Black and White World

[cytania]

So there was I looking through Ibanez's 2008 catalogue (great download area they have) for a second bass and it struck me. Where were all the candy sparkle colours of old? Well there were a few but I was suddenly struck that most basses were black, white or gray.

Looking at a jazz and precision project and again I was struck by the fact that although Fender has a huge range of colours most of the standard basses are B&W variations. Perhaps I could get a red tortoiseshell plate to liven things up Glenn Matlock style, but pickup covers again were monochome.

Is this something to do with playing bass or the current metal band endorsees (Slipknot [shudder])? When will rock bass reconnect with it's inner hippy?

[JimBobTTD]

Strange...I was looking at Ibanez basses (namely the SR and SRX basses) and wondering why they were all fancy wood jobbies. Where are the solid colours? My absolute favourite is white, but I couldn't see any on the website.

[cytania]

BTB470, SR300, ICB2000EX and GSR200 all com in PW models, PW=piano white in Ibanese. Hmm, only 4...

[ahpook]

all basses should be black.

[ashevans09]

Or purple

[noelk27]

I'm quite partial to magenta, and indigo, and a splash of cerise now and again.

[JimBobTTD]

[quote name='cytania' post='292401' date='Sep 26 2008, 08:55 AM']BTB470, SR300, ICB2000EX and GSR200 all com in PW models, PW=piano white in Ibanese. Hmm, only 4...[/quote]

I like the SR shape, but the 300 (and the whole GSR range) seems a bit cheap to me. I have an SRX500 with flame maple veneer front in grey...yeah, it's nice, but I'd rather have it in white. I must be a solid-colours chap.