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Hi,

I am ordering a newport (phat cats and bigsby) today and can't decide between a

natural spruce top or a jazzburst spruce top with natural back and neck?

Guess, it's just o color, can't wait to get the guitar, I have been saving

my pennies for a while now.

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jazzburst spruce top with natural back and neck?

that will be ugly as hell.

the burst on the back of the body & neck of the stock jazzburst finish is so hot right now

id go au naturel ou tout jazz

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I would get an opaque color with polka dots.

Seriously, finish options are kind of lacking with the spruce topped models, because the spurce grain isn't as attractive as maple or even mahogany. My favorite Newport finish is opaque black, which you can't get any more. I saw a blue one but it looked very purple. I rather like the stock orange finish. Jazzburst has never appealed to me.

I wonder how 'vintage natural' would look on spruce.

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I wouldn't limit my finish choice by what p/u rings are available. Its too easy to swap out the rings and have what you like. Black rings set in a natural finish looks great. Laura Press had a great Duo built that featured natural finish with dark accents- I think she went with either black or tortise binding.

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Basically, you can't go wrong with either color.

I have a natural. I wanted a Jazz Burst but ended up getting a great deal on a used Natural. The natural finish is growing on me. It is getting darker with age. It is such a great guitar, I could never imagine me without it now.

Also, I like the unbound F holes and the vintage off white binding.

Even though the spruce top might not have the fanciest grain to it, it sounds way better than the maple to me. So don't be tempted by the looks of those fancy maple top that are offered on the Newports. IMHO, the Phat Cats sound wayyyy better than the humbuckers in this guitar so stick with them.

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i'm kinda scared to order the jazzburst without seeing the guitar first.

Daves guitar has a jazzburst and it doesn't look good at all. but Willcut

has one in the sold section that looks incredible.

http://www.willcuttguitars.com/details.asp?stock_id=855

http://www.willcuttguitars.com/moreimages.asp?stock_id=855

for a color example, there are a couple of spruce tops in the sold Monacos section finished in Tobacco Sunburst..

http://www.willcuttguitars.com/details.asp?stock_id=2929

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