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What color should I paint my 72 Jazz? Non-binding poll

What color should I paint my 72 Jazz bass?

  • White looks good

    Votes: 17 8.9%

  • Black looks good

    Votes: 36 18.8%

  • Lake Placid Blue, if you're gonna do it - no matching headstock needed

    Votes: 42 22.0%

  • Don't paint it - it has ... mojo, or something

    Votes: 44 23.0%

  • Walnut. Really? Walnut?

    Votes: 12 6.3%

  • Screw it, use a custom color, who sez you have to use a factory color (specify in the comments)

    Votes: 40 20.9%
  • Total voters
    191
#42
Lake Placid Blue is my recommendation and it will pop nicely with a Pearl White (not aged) pickguard or a Pearl Black pickguard. The black one I suggest is the version on the Fender Tony Franklin Sig bass in LPB. I've used each B&W on this particular bass and both worked well with the LPB color.
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#47
Pyrrho Epoche said:
Dont paint it, because it will have to offgas for a few+ months, unless you have something else to play.
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It would take a little over a week to redo the bass, tops - and that's giving some grace knowing that I have a full time job :-) Polyurethane paint doesn't need to offgas the same way other paints do.

That being said, I do have quite a few spares, so I'm good!!
 
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#48
Artman said:
I'd just leave it original. At least that way, you maximize the monetary value for your widow or child when they sell it after you pass away someday.
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It's already been refinished, and lacking a clear coat, so refinishing it properly will only increase it's value. That being said, I'm not worried at all about resale value.
 
#50
Spectre Gunner said:
Lake Placid Blue is my recommendation and it will pop nicely with a Pearl White (not aged) pickguard or a Pearl Black pickguard. The black one I suggest is the version on the Fender Tony Franklin Sig bass in LPB. I've used each B&W on this particular bass and both worked well with the LPB color.View attachment 7082270
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The one on it now (in the pic) is supposed to be black pearl ... i think. I like the look of this one better though!
 
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#52
Ostie said:
Any interest in a relic job?
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Not especially. Don't get me wrong, I like reliced basses - I have a few, mostly done over time, but one Fender CS that looks great - it's that I'm painting it myself, and the polyurethane paint & Euro clear coat are both pretty tough. There's no way that I w0uld do it myself, and I'm not interested in paying someone else to do it.
 
#54
Just a thought .. it really looks a lot different in person. Due to the lack of clear coat, the finish looks and feels weird - almost like it sunk into the wood in places. It's not very noticable from far away, but I can definitely tell that something is amiss when playing it.
 
#55
moon-bass said:
I think these are fun and I have gotten a lot of ideas over the years with various polls, so here goes with a completely scientific yet non-binding poll.

First off, it's already been refinished, so please don't comment on ruining the value. In fact, it was refinished in a pearl white, with no clear coat - that's one of the reasons as to why I want to repaint it. It's not that the pearl white looks bad, it's that it could look so much better.

Second, I'm really thinking that I want to stick with actual factory colors, as opposed to custom colors. That being said, I'm not 100% sold on that, and I happen to have some really nice Playboy pink (Ford color from the 60's) left over from another project ... I already have several candy apple red Jazz basses, a blonde one, and a sunburst one or two, and I don't care for natural Jazz Basses, so all of those colors are out of consideration.

Third - I'm not doing this for resale value. I don't plan on selling this bass, ever.

Fourth - Carrots is not a color, and any comment stating such will be ignored.

Fifth - I reserve the right to change my mind at any time, ignore the results of the poll, etc. That being said, I do appreciate the ideas and input, I just haven't made any decisions yet. In other words, it's me, not you.

Also, I have the pickguard in the pic on the bass now, but the factory guard was black. I also have a white-ish one (it's either white, parchment, or mint, I don't know offhand and it's buried in my gear closet). I can also make any other color pickguard that I need, so pickguard color is wide open. Of course, there is always the "no pickguard option."

Finally, I don't want to mess with the headstock, so matching headstocks are out. Luckily for me, in the 70's fender didn't offer factory matching headstocks, so LPB for instance would still look great.

Edit: I'm looking for a solid color, nothing transparent or stains.

so, let's hear it! Pic attached for reference!

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