Why no tortoise pickguard?

[Korladis]

I hate pearloid pickguards, just thought everyone would be really interested in knowing that.

Me, too.

 

[bigmoosepi]

I love tort but squier ones I've seen or had have always been murky and gross.

 

[M.R. Ogle]

Yeah, that bass WOULD look good with a nice tort guard.

 

[Marko 1]

I hate pearloid pickguards, just thought everyone would be really interested in knowing that.

Ha, same here.

LOVE tort, though… on both my Jazz Vs-- Sunburst and Olympic White.

 

[petrus61]

I like tort, but the cheap tort guards look pretty crappy. I'd rather have a black or white one than a crappy looking tort.

+1000. Some of those faux tort guards look horrid. I'd take black over white on any burst though.

 

[Nobody]

Nobody did that.

Don't go blaming me..... I wasn't even there.......

 

[Stranger Danger]

The only acceptable pick guard on sunburst is black 3 ply or tort or gold anodized.

 

[Craig T Vector]

Once, several years ago, when I was still a college lad, I took about five or six excedrin for a really bad hangover.

Never, ever do this.

About an hour later I was vomiting into a toilet bowl. Mind you, I was empty, as I hadn't eaten any food that day, having only been drinking water.

I was basically vomiting almost nothing but blood, as the water had been expelled in the first heaves (before I made it to the bathroom.

By the end, you couldn't see the bottom of the toilet bowl, there was so much blood in the water.

The next time I saw a tort pickguard, and ever time after that, this event is what I always think of.

It looks almost exactly the same.

Um, whatever.

OP, wear tort if you want. Contrary to what others say, do what you want to do. In the end that is all that matters!

 

[Korladis]

Just explaining why I don't like it.

 

[MovingPitchers]

The worst pick guard color to go on sunburst is white. True story.

 

[Korladis]

I like parchment on sunburst. White looks rather plain, true.

 

[shrimpflea]

Have to admit...nothing like a really great tort. guard....the ones from the early 1960's are just works of art. On the other hand there's nothing worse than a bad tort. guard...some of them look really cheesy.

 

[JimmyM]

I don't know...I kind of like white on sunburst. Hate it on black, though.

 

[two fingers]

The new ones always look terrible. The old ones not only look better, but SOUND better. We should lobby Fender for TORT REFORM!!!!!

(Political junky joke not intended to offend anyone. It was just too easy. I was cleaning the joke and it went off in my hands.)

 

[eldoryder]

The new ones always look terrible. The old ones not only look better, but SOUND better. We should lobby Fender for TORT REFORM!!!!!

(Political junky joke not intended to offend anyone. It was just too easy. I was cleaning the joke and it went off in my hands.)

(Cue horselaugh!!!!!!!!!!!!!)

I'm so sleep deprived, this made me laugh hysterically!

 

[shrimpflea]

How about a sunburst guard on a tort. bass?

 

[Major Softie]

I don't know...I kind of like white on sunburst. Hate it on black, though.

I guess you never wear tuxedos...

The new ones always look terrible. The old ones not only look better, but SOUND better. We should lobby Fender for TORT REFORM!!!!!

(Political junky joke not intended to offend anyone. It was just too easy. I was cleaning the joke and it went off in my hands.)

Apparently someone failed in your training. You must always treat the joke as if it were loaded, whether you think it is or not.

 

[Iridescentone]

I hate pearloid pickguards, just thought everyone would be really interested in knowing that.

Yes exactly. Wasn't it General George Patton who said "pearl handled pistols are for pimps"?

So I guess yous guys with pearl pickguards are pimps, right? lol

 

[Major Softie]

Yes exactly. Wasn't it General George Patton who said "pearl handled pistols are for pimps"?

So I guess yous guys with pearl pickguards are pimps, right? lol

I guess the General was too.

 

[Robert B]

I think it looks good with the black pickguard. I wouldn't change a thing.