P-bass refin, cant decide what color help!

[CrimsonGhost]

O.k. I have a classic 50's p-bass, Black. I have been thinking of refinning the bass but cant decide on a color.

Im basically down to

1. Sonic blue.
era correct color, but i just dont know..
example.. looks cool with the gold pickguard, also with a pearloid pg too.


Nextup
2. Olympic white.

A nice "versatile" color. Looks great with any pickguard, and
the cool thing is that with oly white I can make the bass fit any era with just a pickguard change.
Gold pg gives it the 50s look,
Tortise goes 60s.
and then Black pg with thumbrest goes 70's.
(even though the headstock decal would not be correct.)

I even bought all the nitro paint for the project, (sonic blue.)
But im really thinking about hitting the brakes on the blue and going white after seeing this pic!.


What do you guys think?

White or Sonic blue?

 

[santucci218]

this should be a pole. I go with white.

 

[Bassbasixx]

I like the white over the blue, although the blue could be cool with a different pick guard

 

[Humabass]

My favorite solid Fender colors:

Capri Orange white pg
Burgundy Mist white pg
Sonic Blue white pg
Sherwood Green mint green pg
Dakota Red with mint green pg
Ocean Turquoise mint green pg

 

[Fender1022]

Go with the sonic blue!!

 

[Richard89]

Olympic white. If the bass had had a rosewood fingerboard I think it would have looked nice with a tort pickguard, but I think a black pickguard looks best with the maple neck.

 

[Bassman822]

Oly white. Sonic blue (or any medium/light blue) doesn't do anything for me (even though I have a blue Ashbory (it was a gift)

 

[ibanezcollector]

GO Sonic.. one im working on for myself..

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[sacman]

The white kills!!!! I love it

 

[peterbright]

White for sure with a tort guard. I was surprised how much I liked the blue with the white mother of toilet seat guard though.

 

[Darkstrike]

GO Sonic.. one im working on for myself..

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Do this, even if its a maple board.

 

[Thump Jr.]

I'd definitely go with the Olympic White. It's quite classy. You might try a white/black/white (non-pearloid) pickguard with it, too, so you get the outline of the pickguard. Should have a modern look, and you'd stand out.

.rai//

 

[bassteban]

White over blue, but I've been on a sherwood green kick lately. I forbid you to do sherwood green w/a black PG.

 

[jucas]

Keep going with the blue... how can you argue with something as nice as ibanez collector just posted.

 

[peterbright]

Keep going with the blue... how can you argue with somehting as ibanez collector just posted.

I'm glad I didn't have a mouthful of Dom Perignon when I read this. My nose would still be bubbling.

 

[jucas]

I'm glad I didn't have a mouthful of Dom Perignon when I read this. My nose would still be bubbling.

Hopefully we're just laughing at my terrible spelling and incoherent grammar...

(also, this post almost ended up as bad as the last )

 

[capnsandwich]

GO Sonic.. one im working on for myself..

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Perfect combination IMO.

 

[McThumpin]

Oly White gets my vote. +1 on the Burgundy Mist suggestion. I got a fever...

 

[hitch]

Oly White gets my vote. +1 on the Burgundy Mist suggestion. I got a fever...

++1 On the Burgandy Mist!!!!

 

[mobis.fr]

i like sonikblue with rosewood and tort, but maple and gold? no thanks

so i voted white.