Fender Jazz Scratchplate: Tort or Black? Your vote counts!

[Chris Sharman]

Evening,

following on from the work I have just had done on my Westone fretless I am now looking at my MIM jazz with itchy wallet.

The Jazz is green (sage?) and has a white scratchplate fitted. I was thinking about replacing it the moment I bought it with a black one but Mrs S has had her way until now and I have not done anything to it other than a re-string. I am now looking to restring with flats having tried and loved them on my fretless and also after playing them on a Jazz at the East Mids Bass Bash and I figured now is the ideal time to have a go and do some of the other stuff I have thought about doing.

So, learned purveyors of low frequency groovage I ask for your opinion on;

a) Black or tortoiseshell plate on a sage green Jazz with Rosewood fretboard?
Bridge pickup cover; Yay or Nay?
c) Recommended flats to go on a Jazz bearing in mind I am used to Rotosound 66 rounds so far on my Jazz and TI Jazz flats on my fretless.



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[Donnyboy]

Mmh , tort but what about a duck egg ( or whatever its called) option?
Any pics?

[basshead56]

Black with bridge ashtray cover!!!

[bh2]

Mint or pearl with covers.

My P is teal green metallic, looks super with pearl.

[Horizontalste]

Black & without covers.

[Lozz196]

Tort, it can only be tort.

[Green Alsatian]

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Mint or pearl with covers.[/quote]

Absolutely this!

Here are some pics of sage green Jazz basses with your two options:

[Angel]

Tort

[darren]

Brown tort

[bh2]

Here's teal green with pearl...

[Chris Sharman]

Mmmm...so many decisions.

I have to say I find the tortoiseshell to sit very well with the rosewood but the black looks more dramatic and I think black would suit the pickup cover better but your photos have given me much food for thought.

Thanks all, Keep 'em coming.

[Matt P]

Mint or pearl for me, not usually a fan of pearl but it looks great the photo above.

[gsgbass]

A Tort on a fretless.

Edited February 9, 2015 by gsgbass

[Roland Rock]

As long as you don't palm mute, I'd say tort with the ashtray. Proper retro.
The jazz you tried at the bash wasn't zero9's Warmouth/Status job, was it? That was a lovely bass!

[Chris Sharman]

It was indeed zero9's jazz. Made me want to kit my jazz out with flats and pickup cover.

[karlfer]

Gold anodised

[theyellowcar]

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Gold anodised
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Of your options, Tort. If it were me, white pearl!

[Geek99]

Red tort

[paul_5]

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Of your options, Tort. If it were me, white pearl!
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This.


[size=2]or mint green...[/size]

Edited May 29, 2014 by paul_5

[GCYPbass]

+1 for Tort. Black pearl would be another option for me though.

[skywalker]

I have d'addario jazz flats on a Squier CV, lovely.

[Jono Bolton]

I've thought about tort for my Sage Green Metallic Jazz, but I always end up staying with white, although my scratchplate has gone somewhat creamy. I personally hate the colour, I wish I'd never got it, but it was the only one in the shop and I was mightily hungover when I bought it and didn't want to leave empty handed.

Edited May 30, 2014 by Jono Bolton

[Jono Bolton]

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Of your options, Tort. If it were me, white pearl!
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I also tried white pearl, it didn't float my boat and the white went back on.

[bh2]

If you're not keen on pearl or white then I'd go mint.... prob anything but tort.

[Noisyjon]

I would go for the Black/White/Black guard on that bass.