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Convert me!

Jun 28, 2016
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I detest tort.

I've hated it ever since I first saw the sausage coloured atrocity. I've hated it before knowing hating it was a thing.

What is that thing??? It looks like a pepperoni!

Its magnanimous ugliness is further exploited when put on a sunburst bass.

Disgusting. An ugly colour and an ugly pickguard. Brilliant.

Sunburst and tort. Boy, have I NEVER seen that before.

Admit it. SBNT is overused. I don't care if it's classic (besides, the real classic is honeyburst with a white pickguard). Sometimes the ancients get it wrong, like communism.
There are so many people doing the SBNT combination, it takes off any personal aspect of your bass. It's simply too common.

But I digress.

I've recently been seeing tort on good combinations on the "Paging all members of the Order of the Tort" thread by @BusyFingers. Such as this one:
upload_2017-1-30_19-34-16.png

And of course, black with tort:
upload_2017-1-30_19-36-26.png


This thread might have changed me to what I might call a tort agnostic.

Now I am weak. I challenge you, tort lovers, to make me like tort. Show me everything you got.

(Don't try your luck with SBNT, I still hate it).
 
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I detest tort.

I've hated it ever since I first saw the sausage coloured atrocity. I've hated it before knowing hating it was a thing.

What is that thing??? It looks like a pepperoni!

Its magnanimous ugliness is further exploited when put on a sunburst bass.

Disgusting. An ugly colour and an ugly pickguard. Brilliant.

Sunburst and tort. Boy, have I NEVER seen that before.

Admit it. SBNT is overused. I don't care if it's classic (besides, the real classic is honeyburst with a white pickguard). Sometimes the ancients get it wrong, like communism.
There are so many people doing the SBNT combination, it takes off any personal aspect of your bass. It's simply too common.

But I digress.

I've recently been seeing tort on good combinations on the "Paging all members of the Order of the Tort" thread by Busy Fingers. Such as this one:View attachment 1044027
And of course, black with tort:
View attachment 1044033

This thread might have changed me to what I might call a tort agnostic.

Now I am weak. I challenge you, tort lovers, to make me like tort. Show me everything you got.

(Don't try your luck with SBNT, I still hate it).

I'm sending a team over to rescue you before this cult gets a hold on you.

If you're even toying with the idea of adding Tort it does not bode well and help is available.
 
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