[menhir]

I'd prefer not to have a pick guard, bit all four of my acoustics have one. They were just made that way.

Two of them are clear, almost invisible.

So although I don't care for one, having one won't prevent me from purchasing a guitar that I otherwise like.

My flamenco has to have one, and my old parlor had one, long missing. But the outline of where it was is so obvious I'll have to get around to replace it sometime.