Call me picky .....

[thumbo]

I vote black! Black and red looks grrreat.

[MikeP]

+1 on Thumbo, but Gold might look good, its a tough descision

[Machines]

White perloid for me - anything else wouldn't go with that lovely bright red.

[NickThomas]

I vote pearloid white too.
Just did a "build a bass" thing on the ernie ball website, and those colours go well together

Edited May 17, 2007 by NickThomas

[AFKT]

black all the way, black on red is fresh underwear country

JP.

[P-T-P]

Personally I quite like the white, definitely would like mint green like on my old JO5. Gold with CAR is another classic combo and a brown tortoiseshell looks great too and very distinctive.

[wizbat]

Try these guys out
[url="http://myworld.ebay.co.uk/auroraproject-co-uk/"]http://myworld.ebay.co.uk/auroraproject-co-uk/[/url]

[wizbat]

Hopefully soon I shall have a black guard on my jetglo ric 4003 lit blue

[BargyBass]

Tort... The nice brownie yellowy one to be technical..
Saw it on a Squier once and was quite struck...

[krazy_olie]

Normally I like black on red, but in this case I really think chrome would work.

[Crikey!]

i reckon white pearloid...or black, but that might turn out looking cheap.. =S

gold on red just looks cheesy in my opinion, like the fender deluxe thingy mijigs.

[Lfalex v1.1]

[quote name='nash' post='206' date='May 17 2007, 09:55 AM']black perliod?[/quote]

Yes. Black Pearl would look nice.

Ideally, BPearl/white/black 3ply...

[loudandclear]

I have to say IMO white perloid would look very good on that bass....

[Treeb]

[quote name='loudandclear' post='1302' date='May 18 2007, 11:50 AM']I have to say IMO white perloid would look very good on that bass....[/quote]
+1 ... [b]very[/b] good ...

[obbm]

Thanks for all your suggestions.

Firstly I'm not a pearly person. The Lakland Jerry Scheff I owned for a while had a pearl guard on CAR and it looked rather old fashioned. You might want to debate that but I don't. I'm old but I'm not old fashioned.

I know gold anodised is very traditional for a CAR body but gold doesn't really go with chrome hardware does it. Ideally a chrome guard would be great but where can you get one of those? I'm currently thinking either gloss black or silver which would go well with the hardware.

[gadget]

I'd go with the white perloid!

I used to have a metallic Purple Stingray and the white Perloid plate really made it look like an expensive bass! Think it adds a hint of quality and depth!

Cheers
Big G!

[gadget]

Sorry, Hadn't seen your reply OBBM! Oh well! Go with dayglo Orange plate!

Cheers
Big G!

[Chop]

White pearloid or Tort for me

[BigRedX]

[quote name='obbm' post='1396' date='May 18 2007, 01:35 PM']Ideally a chrome guard would be great but where can you get one of those?[/quote]


Try:

[url="http://www.simscustom.com/html/scratchplate_files/scratchplates.html"]Sims Custom Shop[/url]

I did have a couple of others bookmarked but they don't seem to exist any more.