I believe in live and let live, but I agree with the OP and am not a fan of a white pickguard on a sunburst bass. Black or tort for me. So, I added a few stickers on mine to make it more palatable until I get a chance to make a new one.
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I don't mean to be rude
- Thread starter GodPlayedBass
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Looks fine to meBut why? Why a white pickguard on the sunburstsome mods just don't work. View attachment 5395675
I don’t mean to be rude, by why a pickguard at all? Why spend the time and money to do a sunburst finish that shows wood grain just to cover it with a cheap piece of plastic? It’s the most ridiculous “tradition” in the music world. It’s tacky like wood paneling on cars and plastic on furniture… thank goodness those fads died. Now we’ve just gotta get rid of this ridiculous pickguard epidemic.
Is rear routing so hard so we don’t have to use cheap plastic to cover top routes? Oh the humanity! I weep for the nice finishes destroyed by pickguards and top routes.
Is rear routing so hard so we don’t have to use cheap plastic to cover top routes? Oh the humanity! I weep for the nice finishes destroyed by pickguards and top routes.
In practice all but the finest basses would then have a cheap plastic cover in the rear which looks worse IMHO.
I don’t know about you, but I don’t spend any time looking at the back of my basses.
Imagine a cello with a plastic bow guard. Could always be worse........
But why? Why a white pickguard on the sunburst
^Historically accurate, even for a bass that didn't exist back then.?
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Ditto this.
Classic combination.
i dont like pickguards atoll.
none of em.
not the japanese flag one on a Jackson
not the british flag one on a Fender....
not the jamaican flag on a prs
etc etc
none of em.
not the japanese flag one on a Jackson
not the british flag one on a Fender....
not the jamaican flag on a prs
etc etc
Sire keeps on amazing me more and more !This one's definitely a repro, my Sire D5 I got myself in memory of my brother's bass...
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Would really like a straight white pg on it though!
Update - just snagged the last white one on ebay at the moment, I think!
The look is so nice, finition seems perfect and their necks with the roll edges are just so comfortable !
Unbelievable for the price.
Yup. I'm a Sire fan from way back at the start, but these new models and the Gen 2 neck treatments are just out of this world! Bang per buck for miles and miles!
I agree that the best pickguard is no pickguard. Unfortunately, it's often needed to cover up all that ugly routing done at the factory.
I don't mind a front control plate though, and it makes wiring up the bass a lot easier, especially when you get a little carried away. And yes, I know that Jaco only needed 1 pickup.
I don't mind a front control plate though, and it makes wiring up the bass a lot easier, especially when you get a little carried away. And yes, I know that Jaco only needed 1 pickup.
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Similarly, I don’t dig the white PG on my ‘08 LPB Squier CV 50s P, even though I know white is probably “right” for LPB. Feels like I should be playing surf tunes (not that there’s anything wrong with that…)
The finish/route under the guard is good enough to leave it off, but I hate the holes more than I hate the white, so I’ll just leave it on there until I get motivated to paint it or get a custom. (I’d ask if anyone with the same bass in butterscotch wants to swap my white PG for your black, but white on ‘scotch would be even more bizarre.)
The finish/route under the guard is good enough to leave it off, but I hate the holes more than I hate the white, so I’ll just leave it on there until I get motivated to paint it or get a custom. (I’d ask if anyone with the same bass in butterscotch wants to swap my white PG for your black, but white on ‘scotch would be even more bizarre.)
I had a clear pickguard on one of my basses for awhile, what I quickly found out was all the little pieces of gunk that’s on the bass will make it’s way underneath the guard and will get trapped there and would bug me everytime I looked at it .
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But why? Why a white pickguard on the sunburst
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