Favorite body/pickguard color combinations?

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Favorite body/pickguard color combinations?

Post by javier-san » Sun May 22, 2022 8:21 am

I've got an Abernethy Sonic Empress on order, but am struggling to figure what color body and pickguard I want.

What are you favorite combinations? If you could you post a photo along with it, that'd be great.

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Re: Favorite body/pickguard color combinations?

Post by Veitchy » Sun May 22, 2022 3:09 pm

I'm boring and as such I'm a sucker for a three tone 'burst and a gold anodized pickguard. To me when I imagine a JM that's imediatly what pops into my head, to the extent that I've not bought perfectly good guitars because I wanted a Sunburst one.

Funnily enough, I find myself far more embracing of custom colours now I have a sunburst Jazzmaster. Maybe I got it out of my system.

As far as more vibrant colours go, I love sherwood and cadillac green, and Ice blue metalic is a favorite as well.

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Re: Favorite body/pickguard color combinations?

Post by hexes » Mon May 23, 2022 6:55 pm

british racing green with gold guard
aztec gold and parchment
shoreline and tortoise
sonic blue and white or tortoise
taos turquoise and cream
tahitian coral and parchment
charcoal frost and parchment

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Re: Favorite body/pickguard color combinations?

Post by javier-san » Tue May 24, 2022 12:58 pm

I am starting to love sherwood green with a gold ano guard.

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Re: Favorite body/pickguard color combinations?

Post by javier-san » Tue May 24, 2022 1:02 pm

I do love shell pink with a mint guard:

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I have two shell pink guitars, though...I gotta go with something different.

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Re: Favorite body/pickguard color combinations?

Post by jthomas » Tue May 24, 2022 1:04 pm

Daphne blue with a white pearloid pickguard. (sigh)

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Re: Favorite body/pickguard color combinations?

Post by fuzzjunkie » Tue May 24, 2022 5:52 pm

I prefer black or mint or pick guards for most colors. Not a fan of tortoise except for a few exceptions, like Blonde.

I have liked a few off the wall combos I have seen lately though.

Orange pick guard on a warm grey or metallic silver body.

Red pick guard on a cream or Pearl metallic body.

Blue pick guard on a pale blue guitar.

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Re: Favorite body/pickguard color combinations?

Post by Shadoweclipse13 » Tue May 24, 2022 6:17 pm

Charcoal frost and mint
Fiesta red/coral and mint
Orange with gold pickguard
Olympic white with faded orange tort

Charcoal frost and mint would be my favorite, but there are so many amazing color combinations. A lot of the time, I don't like certain things separately (gold guards or hardware, green guitars (usually)), but sometimes there's a magic when a color scheme comes together.
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Re: Favorite body/pickguard color combinations?

Post by javier-san » Wed May 25, 2022 8:17 am

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Charcoal frost w/tort is a looker

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Re: Favorite body/pickguard color combinations?

Post by marqueemoon » Wed May 25, 2022 8:32 am

Dirty opaque blonde + leopard tort
Burgandy Mist with the correct shade of parchment
British racing green + gold
Daphne Blue + yellowed pearloid

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