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Posted by: mhskeide Oct 16 2009, 10:09 PM

I`m about to buy myself a p-bass for some money I don`t have, but I want to customize it a little bit to make it stand out.

You can see pictures of the pickguards under:

Option 1: http://www.greasygroove.com/proddetail.php?prod=00492-PG-F-S-D-PB

O2: http://www.greasygroove.com/proddetail.php?prod=02242-PG-F-S-D-PB

O3: http://www.greasygroove.com/proddetail.php?prod=02831-PG-F-S-D-PB

O4: http://www.greasygroove.com/proddetail.php?prod=02800-PG-F-S-D-PB

O5: http://www.greasygroove.com/proddetail.php?prod=03062-PG-P-M-C-PB

O6: http://www.greasygroove.com/proddetail.php?prod=03244-PG-P-S-P-PB

EDIT: Black body, maple neck. 100% std!
Thanks for helping

If it has anything to say, I`m currently playing bass in no more than three rock bands... just to tell where the style is

Posted by: ZakkWylde Oct 16 2009, 10:14 PM

Phily Lynnot chrome style or keep it white with the factory pickguard, everything else would look bad!!!

Imho a P-Bass is a traditional instrument with a classic look that shouldn't be meesed up by bright colours and stuff...

Posted by: Sensible Jones Oct 16 2009, 10:18 PM

I think it all depends on what colour the Body and Fretboard are!

Posted by: mhskeide Oct 16 2009, 10:27 PM

Forgot to mention!

Black body, maple neck

100 % std

And kinda agree with ZakkWylde, I don`t want any too fancy colours in there. But it would be pretty funny with a cowgirl on the guard (funny was not the word I wanted to use, but I don`t know of any translations for the norwegian word "harry")

Posted by: UncleSkillet Oct 16 2009, 10:53 PM

Voted for the Lynnot chrome style !

I kind off agree with Zak also. Any of those others would just be tacky imho.

Posted by: Rated Htr Oct 17 2009, 01:04 AM

Lynnot as well

Posted by: Bogdan Radovic Oct 17 2009, 01:04 AM

I think classic white pickguard would look best but I voted for "orion nebula" since it looks cool hehehe But I think its best to go with standard white or in color of the maple fingerboard.

Posted by: vampire18 Oct 17 2009, 07:30 AM

id say eiter chrome or orion nebula, and btw it might be tacky for other gutiarists but other people will just appreciate the cool pick guard, thogh i gotta say if you had rosewood any of them would be perf but the maple kinda gives it an old school look

Posted by: Boson Oct 17 2009, 09:10 AM

I voted for the Lynnot chrome pickguard. On a black body it will look awsome.

I saw Phil with this in about 1978 at Liverpool Empire. He had a neat trick. He would use the mirrod pick guard to reflect a spotlight back onto the audience picking out people in the crowd.

Posted by: NoSkill Oct 17 2009, 01:40 PM

I'm the wrong guy to ask, as my bass is black with a white pick guard. I'm a traditionalist, it seems, as I prefer classic guitar shapes, and not too much garish stuff. However, the Lynnot chrome is pretty cool. The rest looks like what you'd paint on the nose of a World War II bomber. I kinda dig that transparent one, a bit, though. That might look kinda cool.

Posted by: OzRob Oct 18 2009, 11:42 AM

1) You play in a rock band?

2) You're being advised to go conservative and traditional?

Bzzt...Crackle.....splzt....."Does not compute"

Posted by: mhskeide Oct 18 2009, 09:26 PM

I didn`t quite get that one

But yeah, I play in a couple of rock bands, and most guitar players I play with tend to like it traditional.

But I like to stand out a bit , which is why I`m even considering that nebula pickguard