Finish ideas?

[GordonTeles]

I need some help deciding over my finish, This is obviously the tough part finding out what color out of the hundreds of colors you want to paint your tele. I was thinking a metallic dark gray finish, Becuase im going to have all chrome hardware and a polished aluminum pickguard. Any ideas on any other colors that would look good? I was also thinking an All olympic white with black hardware and polished aluminum pickguard. please help me come up with Ideas.

[Old Cane]

Personally I don't like black hardware or metal pickguards. But metallic gray with that pg might be a cool industrial/elegant look. I'm kinda liking pastels these days like the sonic/daphne, surf/seafoam, fiesta/coral type colors. White and chrome is a real classy look to me. I've also been toying with metallics like sherwood and shoreline. Hard to choose, huh?

[GordonTeles]

oh yeah man its pretty hard, I like many combination's of colors I just cannot choose! Do you think also painting the headstock will look good? or should I get an all maple neck?

[Deadman]

It sounds a little Gibson SG platinum to me. Nothing wrong with that, however if I was going to paint a tele it'd have to be a nice vanilla cream, yellower than oly white (not unlike the background colour on this site) with a red tort guard, chrome and rosewood.

[SacDAve]

Sometimes a painted head looks good. It’s you Guitar it’s what you want. There are no rules. And if you hate it when its done there’s always sandpaper or the next one. Just go on Google type Tele under images lots of ideas
I left the pic on it's side or else it streches out

[GordonTeles]

Well yeah heres two more Ideas that ive come up with. A black telecaster white binding white pearl pickguard All birds eye maple neck and finger board. And red telecaster white binding pearl pickguard same neck.

[Old Cane]

I'm working on a red bound like that now but flamed neck.