I need an 8 hole pick guard for my new ec strat. what i c is 57' strat pickguards.
is this the rt fit?
what's the diff tween 1 & 3 ply in regards to thickness? any?

Cobie, yes the 57 AVRI pickguard will fit your EC Strat. The EC Strat is basically a 57 reissue to start with, then gets the routes for the circuit board and battery, and of course the different electronics. The bridge is the 57 AVRI one too.

FWIW

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great
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what's avri?

American Vintage Reissue.

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AVRI...American Vintage ReIssue...The '57 Vintage Reissue is an American Vintage Reissue. It is a model name.

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Edit...Thanks Martian! You got a nice quick draw!

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Thank you! FWIW, I type really fast as I (in part) create technical manuals for a living.

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One Ply or Three Ply refers to the construction of your pickguard.

A 1 ply is the early vintage or a single sheet of plastic approx 1/16th " thick or less.

A 3 Ply is 3 separate sheets laminated together to form One sheet.

If you look at the edge of a 3 ply you will see three contrasting colors like a black top, a white middle and a black bottom sheet all laminated together.
The old vintage guitars pickguard with a 1 ply used to warp, thus the solution was to strenghten the pickguard by laminating.
My CS 56 NOS is a 1 ply and as such has that warp just above the bridge pup.
Also the fact that the vintage pickguards were 8 screw and now are 11 screw to also eradicate the problem.

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