Poll: What inlay designs do you like?

[d-dave]

Another silly poll, great, TBers should pactice more, I have never seen so many stupid post, on such pointless topics, just sayin.

And yet... you waste your precious practice time to comment. Odd. Troll much?

Oh, I'm sorry... I meant pactice time.

 

[MobileHolmes]

Dots or blocks. I actually only own instruments with dots

 

[Honch]

I prefer side dots only. Not at all, and most definitely not mother-of-pearl large blocks. Since I've studied and did quite a few fret levelling and see how the truss rod reliefs and backbows a neck, I can tell it works harder with large blocks of mother-of-pearl since those don't bend the same with the wood. They are not the same as the wood. They produce a "stop" or bump in the truss rod, and you have to basically over tighten the truss rod. I've seen blocks pop out of the fretboard and crack due to seasonal changes. Even on high quality basses. They shrimp and swells differently than the surrounding wood. Small dots doesn't produce the same "contrasts" so to speak.

They look cool though, but as it is just bling, and price increaser, I'd rather block them out.

 

[Resonance129]

I have a thing for blocks... Almost doesn't matter the bass. I just really like the look of blocks most of the time.
I DO however love the triangles on the Rics. And the "plateau's" on the Gibsons as well.

 

[JRA]

i voted "none" because of the fretless thing, but there are some really beautiful inlay pics on the thread. and some...well...'interesting' ones, as well.

 

[lokikallas]

Found pictures

 

[Rugmaster]

 

[Robert Sperling]

Makes a no difference to me, I'm not watching me play bass (and neither is anyone else!).

 

[BritBass 2]

 

[RyanKW]

I played a four stringer version of that bass. Fantastic bass, but I couldn't make it happen at the time. The inlays and pickguard were very unique designs, in my opinion.

I added the black plastic knobs, which seriously improved and made consistent its appearance.

 

[RyanKW]

da'(-"_"- Ryan

that "ivory country blocks" can even work for metal greetings

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may the bass be with you

Wise(b)ass

Bwahahaha

 

[RyanKW]

Oval blocks look terrible on basses.

Well...well...your face looks terrible

 

[FingerDub]

Well...well...your face looks terrible

Whoa, good one, you really got me there.

 

[RyanKW]

Whoa, good one, you really got me there.

 

[Rip Van Dan]

Dots...I like dots. Black dots on my current Jazz with maple neck and white dots on my previous 1965 Jazz Bass.

Not really sure if my old '65 had the white clay dots, which were common, or mother of pearl dots, which were just coming out. Can't tell from my old pictures.

Nonetheless, I like dots on the neck...

 

[Ellery]

Stripper silhouette fret inlays

• Ellery
• Dec 8, 2016
• schecter

These inlays depict a strip bar dancer in various positions. Very good detail for a fret inlay...

 

[BritBass 2]

Big fan of dot Jazzes .

 

[Korladis]

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I like to sing-a,
About the Lunas
And their moon-as
and their bling-a,
I like to sing-a...

--^@

I love their moon inlays.

But I like the design of the Bongo crescents — how they mimic the body shape.View attachment 1087546

I really like that. Understated, yet different.

i found this beauties that i inlaid in an electric mandola project, the wooden ones are PurflexView attachment 1087618

Love those. Would really like to have a bass with inlays like that.

 

[ThePresident777]

How the shag is Inlay of Carrots not totally winning this????????????????

 

[eastcoasteddie]

Is that Rob Reiner on guitar?