Can't decide: Tortoise or White Pickguard? (Rickenbacker content)

[nomeX]

I choose Tort, but I'd rather use a black PG IMO.

[bassmachine2112]

polished stainless steel
black
white
in that order

[bh2]

Ricks have got to have white guards IMO... 3 ply would be an interesting option w/b/w.

Or maybe clear?

Def not tort... no way!

[dave64o]

I'm clearly in the minority here, but I think the tort looks spectacular. I have a honey burst Stingray with a tort pick guard and think it looks absolutely beautiful. The Photoshopped tort guard in your picture looks just like it.

I'm a huge burst/tort fan, so take my heavily biased opinion for what it's worth.

[Buster Brown]

Originally Posted by Jeff K

Let me say that I love tort guards. However, on Rics I think the white guards just look "right". No sense messing with a good thing...

+1

......shoot, I got nothin

[Bert Slide]

White!

[jlepre]

I am usually a Tort/Burst fan too, but something just looks off when it's on a Rick. Maybe it's that the guard covers so much surface area. Or maybe it's the shape?

[Herrick]

Herrick isn't a fan of tortoiseshell. However in that lighting, I think it looks kinda good. On the other hand, I think the white one would look good in any lighting...so I vote for The White

[mikecd1]

I love tortoise but not on that Ricky. Although it looks cool, the white just dresses it up purdy. Perhaps its what we're used to seeing, not that the tort looks bad, just like the look with the white...

[kombi]

Originally Posted by bh2

Or maybe clear?

Was thinking about that one, too. But if I get a clear one, the wiring will be visible, which wouldn't look good.

About the TRC: That's the thing where I wouldn't have a problem with. It's a break in the design for sure, but I could live with it.

Black was one of my options, too, but I think it would make the bass a bit too dark.

White Perloid was also on my mind, because I really want something different. I had white PG's on almost all basses I played and/or owned for the last three years.

I played around with a few colors today, gonna post the results tomorow because I don't have them here right now.

Thank you for all the posts and votes so far, read every single one! It's interesting to read. Seem's to be an interesting topic, pickguards an RICs. Please continue!

[PaulBoyer]

Pickguardian makes a white pearloid PG that will nearly match the material RIC now uses in the position markers of the 4003.

[Fuzzbass]

Originally Posted by ggvicviper

How did tort get so many votes when everyone posted against it?

Drive-by shots from TB's "tort goes with everything" contingent.

[Itzayana]

just buy one of each and switch them around as the mood dictates.

[dave64o]

Originally Posted by Fuzzbass

Drive-by shots from TB's "tort goes with everything" contingent.

Proudly raises hand! . .

[MarkusBass]

Originally Posted by Jeff K

Let me say that I love tort guards. However, on Rics I think the white guards just look "right". No sense messing with a good thing...

+1

[mblackford]

oops, change my vote from tort to white... i didn't check the picture first

[Kmonk]

I like Tortoise on some basses but the white looks a lot better on a sunburst Ric.

[Ric5]

[tastybasslines]

Originally Posted by nomeX

I choose Tort, but I'd rather use a black PG IMO.

+1

I think both white and tort look bad.

[hibachiduck]

Originally Posted by ggvicviper

How did tort get so many votes when everyone posted against it?

Because it's TalkBass where tort always makes things better

I like the white better. It'd look even cooler relic'd (the pickguard that is) even though that's usually not my thing.