Candy Apple Red, what colour scratchplate folks?

[karlfer]

I have an incoming in Candy Apple Red. Only reds I've had before had the word Fireglow attached.
Need some advice/ideas on a good colour scratchplate to go with CAR.
So, I don't go a bundle on white. If it was Fiesta Red, I would go straight for tortie.
My thoughts are;
black
black perloid
gold anodised
brown tortie.

Any thoughts would be gratefully accepted, as well as any photo's of your beauties, if you know what I mean .
Cheers,
Karl.

[waynepunkdude]

Cream

[Stag]

[quote name='waynepunkdude' post='1368318' date='Sep 10 2011, 09:56 AM']Cream[/quote]

+1

(or white)

[xgsjx]

Beige or light brown.

[Grand Wazoo]

I have to agree with cream or white or anything bright, [b]but only if it has a maple fingerboard[/b], if it's rosewood then I would go for black.

Here is what Candy Apple Red looks with a white p/g

[stingrayPete1977]

I had white on my CAR Jazz, I hated it! I put a 3 ply black one on and it looks way better IMO

[karlfer]

Bloody 'ell, I only went for a cuppa!
Serious though, thanks guys.
Wayne, got me thinking, seem to remember Old Horse Murphy had a Bob Glaub natural with a cream perloid. Mmmm thinks!

Ta.

[JTUK]

White Tort pattern

[waynepunkdude]

[quote name='Grand Wazoo' post='1368324' date='Sep 10 2011, 10:00 AM']I have to agree with cream or white or anything bright, [b]but only if it has a maple fingerboard[/b], if it's rosewood then I would go for black.

Here is what Candy Apple Red looks with a white p/g

[/quote]


Really want a Big Al.

[karlfer]

[quote name='Grand Wazoo' post='1368324' date='Sep 10 2011, 10:00 AM']I have to agree with cream or white or anything bright, [b]but only if it has a maple fingerboard[/b], if it's rosewood then I would go for black.

Here is what Candy Apple Red looks with a white p/g

[/quote]


Thanks for that GW, some very sweet gear there fella!
It is a rosewood board, should have mentioned that. My stupidity comes with the territory of being a prat .
Karl.

[ben604]

Black! Definitely black.

[xgsjx]

[quote name='Grand Wazoo' post='1368324' date='Sep 10 2011, 10:00 AM']I have to agree with cream or white or anything bright, [b]but only if it has a maple fingerboard[/b], if it's rosewood then I would go for black.

Here is what Candy Apple Red looks with a white p/g

[/quote]
Now if you turned that around & put the body to the top it could be mistaken for a toffee apple (with jaggy bits hanging down)

[NancyJohnson]

Has to be black.
P

Edited September 10, 2011 by NancyJohnson

[hairyhaw]

3-ply black!

[xilddx]

Mint three ply.

[TimR]

What colour are the controls, bridge and pickups?

[stinson]

Ive just installed a CAR Warmoth body on my old Pbass. B/w/b scratchplate looks awesome! Will try to sort some pics out

[Happy Jack]

Black p/g against a CAR body = sex on a stick.

[TheGreek]

Red tort surely??? with red p/up covers if they're available..white if not..

[paul h]

[quote name='silddx' post='1368421' date='Sep 10 2011, 11:39 AM']Mint three ply.[/quote]

This. Awesome colour combo!

[karlfer]

Some great ideas guys. Mint is one I hadn't thought of but............ .

NancyJ, that is beautiful,
HJ, perfect photo dood .
Pick up covers black, bridge and controls chrome.
Thanks fellas, some wondrous stuff there, couple of twitchy trouser moments (I think, the memory dontcha know).
Karl

[xilddx]

[quote name='karlfer' post='1368643' date='Sep 10 2011, 03:45 PM']Some great ideas guys. Mint is one I hadn't thought of but............ .

Karl[/quote]

This is a bass I should have bloody well kept.

Edited September 10, 2011 by silddx

[karlfer]

Nigel (Sunday title), when you were selling that, you have no idea how much sleep you cost me! .
Karl.

[obbm]

Black

[waynepunkdude]

TBH after looking through this thread it seems to me that no matter what colour the plate (except tort) CAR looks f***ing awesome.