Friends, Romans, Opponauts...Lend Me Your Color Suggestions

"That Bastard Kurtis - An Attempt to Standardize My Username Across Platforms" (thatbastardkurtis5) 09/25/2016 at 16:12 • Filed to: None

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Right, so I as I occasionally do, I’m building a guitar. Specifically I’m building a Telecaster with a maple neck. I thought about going with the standard iconic Butterscotch Blonde (pictured below), but I think I’d rather do it in a unique color.

So what I’d like is pictures of sports cars, muscle cars, family sedans...anything you think would look good on a slab of swamp ash.

I can go with either a black or a vintage white pickguard, so basically any color will work.

TheD0k_2many toys 2little time > That Bastard Kurtis - An Attempt to Standardize My Username Across Platforms 09/25/2016 at 16:19

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Mystic Purple is only choice

Honeybunchesofgoats > That Bastard Kurtis - An Attempt to Standardize My Username Across Platforms 09/25/2016 at 16:21

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LongbowMkII > That Bastard Kurtis - An Attempt to Standardize My Username Across Platforms 09/25/2016 at 16:23

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What color neck?

BvdV - The Dutch Engineer > That Bastard Kurtis - An Attempt to Standardize My Username Across Platforms 09/25/2016 at 16:27

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Seeing a Telecaster is quite flat, I think a colour that looks good on a boxy car would work best.

My vote goes to French racing blue/Gordini Blue.

I think that would work quite well with a (vintage) white pickguard.

Is the guitar a kit you’re building?

whoarder is tellurium > That Bastard Kurtis - An Attempt to Standardize My Username Across Platforms 09/25/2016 at 16:28

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Winning Blue

Edit: Crimson Red...

Maybe some White Diamond...

Audistein > That Bastard Kurtis - An Attempt to Standardize My Username Across Platforms 09/25/2016 at 16:30

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What about a medium-to-dark green? Not too common on guitars. Would look fantastic with either a white or black pickguard, though I would probably go with white for a color like that.

I have a matte black fender strat with a humbucker and the matte finish is a very cool look. It’s worn to be glossy in a few areas but stayed matte in others, and I think that gives it a lot of character (in a good way). Don’t really know how that finish works but it might be worth considering if you can get it. I also have a triple layer white/black/white pickguard witch is a nice touch and something you could consider, though I think that’s less common on tele than strat.

Bandit - destroyed his car > That Bastard Kurtis - An Attempt to Standardize My Username Across Platforms 09/25/2016 at 16:47

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This is what I did since I couldn’t choose a color.

BvdV - The Dutch Engineer > Honeybunchesofgoats 09/25/2016 at 16:54

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Damn, that looks nice, though I think it works better on a Stratocaster than a Telecaster.

Now I’m starting to think about dissasembling my cheapo Stratocaster, and taking it to an Aston approved repairshop near me to have them paint it with some left over paint.

Tim (Fractal Footwork) > That Bastard Kurtis - An Attempt to Standardize My Username Across Platforms 09/25/2016 at 17:20

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I was going to suggest Fiesta red, but then I found this pinkish color I really like browsing Nash Guitars’ website

That Bastard Kurtis - An Attempt to Standardize My Username Across Platforms > LongbowMkII 09/25/2016 at 17:42

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Maple. I can stand rosewood on a Strat, but it looks wrong on a Tele to me.

That Bastard Kurtis - An Attempt to Standardize My Username Across Platforms > Bandit - destroyed his car 09/25/2016 at 17:42

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Whoa, that’s super cool. How did you do that?

That Bastard Kurtis - An Attempt to Standardize My Username Across Platforms > BvdV - The Dutch Engineer 09/25/2016 at 17:44

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French Blue is actually a great idea with aged white.

It isn’t exactly a kit, I bought a body and just got a great deal on a nice Fender Baja neck, so I’ll assemble the rest around those.

That Bastard Kurtis - An Attempt to Standardize My Username Across Platforms > Tim (Fractal Footwork) 09/25/2016 at 17:49

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Kind of a coral pink, that’s not bad looking.

MKVJunkle > That Bastard Kurtis - An Attempt to Standardize My Username Across Platforms 09/25/2016 at 17:50

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I went with surf green when I made mine, but I like the idea of a car color on one. Good luck.

That Bastard Kurtis - An Attempt to Standardize My Username Across Platforms > Audistein 09/25/2016 at 17:51

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I was thinking about a medium metallic green. Not like a BRG but a GREEN, you know? So far French Blue is my favorite suggestion, and a hue you rarely see on Teles.

That Bastard Kurtis - An Attempt to Standardize My Username Across Platforms > MKVJunkle 09/25/2016 at 17:54

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Surf Green is one of my favorite colors, my first build was actually a Surf Green Esquire with a rosewood neck.

My bird IS the word > That Bastard Kurtis - An Attempt to Standardize My Username Across Platforms 09/25/2016 at 18:14

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Tvr sagaris pearlescent. Because why not?

Bandit - destroyed his car > That Bastard Kurtis - An Attempt to Standardize My Username Across Platforms 09/25/2016 at 18:20

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41 pieces of pine all cut to the same size, wood glued together into a body blank. Then it was worked about the same as any other guitar build. Except planing it was awful because you have no wood grain to go with so I just did a lot of work with a belt sander instead. For the finish I used gunstock oil because I needed something that wouldn’t be absorbed by the end grain. Here’s the test fit before it was all oiled and stuff.

That Bastard Kurtis - An Attempt to Standardize My Username Across Platforms > Bandit - destroyed his car 09/25/2016 at 18:35

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Man, that’s awesome looking. What have you got in it for pickups?

Bandit - destroyed his car > That Bastard Kurtis - An Attempt to Standardize My Username Across Platforms 09/25/2016 at 18:45

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Old crappy Chinese ones I had lying around from an old project, I wanted to make sure the body wouldn’t crack in half with string tension applied before I sprang for quality electronics.

Galileo Humpkins (aka MC Clap Yo Handz) > That Bastard Kurtis - An Attempt to Standardize My Username Across Platforms 09/25/2016 at 19:18

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I’m a big fan of Daphne Blue Tele’s myself (along with the classic Blonde). Just put this one together on the mod shop website. Don’t see Daphne Blue with black pickguard and maple neck often.

That Bastard Kurtis - An Attempt to Standardize My Username Across Platforms > Galileo Humpkins (aka MC Clap Yo Handz) 09/25/2016 at 19:40

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I’m a big fan of Pelham Blue on Gibsons, which is almost a metallic Daphne Blue, and I like them with the black like you did there. I did a Strat in a Honda ice blue shade that was pretty similar, I could do something like that again.

Galileo Humpkins (aka MC Clap Yo Handz) > That Bastard Kurtis - An Attempt to Standardize My Username Across Platforms 09/25/2016 at 19:50

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Oh yeah, Pelham Blue is a real looker. If you still have that Strat, maybe they’d be too similar if you wanted to have variety?

That Bastard Kurtis - An Attempt to Standardize My Username Across Platforms > Galileo Humpkins (aka MC Clap Yo Handz) 09/25/2016 at 21:21

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Nah, it’s long gone. I’m going to make a pilgrimage to Advance Auto tomorrow and see what they’ve got for colors. I might actually do color over Butterscotch Blonde, so when it wears it shows color like it was repainted, you know?

PotbellyJoe and 42 others > That Bastard Kurtis - An Attempt to Standardize My Username Across Platforms 09/25/2016 at 21:35

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JPS ALL THE THINGS!!!!!!111

Galileo Humpkins (aka MC Clap Yo Handz) > That Bastard Kurtis - An Attempt to Standardize My Username Across Platforms 09/25/2016 at 22:41

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Nice, I like that idea.

feetinesamady > That Bastard Kurtis - An Attempt to Standardize My Username Across Platforms 09/26/2016 at 04:53

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Sherwood Green

feetinesamady > MKVJunkle 09/26/2016 at 04:56

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Surf Green actually is a car color, as are most early guitar opaques.

That Bastard Kurtis - An Attempt to Standardize My Username Across Platforms > feetinesamady 09/26/2016 at 12:33

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Sherwood Green is a great color, especially aged.