JPAC Posted April 8, 2009 Share Posted April 8, 2009 (edited) What colour bass guitar do you prefer? Edited April 8, 2009 by JPAC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neepheid Posted April 8, 2009 Share Posted April 8, 2009 No specific love for Surf Green? Poor show! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JPAC Posted April 8, 2009 Author Share Posted April 8, 2009 (edited) [quote name='neepheid' post='457137' date='Apr 8 2009, 10:25 AM']No specific love for Surf Green? Poor show! [/quote] OK green added but there's lots of other colours. Edited April 8, 2009 by JPAC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveO Posted April 8, 2009 Share Posted April 8, 2009 voted red, don't know why. My main bass is red but I've been looking lustfully at a black stinkray for the last 8 months. As there's a natural finish one next to it and I want the black one then maybe I should have chosen black. Damn. I want to change to black now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xilddx Posted April 8, 2009 Share Posted April 8, 2009 (edited) Fretted basses should be black, fretless basses should be white. Therefore your poll is incorrect and you should rethink it and start again. I will help you if you need me to. As you can see, my fretless is natural wood so I need to have it refinished, any recommendations for a supplier of such a service? Edited April 8, 2009 by silddx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chelios Posted April 8, 2009 Share Posted April 8, 2009 Black, Red and au natural for me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neepheid Posted April 8, 2009 Share Posted April 8, 2009 [quote name='JPAC' post='457148' date='Apr 8 2009, 10:32 AM']OK green added but here's lots of other colours. [/quote] I was only winding you up. I really do want to make a surf green bass though. I have an idea germinating which involves an old Ibanez (allegedly), Hagstrom pickups and surf green nitrocellulose lacquer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oscar South Posted April 8, 2009 Share Posted April 8, 2009 Wood with a black or maroon stain. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Funk Posted April 8, 2009 Share Posted April 8, 2009 Natural. A slab of walnut, bubinga, zebrano or macasser ebony looks great! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WarPig Posted April 8, 2009 Share Posted April 8, 2009 [quote name='Chelios' post='457172' date='Apr 8 2009, 10:57 AM']Black, Red and au natural for me [/quote] +1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~tl Posted April 8, 2009 Share Posted April 8, 2009 Would "Graduated fade" be sunburst? If so, sign me up for a little of that... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Golchen Posted April 8, 2009 Share Posted April 8, 2009 No direct answer for me. I like natural wood, but I also like to see a sunburst type fade on it as well. I voted fade as I've just bought a jazz bass with sunburst finish and it's the bizz! Don't like loud colours. I think that a poll would be better if it had categories like: loud colours, natural finish, traditional/vintage, earthy colours etc rather than specifics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigRedX Posted April 8, 2009 Share Posted April 8, 2009 Depends entirely on the bass. I think I have pretty much every common colour from natural through to multi-coloured solids (but no Fender-style sunbursts) in my bass collection. However I tend to favour solid metallic/sparkle finishes or transparent over figured wood to bring out the grain. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PauBass Posted April 8, 2009 Share Posted April 8, 2009 Always black or natural for me, thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yorick Posted April 8, 2009 Share Posted April 8, 2009 Black for me, but i've just seen a Precision in CAR and :wub: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunderthumbs Posted April 8, 2009 Share Posted April 8, 2009 3 of my 5 basses are natural wood so it was a no brainer, although I am partial to coloured finishes where the grain of the wood can be seen. Not keen on flat paints (unless it's black like my Precision). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spike Posted April 8, 2009 Share Posted April 8, 2009 Sunburst!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deep Thought Posted April 8, 2009 Share Posted April 8, 2009 If it's cheap-don't care. If I'm ordering it new-any colour you like as long as it's black. Have, however, seen a couple of sunbursts recently which I was quite taken by. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAY AGAINST THE MACHINE Posted April 8, 2009 Share Posted April 8, 2009 After a yellow one someday. Also like the surf green like the billy sheehan attitude Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pissman Posted April 8, 2009 Share Posted April 8, 2009 Purple! Woo! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Lee Van Cleef Posted April 9, 2009 Share Posted April 9, 2009 Natural, looks classy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JPAC Posted April 10, 2009 Author Share Posted April 10, 2009 After two days there seems to be a clear winner, natural wood. My reason for the poll is that I decided on a bass (GSR200FM) only to find out that the colour I wanted, Tri-fade burst (Sunburst) wasn't available in the UK and has now been discontinued as well. This was supposed to be made of mahogany instead of agathis, if that makes a big difference. So the choice for an Ibanez GSR200 was black, red, white or blue. Using the results from this poll, it's not one of the top choices anyway. The search continues, is the SR300FM any good? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thinman Posted April 10, 2009 Share Posted April 10, 2009 I reckon there's (often - not always) a correlation between finish and type of music played: Jazz/funk and sometimes poodle-perm euro rock - natural Punk, new wave, indie - black or white, patterned Oldies, soul, indi - sunburst Bright metallic - metal Any more? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spoombung Posted April 10, 2009 Share Posted April 10, 2009 Where's PINK on your list? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean-Luc Pickguard Posted April 10, 2009 Share Posted April 10, 2009 Graduated fade? You're new at this aren't you? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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