looks terrible and there is no way to ever fix it. Clear guard and fading is even. My Thunderhawk (factory-fitted with a clear guard) is getting on towards 20 years old now, seldom lives in a case, and still pooks great.
It looks to be the self adhesive type but they have a chat pop-up so you could check.
I seem to remember a thread on here a while ago where someone had a guard made for them by some firm in Manchester(I think).
Not sure if helpful but just at PC now and looked back and this is the one I used.
It really isn't as thick as it looks in the images. About as thick as a strong plastic bag actually but functional and well produced.