Tacky, Obnoxious Sunbursts!

[ishouldbeking]

I think there was some bass, mainly available in the UK IIRC, that had some kind of nasty dragon burst that was a yellow, red, and green sunburst. Anyone remember that thing? I feel like it had some absurd combination of pickups but was otherwise shaped like a typical jazz. I know i've seen pics around TB of that thing a few times.

 

[T40Chump]

I used to have one of these...

Wish I still did....


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[muzikman7]

My '78

 

[-=DanAtkinson=-]

 

[Tusec]

Okay, so the question is, were these gaudy bursts an acquired taste or did you like them from the get go?

I am currently a fan of tasteful bursts where the colors fade into each other gracefully, but I could imagine getting bored with them and developing a taste for the tacky ones -- kinda like graduating to the "hard stuff", seeking out a new thrill.

 

[Gomeztool]

I like the modern 3 tone sunbursts with less reds. The current 2 tone burst is too brown for my taste. Still, can't complain about the beauties posted in this thread.

 

[Chuck King]

The sunburst on the SX Ursas is pretty garish:

 

[Kipaste]

I hate sunbursts in general but I like that one because it's so crappy.

+1

 

[Floridabwoy]

I think there was some bass, mainly available in the UK IIRC, that had some kind of nasty dragon burst that was a yellow, red, and green sunburst. Anyone remember that thing? I feel like it had some absurd combination of pickups but was otherwise shaped like a typical jazz. I know i've seen pics around TB of that thing a few times.

I remember that one... It was like humbucker in the P slot, then two jazz pickups like the tracktor wasn't it?


I have been thinking about doing a reggae refin for a long while. The problem is I cannot find the correct wood dye that can be nitro'ed over.

I wanted more of a red, yellow middle w. a maple board, and green at the bottom with a pot growth pickguard from greasygroove.com.... but a red/gold/green burst would be cool too.

 

[Batmensch]

The sunburst on the SX Ursas is pretty garish:

I don't know about that Ursa 2 you have in the pic, but the Ursa 1 P-bass I got had that same garish looking burst in the pic of it on the Rondo website. Looked exactly like that.
But what I got was actually much nicer:

Goes to show you can't always tell by a website pic exactly how something like that will actually look.

 

[NKUSigEp]

Isn't that just 3-color sunburst as opposed to 2-color sunburst?

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2 color

3-tone is Sunburst, 2-tone is tobacco-burst

 

[ishouldbeking]

I remember that one... It was like humbucker in the P slot, then two jazz pickups like the tracktor wasn't it?

I have been thinking about doing a reggae refin for a long while. The problem is I cannot find the correct wood dye that can be nitro'ed over.

I wanted more of a red, yellow middle w. a maple board, and green at the bottom with a pot growth pickguard from greasygroove.com.... but a red/gold/green burst would be cool too.

Yeah, that was the pickup setup. If only I could remember the name... they were only a few hundred bucks, too.

 

[mongo2]

My '73 "Clownburst" P:

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[boynamedsuse]

The sunburst on the SX Ursas is pretty garish:

I don't find that garish at all--but I like bling.

 

[boynamedsuse]

With regard to clownbursts, the images posted here do not qualify. Such an instrument needs to be mostly red and yellow. Look here:
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[mongo2]

With regard to clownbursts, the images posted here do not qualify. Such an instrument needs to be mostly red and yellow. Look here:
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Well then I guess there's Fender clownbursts and then there's Gibson clownbursts.

 

[The Bass Clef]

I've heard that most Fender bursts looked like that when they left the factory, but the red faded over time.

Talk about the red fading, there's almost none left in mine. I call it "snotburst" (btw, original '69 Fender paint - not the normal Dupont paint)..

 

[TN WOODMAN]

It's funny for the longest I didn't like any sunburst axes. Now i have 2 Teles, (1 tri color, 1 two tone) 1 Esquire(tri color) and 2 Strats (1 tri, 1 two) in sunburst and love them all.

I have 4 Fender basses, three Js and a P and they're all black. Quess I haven't picked up the right 'burst bass yet.

 

[tangentmusic]

My '73 "Clownburst" P:

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ClownBurst... Neither tacky or obnoxious. I love it

 

[kenfxj]

Here's LizardBurst. It's an artist representation so maybe not.

Pink Burst. Should be called Bazooka Burst.
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And this. It's from the Darling Divas Starter Pack.