Which pickguard to spice up plain old sunburst?

[bassliner50]

Neither would satisfy me, but of those two, tan conch. (Who knew there was conch PG?)

 

[bassliner50]

So for you tort enthuisasts, I love me some tort too - but I'm trying to not repeat pickguards. I have a gorgeous red tort guard on one of my Drake customs - pictured below (those red strings were purchased by mistake and are no longer on this bass, lol!) One of these days I'll get a Spitfire tort guard (darker one) made and put it on something, but they're kinda spendy.

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There it is folks!

 

[Hounddog409]

Need a poll choice for neither.

 

[JRA]

i voted "purple candy crush" --- but i'm hungry, so there's that...

i almost always go for black, but i've seen so many great looking ax/pickguard combinations on TB that i'm game for anything --- especially on your ax! seriously, @TimBosby, don't let the naysayers in --- both of those pickguards are great choices because they're not tort! have fun with your pickguards!

 

[GreyBeard]

To my eye, neither compliments the bass but, I'm a tort kinda guy.

 

[TheReceder]

I'm old, and more traditional, if you were selling that bass, I'd ask for the original pickguard to go with it.

But my wife says I have no sense of style, so either pickguard is probably a good choice. I might go for brass or copper. As a side benifit it helps reduce noise.
Brass & Copper Pickguards (tone-guard.com)

 

[C Stone]

Sorry neither do anything for me.
If I was forced to choose between those two it would be tan conch.

 

[Kipp Harrington]

I recently put this baby together with a Fender American Performer body and Freestone neck. Delano pickups and Kluson bridge. I had two pickguards made by Chandler: one in Purple Candy Crush and one in Tan Conch. Both were a bit of a gamble but I love them both. Which would you choose? Don't say tort... lol. I love tort but my goal was to do something a bit weird here.

Purple Candy Crush:
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Tan Conch:
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If It had to choose between the two, the Purple Candy Crush. Pops a bit more than the Tan Conch.

 

[Maki_Randy]

Gold. So sweet!!!!!

 

[waynobass]

#19 + #20 = black paisley

 

[vvvmmm]

So, like, imagine yourself wearing a shirt the color(s) of the bass - what tie in the colors of the pg's would ya choose?

 

[bobyoung53]

No tort???

 

[TheReceder]

So, like, imagine yourself wearing a shirt the color(s) of the bass - what tie in the colors of the pg's would ya choose?

Sorry... what is this thing you call "a tie"?

 

[TimBosby]

Funny you should mention that. My Drake Super J (in my avatar) has a "tiramisu" pickguard and it almost matches my shirt here:

So, like, imagine yourself wearing a shirt the color(s) of the bass - what tie in the colors of the pg's would ya choose?

 

[Surely_Bassy]

I recently put this baby together with a Fender American Performer body and Freestone neck. Delano pickups and Kluson bridge. I had two pickguards made by Chandler: one in Purple Candy Crush and one in Tan Conch. Both were a bit of a gamble but I love them both. Which would you choose? Don't say tort... lol. I love tort but my goal was to do something a bit weird here.

Purple Candy Crush:
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Tan Conch:
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I voted Purple Candy Crush, because purple is almost always the right answer.
Except when the question is: What is almost always not the right answer?

Wait, what?

 

[Surely_Bassy]

Funny you should mention that. My Drake Super J (in my avatar) has a "tiramisu" pickguard and it almost matches my shirt here:

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That is one sharp bass!

 

[Surely_Bassy]

@TimBosby I’m falling for your bass, and I just sold my Am Pro II Jazz. smh