Tort guard hate?

[B-Mac]

Mmmmmmm, Pepperoni!

 

[Son of Wobble]

Mmmmmmm, Pepperoni!

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Want!

 

[ll Rip ll]

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The thing with tort is that it has to look good in context with the instrument it's on. On a Fender with a three tone burst, it's fine. On Bootsy's Space Bass it just wouldn't work. Some of the bright reddish tort from the '60's was garish and fake no matter what they were on. The more subdued brown tort goes better with any finish that features wood grain. For more unusual colors like purple, blue or green, I think pearloid looks better. Not a fan of black.

I agree, but i would think that any one aspect should be the same. I wouldn't put clover tuners on a non-fenderesque headstock, for example. Things look good together or they don't.

 

[ll Rip ll]

I resent that! I'd NEVER use a Carvin.

He said 'some', not 'all' FWI

 

[squarewave]

I like tort with most colors. This cheap tort looks good on my gold bass.

 

[Coolhandjjl]

I play a Rick. What the f*ck is this tort you speak of?

 

[chadds]

I’ve owned an actual ‘57 and now a reissue both with the anodized gold pickguard.
Besides this oversight I am frankly personally offended that any consideration of anything but TORT is at least egregiously offensive. I’ve seen white and while those folks are clingers on and who will arrive at their own personal epiphanies in their own time when afforded patience and empathy there is no other pickguard that bespeaks the truth of magnificence that Leo’s creations express.

 

[jamro217]

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I agree, but i would think that any one aspect should be the same. I wouldn't put clover tuners on a non-fenderesque headstock, for example. Things look good together or they don't.

Rics have cloverleaf heads on them (see avatar of non-mutilated 4001) but I wouldn't put keystones on a P bass. Aesthetics are very personal, and some items get people riled up easily. Tort is one.

 

[GonePlaid]

My Les Paul 5 string with new custom pickguard

 

[GonePlaid]

My Les Paul 5 string with new custom pickguardView attachment 2997944

And 5 minutes later when I took the Spanish Chorizo off!

 

[bassbenj]

I haven't gone through the whole thread, but I hope someone has posted the "tort loaf" again.

 

[Chucky Stiletti]

Hated Tort when young, yanked it off my 72 when I was 15

38 years later.. I love it...

 

[Chucky Stiletti]

And 5 minutes later when I took the Spanish Chorizo off!

Looks better with it on..

 

[Gaolee]

A quality, non pepperoni tort guard looks cool. What does not look cool is pearloid. Why all the pearloid hate? Hard to say. The real question is why am I asking myself questions? Again, hard to say.

Has tort loaf been brought into this thread? For those who are on the fence about tort or even for outright haters, tort loaf should bring them around.

Tort loaf is only good if you get it from a deli and keep it in the 'Fridge. It spoils if you leave it out. Plus, you just don't want to see the absurd logical conclusion of tort. Don't say you weren't warned:

 

[TBird1958]

My Les Paul 5 string with new custom pickguardView attachment 2997944

Finally! A tort I like, delicious drool

 

[Christine]

Hated Tort when young, yanked it off when I was 15

Two unrelated statements in the same sentence, dementia setting in Chucky?

 

[Christine]

I like tort with most colors. This cheap tort looks good on my gold bass. View attachment 2997885

Sorry the tort isn't for me but the Jazz is stunning

 

[Son of Wobble]

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The Fabs were there first.

 

[dave64o]

The Fabs were there first.

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The cover of the Meat the Beatles album?

 

[B-Mac]

Tort loaf is only good if you get it from a deli and keep it in the 'Fridge. It spoils if you leave it out. Plus, you just don't want to see the absurd logical conclusion of tort. Don't say you weren't warned:
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