What guitar colour are you most drawn to?

Neil · January 2014

Ice cream pastel colours on Fenders definitely.

Stuff like Daphne blue, Surf green and Shell pink evokes those old '50 cars and period.

I don't like any Fender with fancy wood finish, just looks wrong to me.

ICBM · January 2014

stickyfiddle said:
Yeah, but black always does. And there's Candy Apple Red, which is basically sparkly cherry

Totally agree on black... that's why it was my first choice

. Any guitar looks good in black, even acoustics.

I'm not a huge fan of Candy Apple, even on Fenders. There's a fine line between it looking classy and looking cheap.

ThePrettyDamned · January 2014

ICBM said:

stickyfiddle said:
Yeah, but black always does. And there's Candy Apple Red, which is basically sparkly cherry

Totally agree on black... that's why it was my first choice . Any guitar looks good in black, even acoustics.

I'm not a huge fan of Candy Apple, even on Fenders. There's a fine line between it looking classy and looking cheap.

I like a nice satin black, matte black or a thinner nitro or poly type black, but a lot of thicker poly finishes in black can make the guitar look like it's... Well, plastic, that other colours don't seem to manage.

But I agree that black is the most accessible finish, works well for going from your death metal band to the smooth jazz improv next door :P

John_P · January 2014

Some reason I'm drawn to transparent black/grey finishes.

I quite like a sparkly candy red and orange though

octatonic · January 2014

It has always been odd to me that I end up favouring black guitars.

I don't like black guitars, particularly.

Actually I'm kinda sick of them.

But all of the significant guitars before the Forshage were black.

1987 Kinman Telecaster- black.

1989 PRS Custom - black.

Tom Anderson Classic - black.

These are the guitars that I did a lot of work on and played/gigged loads.

The Forshage though is a brown/root beer colour and I'm very happy with it.

stickyfiddle · January 2014

ICBM said:

stickyfiddle said:
Yeah, but black always does. And there's Candy Apple Red, which is basically sparkly cherry

Totally agree on black... that's why it was my first choice . Any guitar looks good in black, even acoustics.

I'm not a huge fan of Candy Apple, even on Fenders. There's a fine line between it looking classy and looking cheap.

True enough. I only include red to sort out 335s and SGs, which look dull in black.

Tbh as long as it isn't uber-flamed or quilted or tropical colours I'm easy

rockmonster · January 2014

jd0272 said:

rockmonster;120684" said:
I'm not sure what I'm attracted to but I really hate green guitars!

Y'see, I'm not a green fan either, but I love the look of Candy Apple Green. No idea what I'd put the colour on, but it's lovely.

Not a red fan, but like Dakota Red. Pelham Blue. White Blonde. Black.

Ha ha! I don't mind candy apple green either especially on Kawasakis!
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ICBM · January 2014

stickyfiddle said:
True enough. I only include red to sort out 335s and SGs, which look dull in black.

Nah, 335s and SGs look evil in black! Although SGs look evil in cherry too

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randomhandclaps · January 2014

ICBM said:

Any guitar looks good in black,
even acoustics.

No, no, no, no, no, no, no!!

IanSavage · January 2014

Can't really disagree with not many guitars looking 'wrong' in black, although I'd still take a natural/butterscotch Telecaster over a black one...just...

ICBM · January 2014

randomhandclaps said:

ICBM said:

Any guitar looks good in black,
even acoustics.
No, no, no, no, no, no, no!!

Yes.

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ThePrettyDamned · January 2014

ICBM said:

randomhandclaps said:

ICBM said:

Any guitar looks good in black,
even acoustics.
No, no, no, no, no, no, no!!
Yes.

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bertie · January 2014

no and that last one has more than proved it.

acoustics should always be natural wood..............electrics shouldnt, ever.

for electrics I prefer warm colours, lighter bursts, reds/ambers and cream for strats - hate blue, hate green especially the "surf" types

ThePrettyDamned · January 2014

bertie said:

no and that last one has more than proved it.

acoustics should always be natural wood..............electrics shouldnt, ever.

for electrics I prefer warm colours, lighter bursts, reds/ambers and cream for strats - hate blue, hate green especially the "surf" types

Other than the inlays, I really like the MT sig Ovation... But Ovation will always polarise.

In real life, the matte black looks great, and it's awesome hearing an acoustic strung in drop A.

bertie · January 2014

*weeps*

stickyfiddle · January 2014

Balls to that Slipknot thing but Martins and Hummingbirds look brilliant in black.

fretfinder · January 2014

Balls to black acoustics. They should all be natural, except for J45-type guitars in sunburst of course.

Strats with maple boards - two-tone sunburst.

Strats with rosewood boards - three-tone sunburst.

Maple board Teles - butterscotch.

Rosewood board Teles - three-tone sunburst with body binding.

Les Pauls - sunburst or gold, although Customs need to be black.

Actually I don't mind a few of the Fender custom colours, but not on my guitars - although I did inherit an early 80s Tokai Strat in ice blue metallic!

Bellycaster · January 2014

I Likes in Equal Measures.

Reds, Blues, Purples, White, Cherryburst, Honeyburst, Sunburst(3 tone), Surf, Foam and Aqua Greens.

I would avoid.

Sunburst( 2 tone), Black, Gaudy Greens, Plain Wood Grain(although I do like this on some Bass Guitars), Pink(with rare exceptions), Yellow, Gold, Grey.

Roland · January 2014

I like anything where the wood grain shows, plain or not, and particularly the lighter shades like honeyburst

ICBM · January 2014

stickyfiddle said:

Hummingbirds look brilliant in black.

Yes they do

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It would have looked even better if they'd gone the whole way and put a black bird on the pickguard too.

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