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Olympic White bass, what pickguard?
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haha thanks for everyone's input, looks like tort has won the user opinion by miles.
I still haven't decided between black or tort but does anyone know a good place to buy them from that ship internationally? It for a standard MIM P
I still haven't decided between black or tort but does anyone know a good place to buy them from that ship internationally? It for a standard MIM P
I think black pearloid on arctic white would look quite cool but I am not sure it would suit the cream of olympic
1) with a rosewood board, you need a tort guard. It *is* in the rule book, you know...
2) get a Fender '62 Reissue guard, which already has the holes drilled for the pickup cover and tug bar. The ones from Stewmac or Allparts will not, but they both should fit a MIM just fine without drilling new holes for the 13 pick guard screws.
3) get a chrome bridge cover, and even if you never use a pickup cover, get one of those too and just try it for *one* gig. It would totally kill with white/tort/rosewood/chrome.
BTW, I was kidding about the rules obviously, but although I stand behind my tort-with-rosewood opinion, the white you have on looks very classy too. Kinda "bridal" I guess. Reminds me of... lingerie?
If you had the more old school honey/amber lacquer on the maple of your neck I'd say go with the tort, but unfortunately you don't. Black would look better if your neck was all maple (preferably amber finish again 
) if you ask me, but again it's not, but I reckon considering it'll look better.
) if you ask me, but again it's not, but I reckon considering it'll look better.
Cheers for the info.1) with a rosewood board, you need a tort guard. It *is* in the rule book, you know...
2) get a Fender '62 Reissue guard, which already has the holes drilled for the pickup cover and tug bar. The ones from Stewmac or Allparts will not, but they both should fit a MIM just fine without drilling new holes for the 13 pick guard screws.
3) get a chrome bridge cover, and even if you never use a pickup cover, get one of those too and just try it for *one* gig. It would totally kill with white/tort/rosewood/chrome.
BTW, I was kidding about the rules obviously, but although I stand behind my tort-with-rosewood opinion, the white you have on looks very classy too. Kinda "bridal" I guess. Reminds me of... lingerie?
hmm dunno bout screwing in covers.. I don't see myself being able to drill holes in my nice bass where no holes currently exist.. especially if I end up not wanting to keep them haha
(though I admit the one I have in my first post with this setup looks nice). Though using a 62 guard is not a problem.. if I ever had the urge I could install covers
Cheers for the info.
hmm dunno bout screwing in covers.. I don't see myself being able to drill holes in my nice bass where no holes currently exist.. especially if I end up not wanting to keep them haha
On a Mexican bass, it won't affect any resale value, just looks - but it will look like you have an old Fender with the bridge cover taken off, so character!
haha true, though I don't care much about the re-sale value.. I plan to keep this bass for a long while. It would just put me off in terms of aesthetic value having holes for no reasonOn a Mexican bass, it won't affect any resale value, just looks - but it will look like you have an old Fender with the bridge cover taken off, so character!
haha true, though I don't care much about the re-sale value.. I plan to keep this bass for a long while. It would just put me off in terms of aesthetic value having holes for no reason
They're "mojo holes." You can put your mojo in them.
I checked out black pearl in another thread with a bass pretty much the same as mine but it didn't really do anything for me. Thanks for the suggestion though.
So far it is between:
Tort
White Pearloid
Black
IndeedThey're "mojo holes." You can put your mojo in them.
Well its only $20 for a gotoh set or $14 for the bridge only. Who knows in 40 years it could look like this:Invalid Link Removed
there is a rule that you have to respect, not opinions:
white body + maple FB = white perloid PG
white body + maple FB + white block inlays + white perloid PG = mojo
white body + rw FB = tort
that's it.
white body + maple FB = white perloid PG
white body + maple FB + white block inlays + white perloid PG = mojo
white body + rw FB = tort
that's it.
