A basic, 3 ply blank pickguard sheet, available in a section of colours.

Near Identical to most other back plates, but lacking any string holes - common found on guitars using locking tremolos.

Near Identical to the modern back plate, and still in circulation on
many vintage re-issues, this spec back plate sports 6 individual string
holes rather then the (slightly easier to restring!) enlarged slot.

First debuting on the “re-invented” AM Standard  Stratocaster® in 1987, this was the first trem cover to carry the enlarged  “string slot” to allow easier access to the tremolo hidden beneath

A selection of Import back plates (or Trem spring covers) – The main points of note at the centralized “string” holes and the symmetrical mounting holes across the central axis.

A selection of Import back plates (or Trem spring covers) – The main points of note at the offset “string” holes and the symmetrical mounting holes across the central axis.

These are a "second" type of pickguard screw, which seems to be a proprietry design, specific to some (but not all) Fender® guitars - and, honestly? They're a bit of a nightmare to explain.

These are our basic “accessory mounting screws” that we  use on everything from scratch plates right through to jack sockets. For  simplicities sake, we just call them pickguard screws, but they really do a  multitude of jobs on a guitar.