Who finds black basses boring?

[60bass]

Must disagree on boring black basses. They are beautiful especially with Maple necks

Go below for proof

The "Official" Black 'n' Maple Basses Owners Club thread.

The "Official" Black 'n' Maple Basses Owners Club thread (Part 2)

The "Official" Black 'n' Maple Club, the Third, Darker, Paler, Bassier!

The "Official" Black 'n' Maple Club - Part Four

Many many Black basses in these threads that are some of the nicest looking basses on TB.

Keep Black, Maple, and low

[subdude67]

i don't!



my yamaha RBX 170 and 375. one was blue, the other in that shocking mustard pearl colour. much better now.

[fraublugher]

Do.

[mpdd]

not that this thread has influenced me, but i did get rid of a black jazz for a silver one

[Edward G.]

Boring? Perhaps, but in a good way.

[tbplayer59]

I love all basses. Any color. Shiny and new or beat and abused.

[Hopkins]

Black with rosewood fretboard, looks good but a bit boring.

Black with maple fretboard, dead sexy.

[GG7]

Just the opposite. Both of mine are black. I think a black deluxe Jazz with a maple fretboard and a black 4003 look very impressive and hardly boring. I put a white pearl pick guard on my Jazz and it looks even sharper!

[Webtroll]

Basses can be boring but I've rarely found the color to cause this. Hell a basic black P with a black pickguard still looks sweet to me.

[zfunkman]

I'm in the midst of building a black Warmoth fretless j bass. However, my other basses are a green Mod Q5, a sunburst MIA J Bass, and a Firego Ric.

[Tanner5382]

It really just depends on the bass. I like the way my black Gibson Thunderbird Studio looks. The black body really makes the rosewood board and white pickgaurd pop.

[bassinplace]

My favorite color basses are black or white. Stark, clean, elegant, classy, simple and sexy as hell. I have a sonic blue p bass that is super fun to play, but I find the color of it to be quite distasteful. Natural is okay with me, but kinda boring. Burst can be cool if done really well. Any other colors I don't particularly care about one way or the other.

[2cooltoolz]

I've always liked finishes that let the wood show through. Heavy lacquers seem like "plastic coating" your instrument. A transparent black finish can be beautiful!

Now that many companies are going more and more to nice veneers over cheaper wood, the wood grain is starting to lose its magic to me, but I haven't let go yet. The bass I'm eyeing right now is a very traditional 3 tone sunburst

[Wagz]

Here's my blacked out Peavey, all gloss and flat black.
Actually for sale on the eBay right now.

I've got three black basses right now, this one, a piano black Washburn and a black sparkle Danelectro (also for sale).
Black is OK with me but I like natural better - I'm keeping all my maple and walnut basses

[GG7]

Here is a photo of mine right after I put the WD Music Products white pearloid pick guard on.

American Deluxe

[2cooltoolz]

Originally Posted by GG7

Here is a photo of mine right after I put the WD Music Products white pearloid pick guard on.

American Deluxe

Now THAT is pretty!!

[Jaco Taco]

Nothing more bad-ass than a cool looking black bass. Black is beautiful!!!!

[unclebass]

I have a black blacktop jazz with black pickguard. Looks nice when it's perfectly clean, otherwise smudges and dust make it look bad. Am either going with aged white pearloid or red tortoise pickguard, or will make it more of a roadworn bass, stress it in all the right places and never cleaning it again.

[60bass]

Originally Posted by unclebass

I have a black blacktop jazz with black pickguard. Looks nice when it's perfectly clean, otherwise smudges and dust make it look bad. Am either going with aged white pearloid or red tortoise pickguard, or will make it more of a roadworn bass, stress it in all the right places and never cleaning it again.

I've got a black pickguard on my black 'n' maple P and I like the way it looks but I've always liked the look of red tort on black. Especially with a maple neck

[pumpkinking39]

IMO it depends if it is gloss black or flat black. Ive always loved how flat black looks but gloss black, not so much.