Just curious what the preferences are around here, and how that compares to what we commonly see in stores. I'll start:
Hard to pick a top favorite. This all depends on the particular guitar, IMHO. Generall speaking, though, at the end of the day I'm a sucker for a killer trans flame/quilt top. So I'd probably go with amber sunburst. Raspberry 'burst is a very close second. Chlorine is right up there too but, IMHO, only looks good with a maple fretboard.
Least favorite? Trans black. To my eye, most of them look like washed out grey with a blackburst edge. It's never appealed to me. A close second would be blue bengal. I love tigerstripes, but blue stripes? It just looks so wrong, IMHO. Actually, the current stripe pattern itself doesn't appeal to me so much. I'd much prefer it if they went back to the vintage San Dimas-era stripe pattern.
Hard to pick a top favorite. This all depends on the particular guitar, IMHO. Generall speaking, though, at the end of the day I'm a sucker for a killer trans flame/quilt top. So I'd probably go with amber sunburst. Raspberry 'burst is a very close second. Chlorine is right up there too but, IMHO, only looks good with a maple fretboard.
Least favorite? Trans black. To my eye, most of them look like washed out grey with a blackburst edge. It's never appealed to me. A close second would be blue bengal. I love tigerstripes, but blue stripes? It just looks so wrong, IMHO. Actually, the current stripe pattern itself doesn't appeal to me so much. I'd much prefer it if they went back to the vintage San Dimas-era stripe pattern.
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