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Pickguard vs Scratchplate - What's the difference?

pickguard | scratchplate |

Scratchplate is a synonym of pickguard.



As nouns the difference between pickguard and scratchplate

is that pickguard is a piece of flat material placed beneath the strings of a guitar (or similar instrument) to protect the surface from being scratched by a plectrum (or similar device while scratchplate is a pickguard.

pickguard

English

Noun

(wikipedia pickguard) (en noun)
  • A piece of flat material placed beneath the strings of a guitar (or similar instrument) to protect the surface from being scratched by a plectrum (or similar device)

    • Synonyms

    *scratchplate

    scratchplate

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A pickguard