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Cool color combos?
- Thread starter Lanzy
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Seems you're bouncing around on different pick guard colors. Luckily that's easy and relatively cheap to change out.
And for my "anything and maple" theme:
My blue Precision with chrome guard:
And my natural jazz:
The white pearl on blue looks awesome too, but it would look better with a maple neck.
If you're not looking for a Fender or a Fender clone.
Natural satin walnut finish.
Black or gold plated hardware.
Wolf WTHB-7W and Tune TWB63
Natural satin walnut finish.
Black or gold plated hardware.
Wolf WTHB-7W and Tune TWB63
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To add to Zulu's explanation, here's a closer shot of a bound neck made more visible by the rosewood board;
Here are mine. I really dig the Jade pearl metallic on one of my P basses.
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- Jun 30, 2010
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It has to be done after the fret lines are cut on the fingerboard and prior to the frets being installed. Following this, most fret-jobs die at the binding, and some are cut through the binding (but is the least clean look) Very fancy neck binding has binding edges/crowns at the fret-ends.
like this:
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Alright, hold on to your butts. I'll preface this by saying I am not a fan of maple boards, the only Fenders I like them on are the Tele basses.
One of my all time favorite colours: Burgundy Mist Metallic (and Gibson's corresponding Heather Poly Mist). I prefer the lighter, less reddish shades. I do not like the way they look with tort guards generally, I far prefer white guards, but black is neat too.
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Ocean Turquoise Metallic (prefer with tort, but also like white, black looks too dark on this colour to me, not enough contrast)
Possibly the classiest looking scheme for a Jazz: Shoreline Gold, matched headstock, Bound and Blocked. This particular bass in one of my favorites to ever appear on this forum.
And finally, my personal preference for Precision Basses: the '59 look. Rosewood board, Sunburst, and a gold anodized pickguard.
One of my all time favorite colours: Burgundy Mist Metallic (and Gibson's corresponding Heather Poly Mist). I prefer the lighter, less reddish shades. I do not like the way they look with tort guards generally, I far prefer white guards, but black is neat too.
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Ocean Turquoise Metallic (prefer with tort, but also like white, black looks too dark on this colour to me, not enough contrast)
Possibly the classiest looking scheme for a Jazz: Shoreline Gold, matched headstock, Bound and Blocked. This particular bass in one of my favorites to ever appear on this forum.
And finally, my personal preference for Precision Basses: the '59 look. Rosewood board, Sunburst, and a gold anodized pickguard.
- Jun 30, 2010
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- musician/artist/owner - Gildaxe
Maybe i will go maple neck sunburst body black guard
Though the parents don't want me to get a jazz bass. They said that I just got new strings ( I wanted flats for jazz band, because I knew I wouldn't have enough for a Jazz this year)
Maybe next year?
Still looking at combos
MERRRY CHRISTMASSSs
Though the parents don't want me to get a jazz bass. They said that I just got new strings ( I wanted flats for jazz band, because I knew I wouldn't have enough for a Jazz this year)
Maybe next year?
Still looking at combos
MERRRY CHRISTMASSSs
Red and black. My first electric guitar was red with a black headstock. My dream bass would have a quilted maple top with transparent red finish and a black back, sides, neck and headstock.
