Would a black pickguard look nice? Or should i stick with white?

[Seth Shonefeld]

My bass is almost exactly that color and came with a black pickguard. I didn't like the black on that light green; so I went on this huge pickguard website, and grabbed digital swatches of dozens of colors of their pickguards and photoshopped them onto the bass to see what it would look like. It's not actually very difficult at all. In the end I picked up two new pickguards and a second pickup cover, painted it. I swap all that out whenever I get bored.

 

[wysiwyg248]

Keep the white and with the money saved buy a set of extra strings.

 

[Seth Shonefeld]

Before and after...

 

[BassAndCigars]

Black would look awful. It's gorgeous with the white.
But............tort would be awesome. That would be the best choice hands down.

 

[40Hz]

Prefer white.

But mint might be even better.

 

[Bluesrock]

I'd stick with white with sage green as they complement each other.

 

[5StringBlues]

My roomate just walked by , saw the pic with the black guard, and said, "That's a nice color, it looks good with that black pickguard".




So there's a non-solicited opinion from someone who doesn't play bass.

 

[Chrisk-K]

Black on light green wouldn't look beautiful.

 

[Yools]

The black wasn't dry on this PG and it bled onto the strings.

Yeah, sorry about that.... I put the black paint on with the same brush I used to paint my house.

 

[tb-player]

White Pearl. Always white pearl!!

 

[Grizelda100]

The black didn't look bad, but it clashes a bit with the brown of the fretboard. Looks a bit off.
The white lit comes with looks good.
Cream, parchment, mint, pearl all looked great.

Congratulations on finding "the one"!

 

[jre5]

Q&D, but it kinda gives ya an idea about how it might look.

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Wow thank you so much! This is really helpful you have no idea!

 

[jre5]

The black didn't look bad, but it clashes a bit with the brown of the fretboard. Looks a bit off.
The white lit comes with looks good.
Cream, parchment, mint, pearl all looked great.

Congratulations on finding "the one"!

Yeah I kinda saw that.. almost looked a bit camo-esque right? Its really gonna depend how the bass looks in person and under light and stuff. A bunch of pics online do it no justice and it looks very faded, vs in the sunlight the green really pops.

 

[jre5]

My roomate just walked by , saw the pic with the black guard, and said, "That's a nice color, it looks good with that black pickguard".




So there's a non-solicited opinion from someone who doesn't play bass.

Hahaha, tell your roomate I say thanks!

 

[jre5]

I'd stick with white with sage green as they complement each other.

I definitley want to see if I change my mind in person. The shade of green varies from picture to picture across the internet. I tried to pick a picture where the sun brought out the good qualities of the green, but if it consistently looks more faded through my own eyes I might have to experiment.

 

[jre5]

Yeah I kinda saw that.. almost looked a bit camo-esque right? Its really gonna depend how the bass looks in person and under light and stuff. A bunch of pics online do it no justice and it looks very faded, vs in the sunlight the green really pops.

The black didn't look bad, but it clashes a bit with the brown of the fretboard. Looks a bit off.
The white lit comes with looks good.
Cream, parchment, mint, pearl all looked great.

Congratulations on finding "the one"!

IMO, the wood looks too light in this pic. Makes the bass look dull and gives the whole thing a different feel than the pics in the sun.

 

[jre5]

Here is the bass with Parchment Pearloid:

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Wow! Wasn't thinking of white pearl at first, but especially after this picture and all the suggestions I'll definitely add this to my radar!

 

[jre5]

Mint, white or tort, but not black.

I would personally go with some type of tortoise color since I'm just weird like that

Tort.

But............tort would be awesome. That would be the best choice hands down.

To everyone suggesting tort: I have a bunch of respect for some of those gnarly tort PG/bass color combos out there, but heres a pic of the user @Bfresh29 's sage green pbass that came with tort 2nd hand. Don't get me wrong, it looks sick, but it's just not for me or what I'm looking for on this bass. The tort takes away too much from the sage green imo, making it look a whole lot paler. I think black/white/mint/white pearl every thing in that ballpark could make the green POP! That's what I'm looking for. Still, thanks for your input! (and thanks Bfresh for the fresh pic of the pbass, sick axes! )

 

[MYLOWFREQ]

Fair

 

[JDA04OSU]

Black.

I was tempted to join the tort camp until I saw that pic in post #58. Doesn't speak to me the way tort on satin jade pearl metallic does (got the Jazz Elite with this combo... also considered switching that guard out for black, but I dig it as is).

Enjoy your new bass!