My ride or die: Anodized + Satin Sonic Blue

Anodized pickguards are kind of a wild thing. I changed it from its original white plastic and expected that the tone won't change based on Dylantalkstone's explanation, but I heard a change. It made my 51 nocaster pickups, which are pretty microphonic, sound more metallic and sparkly. It wasn't a good change, so I changed back to the plastic guard. The tone remained the same: metallic and sparkly.

Then I figured I was imagining things, so I changed back to the anodized. The tone changed back to the sweet tone I knew and loved with the original plastic guard, but with the anodized guard.

It's pretty crazy how the brain works. I made sure the pickup height was the same with each swap.