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

[musicman666]

That thar Ric looks to perty to me....yall need ta start playin it sum more and quit fiddlin wit the dang thangymagiger.............

[thiocyclist]

Bear with me here...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nWoWHzq21tA

[musicman666]

^^LOL...I almost shut it off at 15 seconds...almost.....pretty funny!

[electracoyote]

I voted tort because it's unusual and classy. Blends with the maple board nicely.

Or, yours can be like 99.9% of the FG Rics out there. It is the "classic" look.

[bassfran]

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...

This.

[39-Bassist]

White but I think black would look just as cool.

[woodyng]

I was looking at some old pictures of a walnutglo 4002 i used to own that i had put a tort pickguard on,and just wondering,"*** was i thinking?!"
However,gold pickguards look really great on a variety of Ric finishes.

So...my vote is neither tort or white.

[Buster Brown]

I have been tossing around the idea of taking the white guard and TR cover and exchanging them for black - as well as a black hipshot on my MG Ric...Just haven't pulled the trigger yet....

[Sartori]

Originally Posted by kombi

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!

Sometimes I think being able to see the wiring doesn't look too bad at all. Depends on the look you're going for, though.


Tort I'm very... skeptical of anyway, but on a Rickenbacker bass I really can't stand how it looks. Might look okay on one that was finished white, though.

Black I'm not really a fan of on fireglo Rickenbackers. For that finish I pretty much only like the white pickguard.

[Joe Nerve]

White, or both. If you can afford a Ric, you can afford an extra pickgard.

[kombi]

Originally Posted by Ric5

This, for example, totally kicks a$$! It looks like it doesn't belong there, but it looks good somehow.

[Munjibunga]

Tort.

[Darren Low]

White.
Tort is overrated imo

[SolarMan]

I think the poll results have so many tort votes because on the home page you just see: White or Tort, and people are voting before even viewing the thread!

LOL!

I too vote white. It just looks "right"

[lucam]

For me it has to be white on a Ric: would you ever buy a purple Ferrari?

[96tbird]

Generally, I hate plain white pg's on most basses like P's (pearls are a different matter); they look cheap to me but on a Rick, they're mandatory. White pearl would be the the other voice to add some panache but still look 'Rick correct'.

[georgestrings]

Originally Posted by kombi

This, for example, totally kicks a$$! It looks like it doesn't belong there, but it looks good somehow.

Agreed - it doesn't work nearly as well on the burst, IMO...


- georgestrings

[bassdrummer]

Originally Posted by SolarMan

I think the poll results have so many tort votes because on the home page you just see: White or Tort, and people are voting before even viewing the thread!

LOL!

I too vote white. It just looks "right"

Yep, that's what I did. Voted tort but then saw the thread and the pic and I think white looks better. But on my midnight wine colored Jazz bass I replaced the stock white PG with a Fender tort PG and I really like the change. I've been going back and forth on my blizzard pearl colored Precision bass which has a white PG, as well as my lake placid blue colored Stratocaster which also has a white PG. Thinking about going all tort...but I think the white looks better on the Ric in the original post. That said, I love the tort on the natural finished Ric in the other pics above...

[ggvicviper]

Originally Posted by electracoyote

I voted tort because it's unusual and classy. Blends with the maple board nicely.

Or, yours can be like 99.9% of the FG Rics out there. It is the "classic" look.

What maple board?

[Fishheadjoe]

White Pearloid for the win...
Fishheadjoe