miles'tone Posted May 16, 2015 Posted May 16, 2015 Hey all. Well, with the fine weather approaching 🙏 it's nearly time to get outside again for a spot of d.I.y. Refinishing. The question is which colour? I have a: Pbass Maple fingerboard Mint green pickguard So, what say you BC massive? Quote
theyellowcar Posted May 16, 2015 Posted May 16, 2015 Graffiti yellow, sonic blue or surf green for me! Quote
PlungerModerno Posted May 16, 2015 Posted May 16, 2015 How's about an Olympic white? That'd be my pick - provided the body doesn't have a nice ash grain pattern. If I could - I would have a nice ash body, or maybe a lightly flamed maple cap on ash, alder, or another lightish coloured wood. Or maybe not. A mahogany or walnut body could look sweet. Quote
miles'tone Posted May 16, 2015 Author Posted May 16, 2015 Some nice ideas here, cheers. Oly White is not one I'd considered with mint. It works if the mint isn't too dark imo. Seafoam is great and one of my faves. There is so much choice, especially when you look at all the Ral and BS colours too. Quote
miles'tone Posted May 16, 2015 Author Posted May 16, 2015 Not the most exciting given all the choice out there, but black works I think too. Quote
miles'tone Posted May 16, 2015 Author Posted May 16, 2015 [quote name='Norris' timestamp='1431796640' post='2775113'] Primrose would look good with mint [/quote] Yes it would, you're right. The RAL Primrose yellow looks sweet. I can imagine it looking the bomb with tort and rosewood too. Quote
TheGreek Posted May 16, 2015 Posted May 16, 2015 [b][color=#ccffff][size=6]Pastel green[/size][/color][/b] Quote
ukulelelab Posted May 16, 2015 Posted May 16, 2015 metallic blue https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8VkNmcjPHRE Quote
IanA Posted May 16, 2015 Posted May 16, 2015 [quote name='Lozz196' timestamp='1431788877' post='2775030'] Oly white - looks great with maple/mint. [/quote] Oly White and tort is classic..... Quote
mr zed Posted May 17, 2015 Posted May 17, 2015 [quote name='IanA' timestamp='1431813886' post='2775319'] Oly White and tort is classic..... [/quote] This - definitely this! Quote
miles'tone Posted May 17, 2015 Author Posted May 17, 2015 [quote name='IanA' timestamp='1431813886' post='2775319'] Oly White and tort is classic..... [/quote] I absolutely agree. If the bass has a rosewood fingerboard that is. I probably should have mentioned that the minty guard is still on it's way to me as I've just bought it so no tort this time for me. I've had lots of torty basses in my time and I've come to the conclusion that unless it's top quality (and therefore expensive) I'll never be 100% about it. Never had a mint one before so it'll be nice to have a change. The good thing is that I've got a spare decent body to work on this time, so my main bass will remain a player til it's time to switch the bits over. It'll probably be definitely a toss up between seafoam green, sonic blue, egg shell blue, black, aged oly white/pale primrose, or maybe metallic something. I must say,it's getting easier now I've narrowed it down. 😵 Quote
ezbass Posted May 17, 2015 Posted May 17, 2015 Sea Foam Green if you're going classic Fender colours. Quote
JTUK Posted May 17, 2015 Posted May 17, 2015 [quote name='miles'tone' timestamp='1431798092' post='2775143'] Some nice ideas here, cheers. Oly White is not one I'd considered with mint. It works if the mint isn't too dark imo. Seafoam is great and one of my faves. There is so much choice, especially when you look at all the Ral and BS colours too. [/quote] Maple is hard to get really really great ..with regards to a match-up but I'd take a look at what Lakland do with maple set-ups.. So much more choice with RW boards, I think. Quote
jazzyvee Posted May 17, 2015 Posted May 17, 2015 (edited) Hmm I take the paint off and go commando with the natural wood and maybe stain it to enhance the grain, then get a contrasting pick guard. I'm thinking of stripping my black bass back to the flame maple and refinished in a clear coat. Edited May 17, 2015 by jazzyvee Quote
miles'tone Posted May 17, 2015 Author Posted May 17, 2015 [quote name='ukulelelab' timestamp='1431811360' post='2775293'] metallic blue https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8VkNmcjPHRE [/quote] That '57 looks and sounds amazing. I guess it's had a refin to be that sparkley though. Thanks for that, nice curve ball. I hadn't even considered a metalflake finish \m/ . Quote
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