An emarrasingly nerdy question for fans of old style P-basses

[Cat Burrito]

I saw a beautiful combination of the white pickguard on a CIJ Fender 51 P-bass and have got one on order myself - I own the bass so it's just the white pickguard coming from the US on order. I actually use a thumb rest as part of my style situated above the E string between the pickup ashtray cover and the last fret. My question is what colour, ahem, should the thumb rest be? Is black plastic going to look tacky or traditional? Bear in mind it's not in the traditional place. Should I hide this addition by getting a white one OR should I go for a wooden one? Not *my* bass but it will look something like this

Edited August 15, 2009 by BurritoBass

[waynepunkdude]

Black and TBH I think a black pickguard would look great too.

[Cat Burrito]

[quote name='waynepunkdude' post='570067' date='Aug 15 2009, 05:20 PM']Black and TBH I think a black pickguard would look great too.[/quote]


It does but I like to chop & change as it makes my basses look fresher & reduces GAS! At present my bass looks like the attached. I just fancy a change for some gigs...

[bythesea]

I like black but if you want something different you could have a look [url="http://www.classicguitarboxes.com/thumb_rests.php"]here[/url]

[waynepunkdude]

Very pretty TBH giving me a little GAS.

I'm a fan of brightening up basses too.

[steve]

I smugly voted for option 4 - I think you should go chrome

[mrcrow]

black..it can be filthy and still have pazazz

[EdwardHimself]

i like the contrast of the black pickguard so i voted for that one. The white looks nice too though

[chris_b]

Check out www.gbase.com to see how the originals look.

[xilddx]

[quote name='bythesea' post='570073' date='Aug 15 2009, 05:24 PM']I like black but if you want something different you could have a look [url="http://www.classicguitarboxes.com/thumb_rests.php"]here[/url] [/quote]
They are really nice, I had an ebony one on my headless.