Best color ever?

[ctmullins]

[enzo]
Colors are for luthiers who can’t do clear coats.
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[mikewalker]

Hmmm... most of my basses are BLACK, but I would not be opposed to acquiring a daphne blue one of these days (have seafoam, and have wedgewood blue, but no daphne yet...)

 

[chaak]

Sadowsky's Vintage Teal Green Metallic just breathtakingly classy

Fender's nitrocellulose Olympic white

or all natural wood

 

[Fender_Bender]

The correct answer is of course faded fiesta red with a tort guard.

 

[Old Garage-Bander]

I was waiting like half a minute for the picture to load....

Me too.
Thought the OP was going to show us a really cool bass and ask what we thought about the color.
Paint me the color of disappointment.

 

[BluelEyedlDevil]

White hands down. You know," Good guys always "play" white." or Mapleglo.

 

[RedJag]

So whaddaya think over all in a general way?

Black relic over Sunburst with a tort guard.

 

[BaltBass5]

Fender Sherwood Green and Fender Shell Pink

 

[bobba66]

Slightly transparent vintage white is my color of choice.

 

[wmhill]

I'm kind of partial to this trans teal (MTD artist). Ironically, it was from a test batch sent from the factory, and didn't make the cut. It was supposed to be blue. So it was a very small batch of a non-cataloged color.

 

[tlc1976]

Natural Koa, like the Victor Bailey Signature Jazz.

Also love the green quilted maple on some of the Carvins. And the sapphire blue of some of the Ibanezes. Candy apple red is nice for a solid paint, but I prefer woodgrain to show

I'm kind of partial to this trans teal (MTD artist). Ironically, it was from a test batch sent from the factory, and didn't make the cut. It was supposed to be blue. So it was a very small batch of a non-cataloged color.

This is my 6 string, and the color it was supposed to be. The stain in the can was sapphire blue. It made my cousin's guitar sapphire blue. But the natural properties of my cherry wood body (and headstock overlay) turned it brownish green. It wasn't what I wanted but I learned to love it.

 

[74hc]

White (not alpine white) and black are the two universal colors for bass.

 

[Mantis Tobaggan]

Overall, I would say black but I also like sonic blue.

 

[Usidore T Blue]

Why settle for one color when you can have them all?

Inspire H20 Spectrum FX

 

[2112]

I used to be a strictly black-finish man. Today I prefer anything but. Except a solid black with rainbow flakes in the clear.

I'm a sucker for trans red, green, blue, teal, purple over beautifully figured wood. Sparkle finishes in just about any color. Metallics, especially copper, gold & silver. Solid sea-foam green, hot pink, neon green. Unique & artistic finishes.

Not a fan: Natural & natural bursts. But there are exceptions... Sometimes I rather like the idea of a burgundyglo or fireglo 4001. And I'm very much in-love with my Wal MkI fretless with a natural finish over a maple top.

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[Jeff K]

Yeah, the neck felt good to me. I've always loved the feel of the old stripped-off-finish bodies, and this has that vibe too with the satin feel.
I really like the parchment pickguard, but the anodized seems to really work well on this bass.
I'm actually not a fan of the 3TSB/Anodized/Maple look - classic as it may be - but the Honeyburst really sets it off. The SPB-1 is the vintage sound, right?

I thought I was the only person alive who felt that way. Glad I'm not TOTALLY alone in that! Although it's usually the 2-tone Sunbursts that I see with the gold anodized (AV '57; Classic '50s). Don't like that look, but DO like it on the Honey Blonde; Black; Fiesta Red; and the White '57. And yes, SPB-1 was designed for that classic P-Bass tone.

 

[TrevorR]

I guess I’m rather fond of trans red basses...

If I ever buy another new bass it will definitely be trans red, unless it’s trans blue...

Fond of natural wood finishes too...

 

[JRA]

They mauved-on!
(I just know…someday, somehow…I'm gonna pay for that one. )

 

[FloridaSam]

 

[superdick2112]

I almost dropped my phone when I scrolled up and saw this! Wow! drool

That's just the tip of the iceberg.
If you think that's cool, wait until you see a pic of his entire Ric collection.