zigzag Posted January 12, 2011 Share Posted January 12, 2011 The green on my new Carvin SH550. [/img] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SG FAN Posted January 12, 2011 Share Posted January 12, 2011 The green on my new Carvin SH550. [/img] That's purdy, Zig;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DamyonLP Posted January 12, 2011 Share Posted January 12, 2011 That's a drool worthy guitar zig congrats! My fav. color recently became heritage cherry sunburst, with black a close, close second. Black guitar, black microcube...*drool* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Notes_Norton Posted January 12, 2011 Share Posted January 12, 2011 Wood, light better than dark possibly cheery stained depending on the guitar. Notes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freak show Posted January 12, 2011 Share Posted January 12, 2011 Impossible to say. It depends on the guitar. But black is a great choice for almost all electrics, although -- as far as I know -- it is technically not a color... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete the Rocker Posted January 12, 2011 Share Posted January 12, 2011 Geez, thats a tough one to answer. On a Les Paul, I like black white and cherry sunburst. On SG's I like black, on Fenders I like sunburst. I guess I'm all over the map. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BryanFoFyan Posted January 12, 2011 Share Posted January 12, 2011 Natural wood grain. specially if its some type of fancy wood. like the guitar below (drool ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jnastynebr Posted January 12, 2011 Share Posted January 12, 2011 Naturals. Does that qualify as a color? +1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RayG Posted January 12, 2011 Share Posted January 12, 2011 au natural for me because it figures! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milod Posted January 12, 2011 Share Posted January 12, 2011 Never really thought about it 'cuz as I've said over and over, playability is my schtick over other stuff. But... 3 variations of sunburst, four a-e are "natural," the solidbody is "natural." The bass is blue. I wouldn't mind other colors, although I'll admit I'm not really into lotza colors. Never did care for the look of goldtop LPs and don't understand in ways why some folks think it's super. But each to their own. m Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LPguitarman Posted January 12, 2011 Share Posted January 12, 2011 I also like to see the wood grain and the flame. Not much for solid color guitars. My favorite would be of course my reverse fireburst (avatar) with Desert Burst, Honey Burst and Heritage Cherry Sunburst and Iced Tea all tied for second. Alpine White would be one exception. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobinTheHood Posted January 12, 2011 Share Posted January 12, 2011 +1 Very nice maple cap! Probably my favorite natural aside from spalted maple. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwi Posted January 12, 2011 Share Posted January 12, 2011 Hard to say for all guitars, but red never fails IMO. Which goes for just about anything really. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L5Larry Posted January 12, 2011 Share Posted January 12, 2011 Hmmmm....let's see... I just can't decide. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tman Posted January 12, 2011 Share Posted January 12, 2011 Natural, especially exotic wood, like Zebrawood. Either satin or gloss finish. For a color, i love white, like on the white Firebird that Johnny Winter played. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lagerfanny Posted January 12, 2011 Share Posted January 12, 2011 For me, Black has the classic longevity appeal but I do look at PRS online and they do some amazing colours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mojorule Posted January 12, 2011 Share Posted January 12, 2011 So many nice ones to choose from! If I had an ES 335, I'd want cherry, unless it was an original or reissue '58 or '59, or a fat neck, in which case I'd want vintage sunburst. If I had a Les Paul standard, I'd want honeyburst, but a custom would have to be in black. And if I had a carved-top LP with P90s, I'd want a goldtop. If I had a full-body jazzer with a mahogany neck (ES 175), I'd want sunburst with a nice simple brown for the neck. If I had a full-body jazzer with a maple neck (L 5), I'd still probably go for burst, but you might talk me into natural or cherry, because the burst always seems to be carried over onto the neck, and it looks cheap to me. It's for that very reason that I cherrysh my Howard Roberts in cherry. The single colour suits that neck better than sunburst. I'm gunning for a slope-shoulder jumbo in sunburst, but if I were looking at an SJ 200, I might well want natural. With Fenders anything goes, but a butterscotch Tele is king. A Gretsch looks best in orange or white. Ah, if I were a rich man, diddle-diddle-diddle-dum. But if I had to choose just one colour, it would have to be vintage sunburst. When I first really fell in love with a guitar, that was the colour that I saw... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jnastynebr Posted January 13, 2011 Share Posted January 13, 2011 Honestly though, color is usually my least concern. When I bought my LP, I was really looking for a gold top, but fell in love with my current #1, even though the natural finish was not very high on my list. I tend to gravitate toward solid colors, but if I found a burst that played and sounded like I wanted it to, it would still come home with me. On a fender, I would go with almost any solid color. At one point I was on the verge of trading my black Stratocaster for one of the MIJ Dinosaur Jr. Jazzmasters, but I just could not get passed the hideous purple sparkle finish. That is the only time color has been a deal-breaker for me. White is really where its at for me. Could be due to Buckethead's choice in finishes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lungimsam Posted January 13, 2011 Share Posted January 13, 2011 Fender: Blue Flower, black, walnut Gibson: heritage cherry, black, walnut Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retrosurfer1959 Posted January 13, 2011 Share Posted January 13, 2011 Koa and bursts, black and most natural wood colors like Cherry. Fenders I really like the aged white ones. I'm not overly particular on color generally, I don't like the Fender pastels at all so all, don't like blue guitars and usually dislike anything with a pattern or graphic built into it. I really like the Gibson gold tops but other sparkle and metallics not so much even silver-bursts for some reason don't do much for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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