Which one would you KEEP if given a choice?(Pbass content)

[gregmon79]

Just wondering based on aesthetics/first glance...this isn't a for sale thread, just curious. Which one would you keep and why? Amber or White Squier VM Pbass
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I will always vote for the natural and maple with a black pg over just about anything. It just looks right to me.

 

[Ghastly]

Purely based on looks, I'd keep the amber.

 

[Gravedigger Dav]

Standard TB answer --> Keep Both

I suggest he buy a red one. It would look good with those two.
My late wife told me I am not allowed to sell any more basses. I still honor her wish. She did not say I couldn't buy more basses.

 

[MICKUSS]

Definitely the Amber. I just picked up a used one and it's beautiful. Very interesting grain patterns. Sounds great too with the DD pickups. It's a rock machine that is a close rival to my Fender American Standard P.

 

[skwee]

I'd keep the maple in case I needed it to tour overseas. Just wouldn't want to chance getting my rosewood confiscated.

 

[pappabass]

Sorry, I just don't like white guitars

 

[FishDub]

Ok someone please enlighten me on the whole travel with maple...rosewood confiscation...this must have went over my head

 

[Philibuster]

The classic look of a white P with black scratchplate can be hard to resist, but the amber has some pop to it that made me vote for it.

 

[MICKUSS]

Also, I find that most pics on the internet don't do the amber ones justice.

 

[buldog5151bass]

All my basses have exposed wood grain.

 

[leto]

White one

 

[inthebassclef]

Ok someone please enlighten me on the whole travel with maple...rosewood confiscation...this must have went over my head

Rosewood is now a cities endangered wood. So technically custom can give a hard time with an instrument with rosewood with documentation. Whereas maple is not cites listed.

 

[klejst]

No fault of the other, but the white/rosewood one was my pick, I just like rosewood necks myself.

 

[Hammerfield]

I recently trade a Cort for the White P. It's a really awesome bass. Its made of basswood, so its a light axe. I was very sceptical of the wood, but i am really happy, it's sounds like a p bass and the weigth its a good factor to consider!

I dont dig the look that much, but im gonna buy a tort and it going to look awesome, maybe with ashtrays

 

[J-Mags]

I think the Amber looks just ok to me. I've always liked that 70s-derived black on white look. I've been on a maple kick lately, but I'm not so fond of the light maple with the amber for some reason.

 

[Lionel Albert]

It depends of your hair, short, long, etc..

 

[ThinCrappyTone]

Yeah, sorry, I cannot help you. Really dig them both!

 

[toomanyslurpees]

I’d be tempted to swap necks and keep the amber.... both nice looking basses. Do you gravitate towards one playing wise? Sometimes there subtle differences that make one bass a slightly better player, if so keep that one.

 

[tb4sbp]

I have been on a White kick ever since I got my V7 (white/tort/rosewood)
But I do have a Nat Jazz with a maple neck too and I would choose to keep both

 

[FishDub]

Rosewood is now a cities endangered wood. So technically custom can give a hard time with an instrument with rosewood with documentation. Whereas maple is not cites listed.

Interesting..not that I have ever traveled by plane for a gig

I’d be tempted to swap necks and keep the amber.... both nice looking basses. Do you gravitate towards one playing wise? Sometimes there subtle differences that make one bass a slightly better player, if so keep that one.

I do like both but if it makes any sense, the white looks so much bigger on me, and I am a small guy, whereas the amber looks just right..Maybe?