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I had one and spent a lot of effort collecting swap-able loaded pickguards. It was such a wonderful idea.

I loved the feel, size and playability. I prefer a slab-body solid.

I had two issues which took me away from these:

Steve's cautionary tale about the fragile tailpiece scared me massively. I spent a lot of research looking for replacements, just in case and there truly is nothing available and no close-enough aftermarket parts. If it breaks, your guitar is a goner (value-wise).

Mine had a ton of noise from my hands and a lot of cavity resonance from under the pickguard even with different loaded pickguard combinations.

Some folks may not mind this at all but I found it terribly distracting like hearing myself on a PA with a delay and messing me all up into stuttering. Hard to explain but that's how I felt.

I hoped the solid versions would eliminate this, but they are chambered also and they don't have the swap-able pickguards and they are still plagued with the tailpiece problem.

Sooooo, I got rid of two and several extra pickguards and went back to my vintage Gibson.