What colours look good with a maple neck/fretboard.

Iommic Pope · Post by **Iommic Pope** » Sun Jul 24, 2016 11:55 pm

So I got this old Dr. Parts maple/maple strat style neck I wanna build a body for.
Thinking some kind of telemaster/Soviet Aelita kind of shape.
What colours look good with a maple fret board?
I gotta steer away from black, everything I own is black and I wanna break it up.

Even though black looks hot.

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Mudfuzz · Post by **Mudfuzz** » Mon Jul 25, 2016 12:16 am

orange

popvulture · Post by **popvulture** » Mon Jul 25, 2016 12:56 am

I have a shoreline gold strat and a blonde tele, both of which have maple necks--I think both of those combos look great. I also think the blacked out strat with maple neck looks killer.

Lastly I think it's kind of dweeby if you're aping Gilmour and have the black body/guard w white pickup covers and knobs, but if you're doing something unrelated I think that look is pretty damn sweet.

Edit--misread the strat neck line and thought you were thinking a strat style body as well, but I think my comments would still apply.

popvulture · Post by **popvulture** » Mon Jul 25, 2016 1:01 am

Haha man those Aelitas are crazy! Wasn't familiar

goroth · Post by **goroth** » Mon Jul 25, 2016 1:21 am

I like that cream off white on Yngwie's guitars.
Yeah, it's not the most exciting choice but it's classy as.

Iommic Pope · Post by **Iommic Pope** » Mon Jul 25, 2016 1:50 am

Mudfuzz wrote:orange

I was thinking orange with a blue or white pick guard. So....

Popv: blonde is hot when done right. I know what you mean about the Gilmour thing, looks great but trying to avoid it.

Goroth: like Olympic white? That was up for consideration but I don't know what colour pick guard I'd go with.

backwardsvoyager · Post by **backwardsvoyager** » Mon Jul 25, 2016 1:55 am

i would go with natural, or like a walnut stain. with black appointments. 70s fender style i guess.

Mudfuzz · Post by **Mudfuzz** » Mon Jul 25, 2016 2:00 am

Iommic Pope wrote:Goroth: like Olympic white? That was up for consideration but I don't know what colour pick guard I'd go with.

I'd did wood [ash] on the one I put together in that color

Iommic Pope · Post by **Iommic Pope** » Mon Jul 25, 2016 2:30 am

backwardsvoyager wrote:i would go with natural, or like a walnut stain. with black appointments. 70s fender style i guess.

Could be cool if I can get a nice chunk of wood, and I don't fuck up shaping it

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Mudfuzz wrote:
Iommic Pope wrote:Goroth: like Olympic white? That was up for consideration but I don't know what colour pick guard I'd go with.
I'd did wood [ash] on the one I put together in that color

That's pretty cool. I hadn't thought about that option.

Hyphen Nation · Post by **Hyphen Nation** » Mon Jul 25, 2016 3:08 am

Lake Placid Blue
Blonde
Sonic Blue
Firemist Silver
Inca Silver
Aztec Gold
Ocean Turquoise Metallic
Sherwood Green

boomslang · Post by **boomslang** » Mon Jul 25, 2016 5:34 am

Black, but it'll look very Geddy Lee (which is okay). Red will look passable and quite striking. Navy blue would be great. Agreed on the natural walnut, and agreed on Sherwood Green.

gnomethrone · Post by **gnomethrone** » Mon Jul 25, 2016 5:47 am

Hyphen Nation wrote:
Sherwood Green

Iommic Pope · Post by **Iommic Pope** » Mon Jul 25, 2016 6:39 am

Of those Fender colours, the greens are definitely ahead, as is firemist silver.
Thanks Hyphen!

The idea of doing a proper sheet of copper on top to oxydise has also struck me:

Regular copper paint is nice, too:

rustywire · Post by **rustywire** » Mon Jul 25, 2016 6:45 am

popvulture · Post by **popvulture** » Mon Jul 25, 2016 10:57 am

The walnut w black appointments suggestion = chubber

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