cloudburst Posted September 10, 2012 Share Posted September 10, 2012 Dear me but I don't like sunburst in any guitar. Never did. Yeuch. Strangely tobacco sunburst doesn't seem quite so bad and I must be getting old, because I'm starting to like EBMM's honeyburst. EBMM blueburst is just woeful. Seems like it's trying too hard to be hip and cool. Worst of all, by a country mile, is EBMM cherryburst. What WERE they thinking? Looks like an old buttondown leather sofa. Appalling. If I found a StingRay in this colour unexpectedly in my attic. I would back away slowly, never to return. Just saying like. CB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hobbayne Posted September 10, 2012 Share Posted September 10, 2012 I dont like sunburst with maple fingerboards, it just looks odd to me Ah, but rosewood boards... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big_Stu Posted September 10, 2012 Share Posted September 10, 2012 [quote name='Hobbayne' timestamp='1347307606' post='1799212'] I dont like sunburst with maple fingerboards, it just looks odd to me [/quote] ........................... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingBollock Posted September 10, 2012 Share Posted September 10, 2012 (edited) The worst is the Dean Blue Burst. This one is mine but it doesn't show the colour up so well (badly...): Unfortunately, this is what happens when you let your wife buy a Guitar... Edited September 10, 2012 by KingBollock Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hobbayne Posted September 10, 2012 Share Posted September 10, 2012 [quote name='Big_Stu' timestamp='1347313318' post='1799318'] ........................... [/quote] Sorry Big Stu, I was referring to a Precision. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big_Stu Posted September 10, 2012 Share Posted September 10, 2012 [quote name='Hobbayne' timestamp='1347314982' post='1799347'] Sorry Big Stu, I was referring to a Precision. [/quote] phew!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cloudburst Posted September 10, 2012 Author Share Posted September 10, 2012 And the less said about Fender's mushroomburst the better! Yeuch. (Wanted to mention this Antigua finish earlier but had to wait - just in case I traumatised any children who weren't yet in bed). CB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
risingson Posted September 10, 2012 Share Posted September 10, 2012 Sunburst is a classic colour, but it's got to be done right! Tortoiseshell or black pickguard, rosewood with the former and maple with the latter. Not keen on white pickguards with sunburst. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Foxen Posted September 10, 2012 Share Posted September 10, 2012 [quote name='KingBollock' timestamp='1347313702' post='1799325'] The worst is the Dean Blue Burst. [/quote] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alyctes Posted September 10, 2012 Share Posted September 10, 2012 (edited) [quote name='cloudburst' timestamp='1347307311' post='1799204'] Dear me but I don't like sunburst in any guitar. Never did. Yeuch. Strangely tobacco sunburst doesn't seem quite so bad and I must be getting old, because I'm starting to like EBMM's honeyburst. [/quote] +1, word for word. Edited September 10, 2012 by alyctes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Musky Posted September 10, 2012 Share Posted September 10, 2012 [quote name='alyctes' timestamp='1347319083' post='1799404'] +1, word for word. [/quote] Ditto, only I've yet to discover anything remotely tempting about EBMM's effort. I used to really like tobacco sunburst and even bought a Fender in that colour. Didn't last that long before I was reaching for a rattle can though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skankdelvar Posted September 10, 2012 Share Posted September 10, 2012 Not mine, thank God. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghost_Bass Posted September 11, 2012 Share Posted September 11, 2012 I'm with the OP, i hate 3TSB but a tobacco burst is sexy. I'm waiting for my new Sandberg California VM5 in tobacco with maple neck (sorry Hobbayne) to be delivered in november. Prior to that i had a Stingray in honey burst (again with maple FB hehehe) that i loved to bits, shame it was so heavy... the only mandatory thing to me for a burst to look good is a black pickguard! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drTStingray Posted September 11, 2012 Share Posted September 11, 2012 Good lord there's some very strange basses appearing in this thread - very small string gauge Spookily, I know two people with those Dean things in that colour as well. Cloudburst, is this the colour you meant? [attachment=117981:24042010424.jpg][attachment=117980:24042010423.jpg] Actually was called sunburst back when this bass was new (1993) - became honey burst a few years later. And not to be outdone by Dean............. [attachment=117982:24042010450.jpg] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cloudburst Posted September 11, 2012 Author Share Posted September 11, 2012 [quote name='drTStingray' timestamp='1347323159' post='1799442'] Good lord there's some very strange basses appearing in this thread - very small string gauge Spookily, I know two people with those Dean things in that colour as well. Cloudburst, is this the colour you meant? [attachment=117981:24042010424.jpg][attachment=117980:24042010423.jpg] Actually was called sunburst back when this bass was new (1993) - became honey burst a few years later. And not to be outdone by Dean............. [attachment=117982:24042010450.jpg] [/quote] Yep - that's the honeyburst that I quite like. The blueburst underneath, however....well...er...how do I put this... CB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghost_Bass Posted September 11, 2012 Share Posted September 11, 2012 This pic brings some good memories... ...and some painfull ones too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lozz196 Posted September 11, 2012 Share Posted September 11, 2012 (edited) [quote name='Hobbayne' timestamp='1347307606' post='1799212'] I dont like sunburst with maple fingerboards, it just looks odd to me Ah, but rosewood boards... [/quote] Pretty much spot on there. And especially with tort pickguard, though can be nice with black. Edited September 11, 2012 by Lozz196 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cloudburst Posted September 11, 2012 Author Share Posted September 11, 2012 Could I respectfully request that we keep this thread on topic! ie: all black/red/yellow sunburst is to be avoided like the plague. This is where it starts. First we have Jamerson's P, before you know it someone will be posting pics of Palladino's SR. Well I'm not having it! CB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hobbayne Posted September 12, 2012 Share Posted September 12, 2012 [quote name='cloudburst' timestamp='1347404054' post='1800514'] Could I respectfully request that we keep this thread on topic! ie: all black/red/yellow sunburst is to be avoided like the plague. This is where it starts. First we have Jamerson's P, before you know it someone will be posting pics of Palladino's SR. Well I'm not having it! CB [/quote] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neepheid Posted September 12, 2012 Share Posted September 12, 2012 The only one I've had a major aversion to is Gibson's "Fireburst", which can be pretty horrid (IMO): Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charic Posted September 12, 2012 Share Posted September 12, 2012 [url="https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=suburst+basses&sugexp=chrome,mod%3D7&um=1&ie=UTF-8&hl=en&tbm=isch&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi&authuser=0&ei=229QUN-0Bcey0QWlzIGwBQ&biw=1050&bih=1619&sei=3W9QULTrOKGH0AXnwYDQCg#um=1&hl=en&authuser=0&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=3m9QULfMAaWs0QW82IHICg&ved=0CEYQvwUoAQ&q=sunburst+basses&spell=1&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_cp.r_qf.&fp=4da935fcaadd455b&biw=1050&bih=1619"]Check this out[/url] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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