Maple board with black blocks, FUGLY!

[Clarky]

Sorry, yes I may be pished but maple boards with black blocks (Geddy Lee Jazzes, another thread on a seafoam green FSR Precision) are plain fugly to me. SHoot me down and I know its personal taste ... but really. Its like a Porsche in orange or a Capri with stripes down the side to me, just ugly and tasteless. I expect to be blocked by countless BC'ers for this


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[Ou7shined]

I used to like [color="#000000"]Cheryl Cole[/color] but now I think she's reet fugly. What is with that?

Oh, I don't mind blocks... used to to like them more than I do now though.

[Bassman Sam]

I'm with you Clarky, it hurts my eyes. Wastes a good maple neck. IMHO, E I E I O etc.

[Billy Apple]

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Nah, you've got it all wrong. What's fugly about this bass (apart from the colour) is the foul Pup near the bridge. Makes me want to vomit and fight all at the same time. Wrong, totally wrong.

Love blocks, me

[discreet]

[quote name='billyapple' timestamp='1338074669' post='1669435']
...What's fugly about this bass is the foul Pup near the bridge...
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Yes, P/Js don't do it for me. If you want a 'J' sound, get a J! And never speak to me again.

[heminder]

they're not too bad.
rosewood with plastic white dots are far uglier to me.

[Jimmyp28]

personal tase but 1975 jazz ohhh suit you sir!!!!!!!


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I used to like [color=#000000]Cheryl Cole[/color] but now I think she's reet fugly. What is with that?

Oh, I don't mind blocks... used to to like them more than I do now though.
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have you seen her new music (ha ha ha ha) video watched at least twice now..........with the sound off

[Grand Wazoo]

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Yes, P/Js don't do it for me. If you want a 'J' sound, get a J! And never speak to me again.
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thought u loved my super j/p... or so u said when played it.

[discreet]

[quote name='Grand Wazoo' timestamp='1338076139' post='1669450']
thought u loved my super j/p... or so u said when played it.
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I did indeed sir, and thank you, but a Dingwall is not a Fender. Apples and pears.

[Lozz196]

Yep, blocks should only be that pearl colour, or whatever the real terminology is.

[Musicman20]

Maple with black blocks looks cheap. Rosewood with pearl blocks looks classic.

[Billy Apple]

[quote name='Lozz196' timestamp='1338076544' post='1669458']
Yep, blocks should only be that pearl colour, or whatever the real terminology is.
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Is it a pearl necklace?

[Billy Apple]

[quote name='Musicman20' timestamp='1338076580' post='1669460']
Rosewood with pearl blocks looks classic.
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Now you're talking. you must be an aristocrat

[MrTaff]

Plain fingerboards look so much better than stupid blocks or dots, I can't even see them when I'm playing, so what's the point?

[Wooks79]

Totally disagree, I love me a maple with black blocks! You're all wrong'uns

[gjones]

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I disagree but of course different strokes for different folks.

Edited May 27, 2012 by gjones

[Wooks79]

[quote name='gjones' timestamp='1338079131' post='1669475']
I disagree but of course different strokes for different folks.

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See, nice!

Heres what I have -

[Grand Wazoo]

[quote name='Musicman20' timestamp='1338076580' post='1669460']
Maple with black blocks looks cheap. Rosewood with pearl blocks looks classic.
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how about......

White pearl blocks on maple?

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[Ed_S]

Nah, sorry, can't agree. I'm very happy with mine...

...especially with the thumb rest removed and a Badass II fitted!

See, if you don't like the black blocks, I figured you'd be looking at the stock photo and thinking "the only thing that could make that worse is if he'd stuck one of those pointless bridges on it", and yeah, I did it

[PTB]

[quote name='Musicman20' timestamp='1338076580' post='1669460']
Maple with black blocks looks cheap. Rosewood with pearl blocks looks classic.
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+1

[TRBboy]

I think any blocks are fine as long as they suit the bass, as in most of the examples above. Don't like the black blocks and seafoam green though! It looks like a proper cut 'n' shut job!

FWIW I think that P/J is about the best pickup combo for a passive bass!

[EssentialTension]

I don't usually like maple let alone the black blocks but I do like this one:

[brensabre79]

Pearl blocks and white binding look good on rosewood or maple. black blocks... never did undersand that one, it looks like plastic.
also, black binding only works on a white body as far as i'm concerned... and even then its got to be the right bass.

That Lakland is lovely, but it would have been so much better with pearl

[Jellyfish]

Only time i've seen blocks that are nice are when thepick guard is the same colour.

[EssentialTension]

[quote name='ChristopherGilbert' timestamp='1338107540' post='1669555']
Only time i've seen blocks that are nice are when thepick guard is the same colour.
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I think that, plus the butterscotch, is why it works on the Lakland I posted.