Yeah i may do that if any issue with the paint happens. I dig the brown control plate for now.
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Cool or ugly?
- Thread starter Deedubs
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Yeah i may do that if any issue with the paint happens. I dig the brown control plate for now.
I just wanted to make it look classy but at the same time have a bit of a white trash custom look.
I think the brown control plate looks like a "Near miss." What I mean by that is it will seem like you were trying to match the paint to the p/g, and came close but failed, which makes the whole thing look kind of half-a$$ed.
A better option would be something with a higher contrast. Have you thought about other metallic finishes? Gold or bronze? Rustoleum makes a metallic paint with a slightly mottled finish they call "Hammered" that comes in a few different tones. [Invalid or Expired Link Removed]
You could also paint the headstock whatever color you use on the control plate for a little visual symmetry; that way it looks more like accent than accident, if you know what I mean.
Just throwing it out there.
A better option would be something with a higher contrast. Have you thought about other metallic finishes? Gold or bronze? Rustoleum makes a metallic paint with a slightly mottled finish they call "Hammered" that comes in a few different tones. [Invalid or Expired Link Removed]
You could also paint the headstock whatever color you use on the control plate for a little visual symmetry; that way it looks more like accent than accident, if you know what I mean.
Just throwing it out there.
These are great things to consider! Thanks! I swear that it looks better in person. I failed in capturing a good shot.
here is a little photoshop mockup of a sort of copperish control plate. It doesn't look very good—mostly because I whipped it up in about 3 minutes—but maybe it will get you thinking along a sort of pseudo-antique/"steampunk" look for this thing, all doable with consumer-level spray paints and faux finishes...
Fifty-one percent of readers are not wrong. If this were my bass, I would give it a black Fender pickguard and a bridge cover and be done with it. After all, black, black, maple seems to be one of the most popular color combinations for a Pbass. YMMV, IMHO, IME, etc, and etc.
Very neat!here is a little photoshop mockup of a sort of copperish control plate. It doesn't look very goodmostly because I whipped it up in about 3 minutesbut maybe it will get you thinking along a sort of pseudo-antique/"steampunk" look for this thing, all doable with consumer-level spray paints and faux finishes...
It was never about right or wrong. Just preference. I tend to be attracted to things that are a bit different. Hell I would say that there is a lot of music I love that most of the population doesn't really care for. Black, black, maple is too stock for my taste. With that said, I think B.B.M. is a good look.
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Funny you say that cuz that's where I got my inspiration from. It's a classic scheme, only in reverse.
Then......what?......ugly I guess?
Hey it's always a mistake to ask opinions on artistic taste. They'll be all over the map. Look at all the great artists who starved and then later (when the crowd finally began to understand it) their work became judged as masterpeices.
In Art you just do what is in your heart, throw it out there if it feels right to you and let the chips fall where they may. The true test is that after the poll shows that everyone is convinced it's ugly if you start to see basses looking just like yours popping up everywhere. Then you know it's "cool".
My personal opinion is... wait for it... that it's not cool nor is it ugly. The original is ugly! That MOP just grates against that wood grain guard! Eew!
The brown painted control plate is MUCHO better. Let me say I'm quite taken with that black-faux wood look. I like that a LOT. But as it is with the painted control plate it's just much better but not to the "cool" level yet.
To me "cool" would be that same look but with a traditional P-bass one piece pickguard without the control plate at all. The whole pickguard in that grain look. THAT I think would be a striking over all look for that bass!
Very well said sir! The only reason I went with the control plate was that the wood broke around the input jack. I now look at it as fate, and a way to add to it's personality!
