Convert me!

[fhm555]

Tort is the dark side of the force, the glue that binds the borg, the object of desire for the morlocks.

Tort has been the ruination of many young men who began their quest with lofty ideals before being sucked into the vortex of faux turtle shell set against an equaly false depection of our life giving sun. If you have yet to dream of flats, there is hope still for your salvation so run, run like the wind. The direction matters not, so long as it be away from that dark bottomless hole set with a cruel steel jawed trap baited with tort at it's cold, bloodless center. Know this above all other things. Once you become one with the darkness that is tort there is no escape; save the sweet bliss of death, which you will gladly welcome.

 

[Saratogacv60]

 

[foolforthecity]

G&L JB, Himalayan Blue with tort

 

[khutch]

I don't care much for tort but a lot of my basses have been tort including 2/3rds of my present basses simply because that is the way they often come and it is more trouble and expense than it is worth to change them. I don't care much for sunburst either. Unlike the OP I like the combination of tort and burst far better than I like either one alone. I may be about to move on but for a long time this has been my favorite bass for looks as well as other reasons:

 

[Robert Sperling]

I'm not a big fan of tort either, but fiesta red with a tort pickguard and red headstock is pretty sweet.

 

[RED J]

It looks like a pepperoni!

It's Mother of Pepperoni. Even if you hate it show some respect. This is the second thread I've had to call you out !

 

[RED J]

Unlike the OP I like the combination of tort and burst far better than I like either one alone

My Midnight Wine P&J cousins have black guards. My "Edgy Reggie" looks sweet in Tort

 

[Spidey2112]

Okay, okay, we're getting there. I have to say, it looks pretty nice. I love the grey tinge on the bass. Contrasts well with the warm-coloured pickguard.

Felk, I'm wasn't even a tort fan, but it does look pretty good on a white/cream guitar... I think what they did to get that 'tinge' is apply a bluish stain, sanding just enough to make the grain pop, afterward applying a transparent white top coat...

 

[JRA]

i'm going to be in the group which finds tort perfectly acceptable anytime/anyplace, but personally 'undewhelming'. i only have one instrument with a PG, and i changed it from white to black just for fun and eye/I appeal. i didn't think about tort, but i would have if someone had been there telling me how cool tort was. ha! i have to admit: i've never really understood the tort jokes (lovers/haters) on TB. i always looked at the issue as: what color of plastic (or other materials) can be used to cover up 'holes'? i also don't know the history of the beast. i assumed that tort pg's were just a reflection of what was cheap, available, and least obnoxious at the time these instruments were 'born'.

to say "i don't care one way or the other," however, is not to say that i am indifferent: i see instruments all the time on TB, with tort, and i think of them as great looking, or not, having nothing to do with the pickguard!

OP: i have nothing to offer you --- but good luck! i ducked into this thread just to see: i like them all! i'm no help!

 

[KevInDaBassment]

I think we are all overlooking the true issue at hand here...the OP needs to make peace with salami

 

[Gord_oh]

 

[40Hz]

Atlas Fang, Grand Master of the Order of Tort (above) says: "There is no conversion. One receives the call to tort - or one does not. It is a sacred gift. Not a conviction."

 

[Plutonium244]

I only have tort on one, an SBNT jazz-style, I like its traditional look...

An alternative to tort I like is crystalline red flake, like this:

 

[Felken]

Nothing special yet...

Is that all you got?

 

[Nev375]

How 'bout tort on natural with gold hardware?

Never considered gold hardware with tort, but it looks real nice. I'd like to see gold and tort on a purpleheartwood body.

 

[buldog5151bass]

Obviously you are not a traditionalist. Tort predates electric instruments.

Part of it also is that not all tort is created equally - some of the photo stuff IS pretty ugly. But I think it is classy. I have it on:

- my natural '75 J
- my sunburst Lull P4, and
- my '76 Gibson J-50 acoustic - spruce top. Back then, EVERY acoustic came with tort.

 

[40Hz]

Nothing special yet...

Is that all you got?

"Is that all you got?"

Hmm…

Out of curiosity, is there any particular reason why anybody here should be hanging on your opinions either way?

Just sayin'.

 

[allenhumble]

Not mine....yet.

 

[Wandering Bass]

Stay strong Felken, tort is always the worst choice for any colour of bass. It's just ugly. The only possible justification for having it is to make your financially concerned spouse think your bass costs much less than it did, because tort turns every guitar into a Squire Affinity.

And sunburst? One in a thousand looks good. Another one in a thousand has some odd anomaly that makes it interesting. The other 998 simply say "the owner of this bass can't dress himself either."

 

[sgtpepper]

Tort on Candy Apple Red.