MM Stingray 62 Posted September 2, 2021 Share Posted September 2, 2021 What’s your favourite finish on a bass. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyTravis Posted September 2, 2021 Share Posted September 2, 2021 Lake Placid Blue 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maude Posted September 2, 2021 Share Posted September 2, 2021 I love all sorts of finishes but always end up at vintage white with a black scratchplate. Classic and classy. 😎👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ped Posted September 2, 2021 Share Posted September 2, 2021 Black and maple 6 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reggaebass Posted September 2, 2021 Share Posted September 2, 2021 Olympic/vintage white , all day long ☝️ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MM Stingray 62 Posted September 2, 2021 Author Share Posted September 2, 2021 I think some basses look better than others in a certain finish. I’ve never been a big fan of the natural finish but I really like it on a Stingray. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reggaebass Posted September 2, 2021 Share Posted September 2, 2021 The grey sparkle looks cool too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hellzero Posted September 2, 2021 Share Posted September 2, 2021 Natural as I love the look of wood. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NancyJohnson Posted September 2, 2021 Share Posted September 2, 2021 Matt black. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trueno Posted September 2, 2021 Share Posted September 2, 2021 Candy apple red with a black scratchplate. Or any red with an off-white scratchplate…. Just like my two basses. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neepheid Posted September 2, 2021 Share Posted September 2, 2021 I guess I've always been a sucker for trans cherry red. Metallics also work great for me. Gloss black offset with cream binding is a strong look too. Oh whoops, I've just described my current basses, my first bass and probably about half the basses I've ever owned Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaosanator Posted September 2, 2021 Share Posted September 2, 2021 Blue sparkle 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OliverBlackman Posted September 2, 2021 Share Posted September 2, 2021 Blizzard Pearl or gloss black or a fancy figured top. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodwind Posted September 2, 2021 Share Posted September 2, 2021 (edited) Not what I play, but my ideal is a dark natural (non-coffee table) wood with just shellac over oil or wax finish with an ebony fingerboard. Failing that a black finish. My bass is a tobacco burst which I can tolerate. It has a black pickguard (and ramp) but my preference is no pickguard and a ramp that matches rhe body Edited September 2, 2021 by Woodwind 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 2, 2021 Share Posted September 2, 2021 Currently obsessed with Spanish Copper Metallic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lozz196 Posted September 2, 2021 Share Posted September 2, 2021 2 hours ago, ped said: Black and maple Yup 👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean-Luc Pickguard Posted September 2, 2021 Share Posted September 2, 2021 It very much depends on the bass. Daphne blue on a mustang. Alpine white on a thunderbird Transparent red on a mahogany bodied semiacoustic or clear transparent on a maple bodied semiacoustic black on a steinberger (or hohner) cricket bat Then each bass/colour will need a specific pickguard colour (if it has a pickguard of course) to complete the look... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Krow Posted September 2, 2021 Share Posted September 2, 2021 3 hours ago, Reggaebass said: Olympic/vintage white , all day long ☝️ 3 hours ago, Reggaebass said: The grey sparkle looks cool too I guess the latter is for night time only then? 😁 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newfoundfreedom Posted September 3, 2021 Share Posted September 3, 2021 Natural for me. I can live with a fine colour wash that still shows the grain. I can't stand anything painted. It always feels cheap to me. I know in reality the opposite is probably true. But I grew up playing really crap instruments that were always painted bright and shiny colours to make them look better than they were. I know that in reality, this has nothing to do with a good quality, well painted instrument. I just can't get over the ingrained feeling that paint = cheap and tacky. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geek99 Posted September 3, 2021 Share Posted September 3, 2021 Agree and quite also like telecaster bass butterscotch blonde 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cato Posted September 3, 2021 Share Posted September 3, 2021 36 minutes ago, Newfoundfreedom said: But I grew up playing really crap instruments that were always painted bright and shiny colours to make them look better than they were. I know that in reality, this has nothing to do with a good quality, well painted instrument. I just can't get over the ingrained feeling that paint = cheap and tacky. I have a similar thing with black basses with white pickguards. Doesn't mater if it's a vintage pre CBS precision in mint condition , it will still remind me of the Encores in the Argos catalogue when I was a kid. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FinnDave Posted September 3, 2021 Share Posted September 3, 2021 Sunburst, rosewood 'board & tort plate. I've got three Jazz Basses like that. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reggaebass Posted September 3, 2021 Share Posted September 3, 2021 7 hours ago, Al Krow said: I guess the latter is for night time only then? 😁 The starry night stingray is for night time playing 😁 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul S Posted September 3, 2021 Share Posted September 3, 2021 11 hours ago, ped said: Black and maple All day long. The only basses I own currently that aren't black and maple don't come in black and maple. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 3, 2021 Share Posted September 3, 2021 1 hour ago, Newfoundfreedom said: But I grew up playing really crap instruments that were always painted bright and shiny colours to make them look better than they were. I grew up playing a natural finish guitar and found the refined tastefulness of its appearance jarred with the noises I was making with it. One day the ghost of my teenage self with be avenged and all those pretty strips of wood will disappear under a nice thick coat of blazing red. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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