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06-03-2010, 05:46 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Middleton/Madison WI | | | What kind of Pickguard?
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So. I've got this bass. Soon, I'll be refitting it with a p bass pickup. So, time for a new pickguard. My chance to... spice this bass up I guess. What color do you guys think would look best on it? Should I stay with the white? Or maybe pearloid or cream pearl? All suggestions welcome. (I'll be keeping the chrome hardware, i.e. bridge, control plate, tuners.) 
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06-03-2010, 05:48 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: AZ mountains | | | leave it like it is.
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06-03-2010, 05:51 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2008 Location: West Memphis/Marion area, AR. | | | I'll agree with Snyderz on this.....leave it as is. I thought about peraloid for a second, but decided I'd get tired of it after a while. |
06-03-2010, 05:54 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Middleton/Madison WI | | haha. y'know, i probably would get tired of it too... it seems a little flashy, espicially on this already beatiful finish... i'd rather get people's attention with my insane skills than a shiny pickguard 
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06-03-2010, 05:58 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Grand Rapids, MI | | | I think mint pickguards are very underrated. It's not flashy but looks so much nicer than plain white.
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06-03-2010, 06:13 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Rockville MD | | | If you feel you must replace it, I would go either black/white/black or tortoise-shell.
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06-03-2010, 06:16 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Virginia, MN | | I agree with mint, or as is - especially if it has a maple fingerboard. Otherwise Tort is nice with a rosewood board. Quote:
Originally Posted by MK1 I think mint pickguards are very underrated. It's not flashy but looks so much nicer than plain white. |
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06-03-2010, 06:19 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Middleton/Madison WI | | | well, i do have to buy a new guard because i need one with a different route than the current one (i'm installing a p pup, so, i need one custom routed.)
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06-03-2010, 06:23 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Netherlands | | | Gold anodized. Or else what selowitch said: b/w/b.
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06-03-2010, 06:25 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Middleton/Madison WI | | | ooh... i didn't think of gold andonized... that would actually look pretty cool. you guys really think the black would look good on that?
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06-03-2010, 06:27 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Netherlands | | | If you put a maple fretboard neck on it, the b/w/b would be awesome, I think.
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06-03-2010, 06:29 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Netherlands | | | Actually, I take that back. Without trying to come over too much like an interior decorator; that burst ends in brown, doesn't it? Not black? Maybe b/w/b wouldn't look so good then...
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06-03-2010, 06:29 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Middleton/Madison WI | | | i think it would, actually... well, right now, i have a rosewood neck, but eventually maybe i'll buy a maple neck (possibly one off a geddy lee sig) and put it on it.
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06-03-2010, 06:30 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Quebec | | | I have this body with a maple neck and black pickguard, shoot me a PM if you want some pictures, I'll take some for you ! |
06-03-2010, 06:33 PM
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06-03-2010, 06:33 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Noblesville Indiana | | | glass?
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06-03-2010, 06:52 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: San Francisco Bay Area, CA | | | Anything but tort or pearloid.
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06-03-2010, 06:55 PM
|  | #5 in the Pentaverate, took Col. Sanders spot... | | Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Eastern N.C. | | | If you want to send me a pic of the bass "straight on" (like on the Fender website), I'd be happy to Photoshop some different pickguard colors for you.
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06-03-2010, 07:08 PM
|  | Evil Alien | | Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Sacramento, CA | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Sartori Anything but tort or pearloid. | I came here to say the opposite
Tortoiseshell or pearloid!!!
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