Help me pick a Bass VI pickguard...

[Holy Schnikes]

Help me out dudes.

I have a Custom Shop Bass VI coming in next week, NOS Sonic Blue finish with an aged white/mint-ish looking guard. I've seen another with tort that looked badass (a love or hate kinda thing I'm thinking) but I I also LOVE anodized black. I'm gonna post 'em all here, tell me what you would do? Feel free to suggest others.

And I couldn't find a good example with the black anodized guard so I just whipped up a Jag in the Offset Dressing Room, close enough.



This is how it's gonna look when it arrives, NOS finish with the Aged White:




Here it is with the Tort tho that's the aged/yellowed Sonic Blue finish:




And finally Black Anodized:

[foomanfat]

My vote is for the aged white. I feel like it compliments the finish better.
The tort is a little overpowering and kind of mutes more of the blue, but it would be my second choice.

[magiclawnchair]

i also vote for the aged white. that is sharp!

[Chankgeez]

Gonna have to go with minty on this one.

[DADGBD]

Black Ano would look and sound badass! That's going to be a tough one to find though, isn't it?

Just curious... is the custom shop bridge 1" wide, like the originals? I know they didn't used to be.
If not, Staytrem is set to release a 1" version of their bridge.

[Psyre]

yea man, that aged white looks mint. I love mint guards.

[Holy Schnikes]

Yeah, I was perfectly happy with the mint until I got to looking around. This thread is making me go back to that original preference.

Black Ano would look and sound badass! That's going to be a tough one to find though, isn't it?

Just curious... is the custom shop bridge 1" wide, like the originals? I know they didn't used to be.
If not, Staytrem is set to release a 1" version of their bridge.

Truth, black anodized would be nearly impossible to find. Only options I know of are WD's simulated ano (which is just plastic of course) or getting Kevin at EGC to make me one which I don't wanna pay for anyway.

And no, they don't offer the 1" bridge on any Bass VI now days which blows! I have a Mastery to use for now but I'll be all over that Staytrem, thanks for letting me know about it. Proper intonation would be nice. I have their trem bar collet on my Jazzmaster, a littly pricey but works sooooooo much better than the stock piece.


EDIT: Just looked up the Staytrem, WOW, looks badass. Must have!

[Deltaphoenix]

Dat Tort

[hollowhero]

I vote white. Light blue/green guitars look best with white/cream pickguards imo

[THEBEERHAMMER]

I think lubinium would reflect the vibes of the strings realy well and give it a little brighter tone which with the bass vi sounds grrrrreat.........maybe you should get a silver one?

[Bassus Sanguinis]

Mmmmm. The body color isn't what I'd pick in the first place BUT I'd take that tort. Black seems - to me - a tad too contrasting choice.

Also

I think lubinium would reflect the vibes of the strings realy well and give it a little brighter tone which with the bass vi sounds grrrrreat.........maybe you should get a silver one?

fuck yeah!

[Haki]

You should get a blue guard similar to what your Tele had when it arrived.

[Greenfuz]

the answer is always tort

[colin]

I like the mint guard best on it, no question.

[leastwise]

gonna have to go with tort on this one.