3 Tone Pickguard color

[HMZ]

Yes it’s another what pickguard color looks better poll. 3 tone P bass with White or tort pickguard?

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[mongo2]

For me it's tort.

 

[Jebberz]

Tort IMHO

 

[chris_b]

I own 3 basses and they are all 3 tone burst with tort and rosewood. I'm not biased. . . . really.

 

[Marko 1]

White plastic is for bathtub surrounds.

 

[HMZ]

It came with tort but my wife thinks white looks better.

 

[blacktocomm]

Tort.

 

[4SG]

It came with tort but my wife thinks white looks better.

Who are you going to trust? Your dedicated partner with whom you're going to spend your entire life, or an international collection of knuckleheaded blowhards that have opinions about granular minutiae like pickguard screw hole size?

 

[Beej]

I agree with your wife.

But here with your buddies where she can't hear us, tort absolutely looks better.

 

[Jeff K]

No contest. Tort with burst/rosewood is always a winner...

 

[HardNHeavy]

the white "default" pickguard is always the first thing i replace.

 

[Killing Floor]

The real question, why not tort?

 

[Medicine Man]

Pickguard that are white,
Make em scream with delight.
Guards made of tort
Make you poo in your shorts.

-Leo Fender (im pretty sure)

 

[Killing Floor]

Who are you going to trust? Your dedicated partner with whom you're going to spend your entire life, or an international collection of knuckleheaded blowhards that have opinions about granular minutiae like pickguard screw hole size?

TalkBass. I know that was a rhetorical question.

 

[Iridescentone]

Tort, just because....never white with sunburst. Not ever.

Alternative?....gold ano FTW.

 

[dave64o]

All of my burst basses that have pickguards have tort pickguards. That's my personal preference and that's how I voted.

 

[Cave Puppy]

TORT

 

[HMZ]

Pickguard that are white,
Make em scream with delight.
Guards made of tort
Make you poo in your shorts.

-Leo Fender (im pretty sure)

Is that a direct quote?

 

[Pings Bass]

I voted tort, but I prefer the 70s 3-ply black

 

[Stewie]

Maybe you can get away with white if you have a light maple fretboard. If it’s rosewood, gotta be tortoise