Pickguard colour question?

[cocco]

So this is my Lakland Bob Glaub. I love it to death, just never quite been sold on the mint/parchment scratch plate.

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So what should I go for? Tort or black? Either way I'm gonna hit up The Bass Doc.

[Roland Rock]

Black/white/black would be lovely

Lovely bass

[bartelby]

Gold

[Twigman]

tort

[waynepunkdude]

Gold is the only thing that make sunburst even remotely acceptable.

[skej21]

Tort! Its a classic combo for a reason.

[Immo]

I'd go with black... or better, 3-ply b/w/b.
3TS + Tort looks horrid in my book. Black/white/black pickguard looks cool on 3TS, both my 3TS basses are fitted with b/w/b pickguards and never will this change.

[bh2]

Tort

[Hobbayne]

tort

[discreet]

b/w/b. Gold would be good with a maple fb, but not rw... imho.

[Evil Undead]

I'd go with b/w/b

[throwoff]

Throw a curve ball. No plate just a control plate...

[gsgbass]

[size=5][b]Black. [/b][/size]

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[Spike Vincent]

Black.

[chris_b]

[quote name='cocco' timestamp='1383080547' post='2260057']
....So what should I go for? Tort or black?....
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You could get both but for me it's always Tort with a 3TS, the only choice.

[discreet]

Keep the mint guard and refin the body lake placid blue.

[Low End Bee]

Black every time.

[hamfist]

[quote name='waynepunkdude' timestamp='1383081677' post='2260075']
Gold is the only thing that make sunburst even remotely acceptable.
[/quote]

Come on sir, I think that's going a bit far.

There's nothing that makes sunburst acceptable in any way.

[Cosmo Valdemar]

Sensible answer - tort. I don't really like black on sunburst - well, not on a P anyway.
Gold would look great too, like the ones they put on the 50s reissues - Then add the ashtrays and you will look as cool as Duck Dunn.

[Grangur]

[quote name='throwoff' timestamp='1383088286' post='2260177']
Throw a curve ball. No plate just a control plate...
[/quote] + 1

It got lovely wood grain. It's a real shame to cover it at all.

[bh2]

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1383131525' post='2260499']
Keep the mint guard and refin the body lake placid blue.
[/quote]

No... sonic blue!

[bartelby]

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1383131525' post='2260499']
Keep the mint guard and refin the body lake placid blue.
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Gold guard, refin in black and swap the neck for a maple board one!
Job done!

[Lozz196]

Tort

[Dingus]

Tort.

Black on sunburst looks wrong in so much as it refers back tho post -1974 Fenders , a great many of which were , well, crap, for want of a better term , or at least not as good as the ones from the era that had preceded them . The Bass Doc does a fantastic tort plate that is practically identical in hue to that which was very carefully chosen by Lakland to be vintage- correct to go on their U.S.A - made basses . How can anyone knock sunburst/rosewood /tort? It's like knocking bacon , eggs and baked beans or my current Strictly Come Dancing - based fantasy involving Susanna Reid , Rachael Riley and Vanessa Feltz . Some things are just right , and sunburst /rosewood /tort is very much one of them .

Edited October 31, 2013 by Dingus

[Lowender]

Anything but white.