White or Tort on a Candy Apple Red Jazz?

[By-Tor1000RR]

White pearl. Hands down.

This!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[beggar98]

Black

 

[johnk_10]

parchment.

 

[electracoyote]

I once put a red tort pg on a red Strat on a whim. It was quite fetching and I got lots of compliments.

On the other hand, I have a CAR Jazz with pearloid pg. It is equally fetching.

I know, this is no help whatsoever.

 

[M.R. Ogle]

What John-K said... parchment. Yep.

 

[SlingBass4]

Actually......there's no wrong answer to the question - torts, white, black, pearls, etc. White IS the classic color (I've had the combination), but I voted red tort just because...

 

[BASSATTACK]

Bright yellow with some green rubber pickles glued above the control plate.

 

[RPIcka]

Pearloid for sure.

 

[M.R. Ogle]

Can someone jog my memory a bit and give me an example of a pearloid pickguard offered on any stock Fender? I'm thinking there were some models that featured pearloid, but I can't remember...

Or are those MOTO pickguards strictly aftermarket?

 

[mccartneyman]

White pearl.

 

[gitlvr]

I have a tort guard on my cherry burst strat. Love the look. But on a solid CAR bass, I'd choose white perloid in a heartbeat!
The poster who suggested mirror or chrome had a good idea as well. I also wonder what a gold-anodized guard would look like with CAR.

 

[johnk_10]

Can someone jog my memory a bit and give me an example of a pearloid pickguard offered on any stock Fender? I'm thinking there were some models that featured pearloid, but I can't remember...

AFAIK, the ONLY vintage fender bass that came stock with one was a sunburst mustang bass.

 

[GBassNorth]

my order of preference for CAR Jazz with a Maple neck is:
Black pickguard

On a Rosewood neck I'd go with:
Aged, Cream or Parchment Pickguard
Red Tortise Pickguard

 

[A-Step-Towards]

Tort on a CAR bass? yuck no thanks.


MINT

 

[DenisKrestsov]

Scottish Tartan!

 

[Raymeous]

White pearloid -

1) Being a pearloid gives it a little bit of bling yet keeps it semi classic and takes it out of the "off the shelf" look.
2) The white pearl will make the stage lights dance a bit more than the tort which will probably absorb more light and look dull
3) White would be a stronger contrast to a bass that is already mostly red. Reddish brown pickguard with reddish brown fretboard and red paint = too much red

OR..... get both since pickguards aren't that expensive and just change things up everytime you change strings.

 

[M.R. Ogle]

Thanks, John...I thought so.

The white pearl is attractive, but when I see it, I do not think Fender... I think perhaps Sadowsky, Lull or Lakland.

Nothing wrong with that, but if I'm going to play a traditional Fender, I want it to look semi period-correct and traditional.

Bling is not in my aesthetic vocabulary.

 

[johnk_10]

Thanks, John...I thought so.

The white pearl is attractive, but when I see it, I do not think Fender... I think perhaps Sadowsky, Lull or Lakland.

Nothing wrong with that, but if I'm going to play a traditional Fender, I want it to look semi period-correct and traditional.

Bling is not in my aesthetic vocabulary.

same here. i strongly dislike pearloid guards on anything but a mustang bass. to me they are just gaudy looking and only look good if you're wearing a satin ruffled shirt with them (and that's not something that i would ever own).

that said, i do like the '65-'68 guards that were white/black/pearloid, with the pearloid on the underside.

 

[By-Tor1000RR]

HAWT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[bareass]

make one our to rosewood!