American standard jazz colour

both are drop dead sexy, but dont be afraid to admit that the sunburst is most certainly sexier... even if its more "common"

sunburst!!!!

 

I think you should forget both of these,

and go CANDY COLA + MAPLE

 

I prefer the blizzard pearl to sunburst, but I would leave the white pickguard on and go for the rosewood neck - very sharp indeed.

I'm thinking about picking up a candy cola P myself.

 

I saw my first Blizard Pearl Jazz last nite at a GC in Boston and what was nice about it was the depth the finish had. It wouldn't be my first choice but it was nice. I like Sunburst and yes it will be what you see around the most.
2nd would be White with the tort guard (but you don't like tort guards). I like the classic colors.

 

You're reading my mind. When I started reading it, I thought, "I'd go with that Blizzard Pearl. But if I did, I'd put a black p/g on it!" I think that would look great with the maple board. If the board was rosewood, I'd probably go brown tort on the Blizzard Pearl.

 

i have the sunburst.
it looks so much better in person.

 

Olympic White w/RW FB - here's mine.

 

Yes, it's true. In fact it is mandatory.

 

Yeah, by now I'm sure quite a few people feel that the 3TS or any variation of it's been done to death. Me, I'm still a sucker for them. Imo they're pretty much timeless.

 

I'm quite partial to the blizzard pearl myself. I almost picked up a p-bass special in that color, until I found a great deal on a black one.

It also sounds like you're not totally sold on the idea of the sunburst, while you're already envisioning how you'd customize the blizzard pearl. I think that's an indication.

 

I got black with maple board.the maple has alot of figure to it,pics soon

 

I don't Not that I don't like it, but IMO today's MIA Fenders do not qualify for a perfect burst finish and the ones they do is a little out of my price range. It's a really good look if it's done right. Again, IMO

 

Personally, I hate sunburst.

I'd go for the pearl...or the charcoal frost.

 

I prefer natural wood finishes but since that was not an option I went with the sunburst.

It's true that the burst is pretty common but how many other bass players are going to be on stage with you?

Either way, it's a killer bass.

 

Buy the one you like better and you can see yourself playing.

**** what other people think of it.

They aren't the ones shelling out 1200 big ones to buy your bass.

 

Bring back the pukeburst!

 

True. That's "the" color combination. My only problem is I prefer the feel/playability of rosewood boards.

 

Well, when I went out looking around at the new Precisions, the last thing I wanted was another Sunburst bass. I already had 3.

The thing was, out of the bunch of new P basses that I tried out over the course of about 4 months,.. the one that was the best of the bunch... the one with a little somthin' extra, happend to be a Sunburst/Tort/Roswood Precison.

Now, I'm not foolish enough to turn away from an outstanding bass because of it's color.

That's the one I ended up wtih.

Had the same thing happen nearly 20 years ago with my Telecaster guitar. The store had at least 10 maybe more of them, and the one color I didn't want was black. The best one in the store, by a wide margin, was the black one. Still own it today, and is my "go to" guitar.


I'd suggest forgetting all about color/wood combo's, and go play as many as you can get your hands on. Take the one that really does it for you home, regardless of what color it is.