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The definitive black p-bass pickguard thread.

Which Pickguard?

  • Black/White/Black

    Votes: 109 31.2%

  • Rosewood

    Votes: 26 7.4%

  • Mint Green

    Votes: 36 10.3%

  • Black Metal

    Votes: 14 4.0%

  • Tort

    Votes: 116 33.2%

  • White/Black/White

    Votes: 19 5.4%

  • Other (specify and/or show)

    Votes: 29 8.3%
  • Total voters
    349
Wafoleri

Wafoleri

Jan 15, 2008
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Greensburg, Pa
#1
I've seen a bunch of these threads, but I hope this one will help anyone else who was in my place. Here is a side by side of six different pickguards on a rosewood neck black precision. It's a highway one, so it is the flat black paint job.

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In order:

BWB, Rosewood, Mint Green, Black Anodized Metal (I believe), Tort, WBW

Vote for your favorite or post pictures of any pickguards on a black bass that I may not have been able to include.
 
#8
I have a black Precision/maple now with a Black/White/Black scratchguard, and I plan on getting a solid-ply black guard with black screws once I get a non-dotted Status Graphite Precision replacement neck. The whole bass will be black besides the chrome hardware and I think it's going to look stunning.

You might want to consider a solid, glossy black scratchguard (not the metalic that you've listed). Just another possibility to think about.
 
#9
Mmm... For a black P with a rosewood 'board I like white or silver pearl: Invalid Link Removed or perhaps something more adventurous like 'Flying Eagle
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#15
If you're going for the pure stealth look then black metal is the way to go, but personally I like the look black/white/black guard as it breaks up the mass of black.

Now (I'll duck first) but what's all the love for tort guards out there? I've just taken one of my new Jazz: personally I hate tort guards! They look rather too gaudy and a bit like a slab of bolognese sauce to me, but each to their own I suppose. Happy to be in the minority on that one but for me it's definitely a case of the the emperor having not clothes!
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#16
Seeing them all together invoked different reactions to the combinations.

For a black body, to me:

BWB says "70s"

Rosewood says "Hippie"

Mint says "sophisticated classic"

Solid black says "toughguy" especially with the BAII

Tort says "'60s classic"

WBW says "blah"

I'm not a fan of the BAII look so that didn't help. I mostly ignored it but it generally looks "pimpin'" to me.

My HWY1 P is Daphne Blue with the original style bridge and I put a mint guard on it.
 

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