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FDP Forum / Guitar Mods, Repairs, and Projects / Color me a partscaster (surf green content)
FDP Forum / Guitar Mods, Repairs, and Projects / Color me a partscaster (surf green content)
tiller2
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Washington, DCJul 21st, 2010 04:19 PM Edit Profile Print Topic Search
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What is the best pickguard color for my surf green Fender body and rosewood Warmoth neck?
Choices are: White, black, or tortoise red (I've put pics of the first two in my profile, see linky).
Considerations: a white pg is classic and cool with the green plus white binding, but the rosewood board and the strongly tinted maple headstock might abridge the classic look, so I'm wondering if I should take a different path.
The black pg gives the guitar some attitude. But is it radical just to be radical? I am not planning to have more than one surf green guitar.
What about a red tortoise pg, as an eclectic, in-between path? Red and green go together naturally, and these are both sophisticated versions of those colors.
The tinted headstock is a feature I am stuck with, for the present. So please opine on whether one pickguard color does a better job at pulling the overall look of the guitar together. Thanks.
tiller2
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Washington, DCJul 21st, 2010 04:22 PM Edit Profile Print Topic Search
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Here's another choice. Sorry for the oversize photos.
myshka
CanadaJul 21st, 2010 04:26 PM Edit Profile Print Topic Search
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I have cream pearl on mine ..
just sayn'
tiller2
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Washington, DCJul 21st, 2010 04:33 PM Edit Profile Print Topic Search
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"I have cream pearl on mine .."
Hadn't thought of that one; then there's yellow pearl. These combos strain my color imagination. I have trouble matching ties with shirts, too.
Peegoo
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That chicken
is WRONG, baby.Jul 21st, 2010 07:16 PM Edit Profile Print Topic Search
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Cream pearl on Smurf Green
wrnchbndr
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New Jersey
saving the otters one guitar at a timeJul 22nd, 2010 06:06 AM Edit Profile Print Topic Search
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Yo dude, its gotta be cream ya know. Cream fits because often when you see a surf green its actually an original blue that has aged and ambered. The acompanying white or white pearl pickguard has ambered also resulting in a cream. My last surf green guitar was really a robbins egg blue with a coat of neck amber. I did this on purpose so that evenually the wear points on the body would yield the blue and the white primer undercoat.
tiller2
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Washington, DCJul 22nd, 2010 08:02 AM Edit Profile Print Topic Search
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I'm diggin the cream pearl right now. It fits the surf vibe and seems to pull all the other colors together.
Thanks guys ... er, dudes.
teledeluxe
Chicago, IL
2 wrongs don't make a right/3 lefts doJul 22nd, 2010 08:42 AM Edit Profile Print Topic Search
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I like mint on surf green.
tiller2
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Washington, DCJul 22nd, 2010 09:07 AM Edit Profile Print Topic Search
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"I like mint on surf green."
Me too, but the yellowish tint on the headstock clashes, IMO. So I've ordered the cream pearloid.
Thanks. Now I have to practice up on soldering and get this puppy together.
tiller2
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Washington, DCJul 22nd, 2010 09:13 AM Edit Profile Print Topic Search
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And Peegoo, Wave Spy is THE perfect guitar. You will never surpass that one, which is sad in a way ;^)
Telemundo
USAJul 22nd, 2010 09:37 AM Edit Profile Print Topic Search
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Not being a toiletoid fan, I like plain parchment. What the interior designers call "Antique white."
myshka
CanadaJul 22nd, 2010 06:20 PM Edit Profile Print Topic Search
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My work here is done ...
tiller2
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Washington, DCJul 22nd, 2010 06:30 PM Edit Profile Print Topic Search
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"My work here is done ..."
Come back again sometime, mysterious stranger.
Peegoo
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That chicken
is WRONG, baby.Jul 22nd, 2010 06:44 PM Edit Profile Print Topic Search
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myshka departs on foot, northbound across the frozen tundra and disappears in the mist.
myshka
CanadaJul 24th, 2010 07:54 AM Edit Profile Print Topic Search
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"who was that caped man ?"
Peegoo
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That chicken
is WRONG, baby.Jul 24th, 2010 08:03 PM Edit Profile Print Topic Search
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Some call me...
tiller2
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Washington, DCJul 25th, 2010 09:53 AM Edit Profile Print Topic Search
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Ha! didn't expect this thread to morph into a ""B movie. Popcorn please.
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