Anyone ever deliberately mismatch headstock and body colors?

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Re: Anyone ever deliberately mismatch headstock and body col

Post by preservation » Mon Aug 31, 2015 5:20 am

^ i like it !
did you just buy a separate TVL neck or did you take it off an existing body of yours ?

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Re: Anyone ever deliberately mismatch headstock and body col

Post by amv » Mon Aug 31, 2015 12:12 pm

NICQ wrote:revived this old thread coz I put a TVL neck on my surf green JM build this weekend and she now qualifies for one of the weirder mismatches

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almost tort but the oxblood is a bit more purple...

I kinda like it though
This looks awesome. The way you matched the tort and headstock (ish) is really inventive. I love it.

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Re: Anyone ever deliberately mismatch headstock and body col

Post by Gavanti » Mon Aug 31, 2015 1:21 pm

^^I dig that.

A little less inventive but inspired by this thread:

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Re: Anyone ever deliberately mismatch headstock and body col

Post by tylerforyou » Mon Aug 31, 2015 3:31 pm

I passed on a deal that was too good to pass up (I know, right?) on an AV65 firemist neck that I was going to mismatch. Ahhh... Regrets.

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Re: Anyone ever deliberately mismatch headstock and body col

Post by amv » Mon Aug 31, 2015 3:37 pm

You know, I originally started this thread out of morbid fascination, in the hopes of gawking at some garish novelties and little else. But the last few posts have unexpectedly changed my perspective, and now I'm seeing how stylish and creative the mismatch approach can be. You guys have put together some awesome guitars in a really original way. I love it.
tylerforyou wrote:I passed on a deal that was too good to pass up (I know, right?) on an AV65 firemist neck that I was going to mismatch. Ahhh... Regrets.
For curiosity's sake, what was the body going to be?

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Re: Anyone ever deliberately mismatch headstock and body col

Post by preservation » Tue Sep 01, 2015 2:12 pm

for offsets especially, i don't think you can go wrong with a black headstock (rosewood board).

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Re: Anyone ever deliberately mismatch headstock and body col

Post by tylerforyou » Tue Sep 01, 2015 3:32 pm

amv wrote:
For curiosity's sake, what was the body going to be?
Asking that question is the very reason I ran out of time to buy the neck.

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Re: Anyone ever deliberately mismatch headstock and body col

Post by dinosaurkale-> » Tue Sep 01, 2015 6:20 pm

i always thought that a black headstock could pretty much go with anything

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Re: Anyone ever deliberately mismatch headstock and body col

Post by 46346 » Wed Sep 02, 2015 12:37 am

preservation wrote:for offsets especially, i don't think you can go wrong with a black headstock (rosewood board).

yeah! i never even thought of my Yammy SG-3 as being mis-matched. the white and red models get matching HS finishes, but the sunburst gets black. i guess black matches the edge of the sunburst... always dug it without much thought!


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Re: Anyone ever deliberately mismatch headstock and body col

Post by raphaël » Wed Sep 02, 2015 3:38 am

Non offsets, but Coronado's have mismatch headstocks and it looks just perfect and cool and killer.

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Re: Anyone ever deliberately mismatch headstock and body col

Post by JPCordingley » Wed Sep 02, 2015 12:57 pm

For a tasteful look I've been really GASsing over the idea of a Daphne Blue Jaguar with a tort guard and a Midnight Wine headstock.

Thinking of the most horrendous idea I can I'd go with Purple Sparkle Flake with a parchment guard and a headstock the muddy orange colour of an Orange amplifier. Like the worst thing to come out of the 1970s since Margaret Thatcher!

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Post by 46346 » Wed Sep 02, 2015 2:04 pm

JPCordingley wrote:For a tasteful look I've been really GASsing over the idea of a Daphne Blue Jaguar with a tort guard and a Midnight Wine headstock.

Thinking of the most horrendous idea I can I'd go with Purple Sparkle Flake with a parchment guard and a headstock the muddy orange colour of an Orange amplifier. Like the worst thing to come out of the 1970s since Margaret Thatcher!

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Re: Anyone ever deliberately mismatch headstock and body col

Post by JPCordingley » Wed Sep 02, 2015 2:08 pm

Which one? Daphne with Midnight or Purple Sparkle with muddy Orange?

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Re: Anyone ever deliberately mismatch headstock and body col

Post by andy_tchp » Wed Sep 02, 2015 2:47 pm

preservation wrote:for offsets especially, i don't think you can go wrong with a black headstock (rosewood board).
dinosaurkale-> wrote:i always thought that a black headstock could pretty much go with anything
Agree with both of you.
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I guess technically it 'matches' the pickguard :)
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Re: Anyone ever deliberately mismatch headstock and body col

Post by preservation » Wed Sep 02, 2015 3:08 pm

^ THAT is what i'm talking about !!! :? :?

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