Purple and gold is a classic combo, just works, channel your inner emperor (or Prince). I’m not a gold hardware fan, but when I originally saw that Gretsch metallic green and gold finish, I was reaching for my wallet, thankfully GG sold it before divorce proceedings could be filed 😆. It looked even better in the flesh.
Boz Burrell, Bad Company. It's not always about mwah, vibrato and big slides. It is sometimes, though and then you have Tony Franklin with The Firm, Blue Murder, etc.
Full disclosure, I'm a fretless fanboy.
I want to like The Smiths, Johnny Marr and Andy Rourke make a very good sound to my ears, but I just can’t abide Morrissey’s voice. I’ve tried, I’ve really tried, but I just can’t do it. I finally got over Geddy’s weird vocal style to the point where I’m a big Rush fan (especially their ‘80s & ‘90s output) but Morrissey can go and do one.