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New AVRI Neck , What color Body
- Thread starter DTF
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- Jul 11, 2005
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yeah im thinking blues and greens , because its not brown tort its the red tort like on the old fullerton reissues , Ive been googling bass pics and it seems like daphne, sonic , or seafoam , I can make a case for any of them really even vintage white
this is the color of the pickguard
http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h120/zachbass02/Bass020.jpg
this is the color of the pickguard
http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h120/zachbass02/Bass020.jpg
+1 and it is THE shade that would look best IMO of the options listed. Vintage white and butterscotch blonde are also good options in my mind. Whatever your choice, I hope you are happy with your bass! Cheers.
I went with LPB because I've been gasing big time for a bass in LPB. However, I'm 100% with you on blues and greens. I'm not a big fan of the pinkish basses. No offense to anyone else by any means. I've seen some truely beautiful pinkish basses in here, it's just not my bag. Fiesta can get a bit too pinkish for my tastes. It's like a salmon color or something...doesn't quite do it for me. I prefer either a deep candy red or trans red in the red spectrum. I do like Sonic blue too. I'm sad I missed out on the sonic blue CV's when they were new. They don't come up too often used either since they're as good as they are, people are hanging on to them it seems. Anyway, that's just my .02. Make sure you update us and hit us up with pics of whatever you decide on. Best of luck.
I would go black. But, since you seem to be black-averse, I would go Lake Placid Blue, of the choices you listed. That is a beautiful color.
My Vintage Series '62 P is LPB, but it came to me in '83 with an uncataloged white (W/B/W) guard. The few LPB instruments I've seen with shell guards look wrong to me. For a 'shell guard I like black, red (Fiesta or Candy Apple), and a non-Fender gold. I had a Jazzmaster refinished in the same gold as a Gibson Les Paul goldtop that really complimented the tortise shell pickguard.
John
John
I voted Fiesta Red because of the Red Tort guard. HOWEVER, I'd can the red tort guard and get a vintage brown one then match it up to a Surf Green or Aged White (lite cream) body. Either would look great with a Rosewood FB and Maple headstock. If you go with the Aged White take a good look at gold hardware, if you go with the Surf Green (lighter than Seafoam Green) go with black or chrome hardware. If you reall want to keep the Red Tort guard and don't like Fiesta Red bodies take a look at a Piano Black body.
IMO the colors you've chosen don't go very well with rosewood/tort... I'd prefer non-tort, and preferably maple. The exception is Fiesta Red, so that's how I voted.
