spiltmilk_2000 Posted August 4, 2015 Posted August 4, 2015 Hey all, quick poll... I'm in the process of spec ing a custom jazz bass. I thought being able to choose the colour would be great but it's giving me a headache :-( It'll be a 66 light relic, rosewood with blocks and binding, body colour headstock... What colour would you go for? Think I've narrowed it down to either... Burgundy mist Daphne blue Lake placid blue Shoreline gold It's a lovely dilemma to have but what would you do?? 8-/ Quote
discreet Posted August 4, 2015 Posted August 4, 2015 Aged Olympic White every time. if I had to choose one from your list, then Shoreline Gold. Quote
spiltmilk_2000 Posted August 4, 2015 Author Posted August 4, 2015 I already have aged Olympic white :-) I agree it's always a corker though and haven't ruled out entirely! Quote
discreet Posted August 4, 2015 Posted August 4, 2015 [quote name='spiltmilk_2000' timestamp='1438690318' post='2836389'] I already have aged Olympic white :-) I agree it's always a corker though and haven't ruled out entirely! [/quote] Ha! I hadn't looked at your sig. Bloody hell... obviously one of each colour, then... Quote
spiltmilk_2000 Posted August 4, 2015 Author Posted August 4, 2015 think Mrs Spiltmilk might have something to say Quote
LewisK1975 Posted August 4, 2015 Posted August 4, 2015 From your list it would be LPB for me, would work really nice with a matching headstock I think... Quote
discreet Posted August 4, 2015 Posted August 4, 2015 [quote name='spiltmilk_2000' timestamp='1438691715' post='2836408'] think Mrs Spiltmilk might have something to say [/quote] If she's anything like the current mrs discreet, she'll say, 'That's nice, dear...' and get on with watching [i]Holby[/i], or some such... Quote
JTUK Posted August 4, 2015 Posted August 4, 2015 My custom colour was going to be a nice sunburst on a decent figured top as you'll see the grain.. with tort plate, RW with MoP blocks and bound. Maybe a different sunburst to stock Fender... so a decent spray job to really set the bass off.. That said... I'm sure LPB, Sea foam and a few others would work for me as well. If you really have carte blanche on the colour..check out Sims and then the websites of Sadowsky or Avella C etc... as they have just that little bit extra in colours, IMO. Quote
spiltmilk_2000 Posted August 4, 2015 Author Posted August 4, 2015 Mrs Discreet sounds like a keeper :-) JTUK - Now you've made me start thinking about which scratch plate should go with each possibility and it's become infantilely harder!!! Not sure I can cope... Quote
dannybuoy Posted August 4, 2015 Posted August 4, 2015 (edited) I've always thought burgundy mist really suited an old Jazz bass. Edited August 4, 2015 by dannybuoy Quote
discreet Posted August 4, 2015 Posted August 4, 2015 Parchment or cream with lpb, burgundy and shoreline. A good tort or white with aged oly white. Quote
Lozz196 Posted August 4, 2015 Posted August 4, 2015 From the colours listed, Daphne Blue, with rosewood neck, and tort plate. Quote
doctorbass Posted August 4, 2015 Posted August 4, 2015 I've just got hold a Shoreline Gold Jazz - gorgeous! White guard and maple neck. Quote
Woodinblack Posted August 4, 2015 Posted August 4, 2015 Has to be one of the blues I guess as the Burgundy Mist and Shoreline gold are clearly hideous colours that no poor bass should suffer the embarrassment of being covered in Quote
tom1946 Posted August 4, 2015 Posted August 4, 2015 Sunset orange, but you would have to have a maple board. (Well I would Quote
discreet Posted August 4, 2015 Posted August 4, 2015 [quote name='spiltmilk_2000' timestamp='1438693296' post='2836430'] Mrs Discreet sounds like a keeper... [/quote] Well I've kept her for nigh-on twenty years... or to be brutally honest, she's kept me! Quote
ead Posted August 5, 2015 Posted August 5, 2015 I've been won over my recent Jazz bass acquisition in Daphne Blue; although I still like the classic 3TSB. Quote
spiltmilk_2000 Posted August 10, 2015 Author Posted August 10, 2015 Think candy apple red might have been added to the list... I thought choosing a custom colour was going to be fun but it's starting to give me sleepless nights! :-) Quote
discreet Posted August 10, 2015 Posted August 10, 2015 [quote name='ColinB' timestamp='1439227299' post='2841053'] euw - no! [/quote] Oh - yes! That's actually Firemist Gold. To the OP - LPB is good, but don't make the mistake of having a tort guard with it... Parchment or cream. Quote
Treb Posted August 10, 2015 Posted August 10, 2015 LPB matching headstock. Pickguard parchment, cream or white perl. White perl usually matches with the block inlays nicely.... Quote
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