NBD and pickguard decisions

[68Goldfish]

Just snagged this beauty from the TB classifieds. The finish is absolutely breathtaking especially in the sunlight. The first thing I did was to order an aged perloid pickguard and a set of TI flats for it. Then when it got here I started to like the original guard because it seemed that over the years it and the pickup cover had aged naturally into a more smokey creamy color. I spent some time and swapped them out and took some picks in the sunlight. What do you think? Original, naturally aged matte white or new aged perloid?
On a side note the WD pickguard is flawless. Excellent reproduction.
Here's the picks.

 

[BassmanM]

New aged perloid, definitely.

Congratulations on your new bass!

 

[TDR1138]

New aged perloid, definitely.

Congratulations on your new bass!

+1

 

[LadyLoveStingRay5]

Make it 3 votes for aged pearl.

 

[68Goldfish]

Looks like we've reached a concensus. Perloid it shall be!

 

[Paulabass]

Good call.

 

[jd56hawk]

Doesn't really matter, bass looks great with either!

 

[ejaggers]

I don't care for Pearloid 90% of the time, but with certain colors it's cool.
Out of your choices, I'd do the white, but cream would be my choice.

My Bronco is now a Mustang, but it looked like for a hot minute. This was the aged PG when I bought the Bronco:

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[JZQuantum]

Definitely pearloid. The white guard is too bright for that bass.

I might like a tort guard on that bass, too.

 

[68Goldfish]

I don't care for Pearloid 90% of the time, but with certain colors it's cool.
Out of your choices, I'd do the white, but cream would be my choice.

My Bronco is now a Mustang, but it looked like for a hot minute. This was the aged PG when I bought the Bronco:
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That looks totally cool!

 

[Engle]

Pearloid!

 

[saabfender]

Contributing to the string of pearls:

 

[68Goldfish]

Contributing to the string of pearls:

Definitely not my go to but I totally dug it! I don't know if you could get away with a stingray playing that kind of music!

 

[nixdad]

View attachment 3211187 View attachment 3211184 View attachment 3211167 View attachment 3211168 Just snagged this beauty from the TB classifieds. The finish is absolutely breathtaking especially in the sunlight. The first thinI did was to order a aged perloid pickguard and a set of TI flats for it. Then when it got here I started to like the original guard because it seemed that over the years it and the pickup cover had aged naturally into a more smokey creamy color. I spent some time and swapped them out and took some picks in the sunlight. What do you think? Original, naturally aged matte white or new aged perloid?
On a side note the WD pickguard is flawless. Excellent reproduction.
Here's the picks.

Beautiful bass. +1 on the TI Flats as well!