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Pickguard to "calm down" way flamed maple top. Carvin SB5000 Content

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  1. Mar 24, 2018 #1
    markob

    markob

    Mar 2, 2010
    North Cali
    Personally I've never cared for flamed maple tops and the stand alone control plate. Need some ideas for scratch plate colors to dial back a highly flamed red maple top on a SB5000. Bass also has a matching flamed headstock. I'm assuming you can still purchase pickguards for these somewhere.
     
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  5. Mar 24, 2018 #2
    Kirk Bryant

    Kirk Bryant

    Aug 23, 2004
    Aloha, ..Or., not nearly as tropical as it sounds!
    Pics
     
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  9. Mar 24, 2018 #3
    catcauphonic

    catcauphonic High Freak of the Low Frequencies Supporting Member

    Mar 30, 2012
    Seattle WA
    No pics, no bass
     
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  13. Mar 24, 2018 #4
    Oddly

    Oddly

    Jan 17, 2014
    Dublin, Ireland.
    Hard to say without seeing pics, but a blind guess would be 'cream'.
     
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  18. Mar 24, 2018 #5
    markob

    markob

    Mar 2, 2010
    North Cali
    Haha Good answers. It isn't mine yet. I'll post the CL
    ad.
     
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  22. Mar 24, 2018 #6
    gebass6

    gebass6 We're not all trying to play the same music. Supporting Member

    May 3, 2009
    Hiding in the comet's tail
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  26. Mar 24, 2018 #7
    markob

    markob

    Mar 2, 2010
    North Cali
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  30. Mar 24, 2018 #8
    MobileHolmes

    MobileHolmes I used to be BassoP

    Nov 4, 2006
    Iowa
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  34. Mar 24, 2018 #9
    gebass6

    gebass6 We're not all trying to play the same music. Supporting Member

    May 3, 2009
    Hiding in the comet's tail
    This one would look good against the red quilting.
    Carvin-SB5000-Bass-Pickguards.JPG
     
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  38. Mar 24, 2018 #10
    Fat Freddy

    Fat Freddy Supporting Member

    Feb 23, 2016
    Albany NY
    Whatever that bass needs....A pickguard is not it!....
     
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  42. Mar 24, 2018 #11
    A-Ro

    A-Ro

    Mar 22, 2016
    West Texas
    If you wanted a pick guard for that bass, I’d personally go with black. It would compliment the darker lines of the flame and flow really well to the ebony fretboard.
     
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  47. Mar 24, 2018 #12
    Spacecase

    Spacecase

    Apr 4, 2011
    Ellicott City, MD
    If you think you need a pickguard, clear plexiglass.
     
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  51. Mar 24, 2018 #13
    lowmid1

    lowmid1

    Aug 16, 2002
    Baltimore, MD
    Don’t do it man!
     
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  55. Mar 24, 2018 #14
    markob

    markob

    Mar 2, 2010
    North Cali
    To each his own. To me it's too much.
     
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  59. Mar 24, 2018 #15
    markob

    markob

    Mar 2, 2010
    North Cali
    You be funny..;)
     
  63. Mar 24, 2018 #16
    aproud1

    aproud1 Don't surround yourself with yourself. Supporting Member

    Aug 13, 2007
    Cincy, OH
    +1
     
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  67. Mar 24, 2018 #17
    gebass6

    gebass6 We're not all trying to play the same music. Supporting Member

    May 3, 2009
    Hiding in the comet's tail
    I agree.
    But that's what HE wants.
     
  71. Mar 24, 2018 #18
    Fat Freddy

    Fat Freddy Supporting Member

    Feb 23, 2016
    Albany NY
    Then he should pick his own pickguard color.....
     
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  76. Mar 24, 2018 #19
    guy n. cognito

    guy n. cognito Secret Agent Member

    Dec 28, 2005
    Nashville, TN
    It’s quilted, not flamed. But before you ruin it, sell it and buy something more your style.
     
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  80. Mar 24, 2018 #20
    markob

    markob

    Mar 2, 2010
    North Cali
    Fwiw it's as much the naked control plate as the flame. Don't look right to me. No guard no plate just the knobs.
     
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