Show us your tort!

[PTS74]

It'd be great to have a gallery of TB'ers tortoiseshell pickguards. Please name of the brand of the tort too, Fender and Spitfire torts seem to be well documented online, but it's amazing the lack of quality photos on the web of other common brands (Warmoth, WD, Allparts, Pickguardian, etc).

 

[dabbler]

SX (our maybe DR Parts, I bought the guard from rondo).

 

[ClassicJazz]

The "vintage" tort pg on my '72 Jazz. If you notice it had started shrink a bit.

 

[mark beem]

My tort.

"Lakland aftermarket" tort

"2009 Fender MIM" tort

"Too poor to buy the FCS model" tort.

 

[RaniBrandt]

Here's my P-Tractor, with Warmoth tort.

 

[Gravedigger Dav]

Fender Precision Select with AllParts Vintage tort.

 

[devnulljp]

62 P Bass

Fender Japan Jazz

 

[Clark Westfield]

American Special 2011. Great bass, cool look.

 

[Awesome Sauce]

Here's mine. Cute, eh?

 

[aproud1]

Here's Vintage Nitrate tort (from Guitar Parts Resource)on my 83' Sienna Burst Precision.

SiennaBurst P

• aproud1
• Sep 16, 2015

 

[PTS74]

Here's mine. Cute, eh?

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Where'd they put the serial number?

 

[Mike N]

Action shot.

 

[Kaden Daniels]

Squier VM FL

 

[Texan]

 

[wmhill]

Here's mine. Cute, eh?

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Dude -ya beat me to it!

 

[jp8848]

 

[madmanmerc]

Sorry guys. Still a novice question. Whats a tort?

 

[PortlandBass77]

Here's my P-Tractor, with Warmoth tort.

WOAH! Haven't seen a pickup configuration like that before! How do you have it wired? It looks sweet.

 

[ShowKing]

Sorry guys. Still a novice question. Whats a tort?

Short for tortoise shell.

 

[madmanmerc]

Novice question. Whats a tortoise shell have to do with a bass. Lol. Give me a chance guys, im still learning