Horrible Stock Colors

[Big Brother]

I think there is one rule that 98% of us can agree on, don't paint the fretboard to match the guitar. And if you do, your choices are brown or black.

Someone is now going to post the most beautiful all-white bass on the planet to prove me wrong...

 

[scourgeofgod]

I think there is one rule that 98% of us can agree on, don't paint the fretboard to match the guitar. And if you do, your choices are brown or black.

Someone is now going to post the most beautiful all-white bass on the planet to prove me wrong...

Well you did ask for it...

 

[project_c]

I absolutely love that yellow precision, I have no hate for that colour at all. Would happily buy one if it came up for sale.

 

[JIO]

I absolutely love that yellow precision, I have no hate for that colour at all. Would happily buy one if it came up for sale.

I like it also - and if you ever got one then you could make your own vid of it

 

[Batmensch]

One of my favorite fender finishes ever. If I manage to get the $$$ together someday, I'm gonna find one or build one.

Yeah, if I'd had the money when they did that short run re-issue a couple of years ago, I would definitely have gotten one of the Antigua Ps.

 

[project_c]

I like it also - and if you ever got one then you could make your own vid of it

it's a funny video for sure.. i actually have a pic of a yellow precision saved on my phone, I was obsessing over that color a while ago after seeing this online somewhere, 100% awesome as far as I'm concerned:

 

[Squid-TEGH]

The age of ochre. It made a lot of sense after years of bright, shiny plastics and bakelite.

I read through some kids books from when my mum was a kid. Everything back then seemed to be coloured Hospital Ward Green, Faded in the Sun Beige, Battleship Grey, A Little-Dried-Out Orange, or Faeces Brown.
I think they just picked bright primary colours and then threw some white and brown into the mix until the result was basically a green/beige/grey/orange/brown version of brown.

 

[slamjet]

Nope, still wrong.

 

[scourgeofgod]

Nope, still wrong.

How so?

 

[slamjet]

Painting the fingerboard just looks awkward and wrong, but then I'm more of a traditionalist so I hold my opinion as my own and won't think wrong of anyone who would be inclined to tell me to "get over it."

 

[scourgeofgod]

Painting the fingerboard just looks awkward and wrong, but then I'm more of a traditionalist so I hold my opinion as my own and won't think wrong of anyone who would be inclined to tell me to "get over it."

That's interesting considering you literally already did exactly that, which is perfectly fine by the way. From my point of view, maple fretboard necks are usually completely covered in a finish, so what's the difference if that finish has color? It honestly makes more sense to me to make the entire instrument match with the same color than to tint the lacquer on the neck to look vintage when it's actually brand new, a practice which is far more widespread. If we can't have painted fretboards, why is it ok to have painted bodies/neck/headstocks? Tradition? More like resistance to change/progress or anything otherwise outside the norm.

 

[Muddslide]

I read through some kids books from when my mum was a kid. Everything back then seemed to be coloured Hospital Ward Green, Faded in the Sun Beige, Battleship Grey, A Little-Dried-Out Orange, or Faeces Brown

You forgot "Government Oppression Gunmetal."

 

[GregC]

Well you did ask for it...

If I found one of these Larry Graham Moon models at a not-crazy price, I'd snatch it up in a second. I'd probably never gig with it, though, there's no way I could live up to the expectations it would create.

 

[avocado]

The Gibson Faded and the Fender satin honey burst look really cheap to me. Like paint your own guitar class or something. The exception is F-Bass which does this really well.

To each their own, I guess. To me, those faded SGs look mighty fine. I haven't seen the Fender satin in person yet.

 

[Jared Lash]

Some colors just don't compliment one instrument but look awesome on a different one. Case in point: Burgundy Purple Mist - Looks great on a Strat, but not so good on a bass. - My opinion of course.

Really? It's one of my favorites for basses - including my new one.

 

[scourgeofgod]

Really? It's one of my favorites for basses - including my new one.

I'm not crazy about the color, but that's still a sexy bass.

 

[Big Brother]

It's also hard to go wrong with a maple fretboard.,

I read through some kids books from when my mum was a kid. Everything back then seemed to be coloured Hospital Ward Green, Faded in the Sun Beige, Battleship Grey, A Little-Dried-Out Orange, or Faeces Brown.
I think they just picked bright primary colours and then threw some white and brown into the mix until the result was basically a green/beige/grey/orange/brown version of brown.

Very likely. I can't imagine a time when things were made any cheaper. This was the age of Ernest & Julio Gallo and exploding Pinto's.

After coming of age in the 70s, it took me twenty years to have faith that a consumer product might actually work and do what it says...

 

[BAG]

For me it was the Champagne Gold SR300. Loved the way it played and sounded but couldn't cope with the colour, and it was the only one they had.

 

[zontar]

For me it was the Champagne Gold SR300. Loved the way it played and sounded but couldn't cope with the colour, and it was the only one they had.

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I like it.

Now having posted about liking Antigua & Champagne Gold (And I forget if I mentioned I love Burgundy Mist), but my preference is a finish where I can see the woodgrain--at least part of it--so sunburst, transparent, blonde, natural, or stained.

 

[David Jayne]

For my taste, nothing edges out gold flake for the finish that irks me the most.

You're gonna LOVE this G&L I've got on order....