Let’s end the argument once and for all!!!!!

donbot

Three ply black & white and naked ladies!
https://i.imgur.com/yoCqPzR.jpg

CHRISB50

On the guitars in the OP, black. 

Bellycaster

The one with the Black guard would look better with the White Guard and vice versa.

munckee

Sonic Blue plus whiteish guard

https://i.imgur.com/dlhNRnZ.jpg

Freebird

donbot said:

Three ply black & white and naked ladies!
https://i.imgur.com/yoCqPzR.jpg

There's no black and she's not naked!

Dominic

Used to love black on butterscotch but come to like white/parchment better

crunchman

White - on a body resprayed in Lake Placid Blue.  I'm bored of butterscotch Teles.

Logie

Black. Contrasts better visually.

TINMAN82

skippy76 said:

Nice one Darren

That’s the telecaster non-identical twin of my strat

jdgm

I have a nice 60s Telecaster.

For years I had a black scratchplate on it but last month while restringing, I replaced it with the original white one.

I really like the white scratchplate now - never used to - although as noted above, a black one gives a nice visual contrast.

But which has the better tone?  

donbot

Freebird said:

donbot said:

Three ply black & white and naked ladies!
https://i.imgur.com/yoCqPzR.jpg

There's no black and she's not naked!

There’s black between the white and she’s naked underneath

longjaw

Lebarque said:

Black when it's a maple board, white when it's rosewood. Simples.

Succinctly put (and correct).

Voxman

springhead said:

dazzajl said:

ThaLebarque said:

Black when it's a maple board, white when it's rosewood. Simples.

This!! But taking into account that a tele should never ever have a rosewood board of course

I just asked Wilko Johnson. He disagrees. 

So does Jimmy Page, George Harrison, Rick Parfett, Jim Root, Denny Dias, Graham Coxon etc.

Nerine

Interesting. 

icu81b4

Black. 

Jota

Whiteguard >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Blackguard

pjf

I honestly don’t know any more. Both are classic. Maybe black 60% of the time.

guitarjack66

I'm quite new to guitars so why do stock photos of guitars,usually electric,generally have to be taken on a farm or building site? Are those low waisted,bum crack showing builders now adding music to their wolf whistles?

poopot

guitarjack66 said:

I'm quite new to guitars so why do stock photos of guitars,usually electric,generally have to be taken on a farm or building site? Are those low waisted,bum crack showing builders now adding music to their wolf whistles?

The ones I posted were in my studio...

the ones Darren posted were taken by me at his workshop which is on a farm...

not stock pics fella!

Puddlesurfer

IMO:

White suits: Teles, Strats, Gold Top LPs.

Black suits SGs, 335s and black LPs.

I removed my 335's pickguard... feels better without it...