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Title: mismatched hardware on guitars (good / Bad?)
Post by: Transcend on March 28, 2008, 02:39:00 PM
well im about to make a purchase for a miracle man neck and im unsure whether to get it in gold or burnt chrome to match my bridge pickup.

also im unsure whether to change the bridge to black

ive attached a picture to get your guys opinions

http://www.infocus.ho8.com/media/PICT0004.JPG
Title: mismatched hardware on guitars (good / Bad?)
Post by: TwilightOdyssey on March 28, 2008, 02:59:31 PM
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Who cares what we think?!
Title: mismatched hardware on guitars (good / Bad?)
Post by: Jonny on March 28, 2008, 03:01:33 PM
I'd get both of them black. So you could get your bridge and neck back at the same time- More rewarding! Or something like that..
Title: mismatched hardware on guitars (good / Bad?)
Post by: Mr Ed on March 28, 2008, 03:02:15 PM
I think that looks really... odd... I'd sooner have them all in gold.
Title: mismatched hardware on guitars (good / Bad?)
Post by: Transcend on March 28, 2008, 03:43:13 PM
originally this pickup was in my rocket roll

if i actually bought this for the LP it wouldve been gold

i actually quite like it how it is but im unsure

im thinking maybe aged gold

just so my guitar looks completely unique :P
Title: mismatched hardware on guitars (good / Bad?)
Post by: il˙ti on March 28, 2008, 04:08:11 PM
Get another burnt chrome with gold screws for the neck, and put gold screws in the bridge. That way you don't need big modifications to your miracle man and it would still fit well with the hardware. See Steve Stevens' flame painted les paul for reference.
http://www.bareknucklepickups.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?t=9557
Title: mismatched hardware on guitars (good / Bad?)
Post by: gwEm on March 28, 2008, 04:14:56 PM
i used to be keen on having matched everything look-wise. but once with one of my less played Vs, i forgot to order some piece of hardware or other... anyway, after some time i was lazy to change it, and now i'm used to the mismatch i quite like it :)

in your case, i think either choice is going to look quite cool
Title: Black Nailbombs
Post by: Vulgartrendkill on March 28, 2008, 11:33:29 PM
Hey Peeps, this is my first post, although I`ve been reading with interest for a while!

Here is a pic of my Dean (tuned to Drop C and even A for wierd stuff), for which I`ve just ordered some Black covered Nailbombs(bridge will be ceramic as well thanks to advice from Tim) At the moment it has stock pups that are rather muddy in the lows, and apparently based on some SD`s although I`m not sure which ones.


This thing weighs a tonne, but with the BK Nailbombs I think it`ll be a force to be reckoned with!
Title: Re: Black Nailbombs
Post by: maverickf1jockey on March 28, 2008, 11:39:17 PM
Quote from: Vulgartrendkill
Hey Peeps, this is my first post, although I`ve been reading with interest for a while!

Here is a pic of my Dean (tuned to Drop C and even A for wierd stuff), for which I`ve just ordered some Black covered Nailbombs(bridge will be ceramic as well thanks to advice from Tim) At the moment it has stock pups that are rather muddy in the lows, and apparently based on some SD`s although I`m not sure which ones.


This thing weighs a tonne, but with the BK Nailbombs I think it`ll be a force to be reckoned with!
Should this not be posted elsewhere? :?
Title: mismatched hardware on guitars (good / Bad?)
Post by: Vulgartrendkill on March 28, 2008, 11:56:52 PM
Hmmm yeah maybe, sorry guys  :(   You can tell I`m a novice at posting on boards hehe. Then again, I am talking about the mis match of black pickups on my guitar, but yeah :)

Its all good.
Title: mismatched hardware on guitars (good / Bad?)
Post by: maverickf1jockey on March 29, 2008, 12:12:08 AM
Quote from: Vulgartrendkill
Hmmm yeah maybe, sorry guys  :(   You can tell I`m a novice at posting on boards hehe. Then again, I am talking about the mis match of black pickups on my guitar, but yeah :)

Its all good.
Perhaps but the connection was quite tenuous from what I could tell...
Come to think of it I'm none too sure as to where it would go bar making a new thread in the pickups section for your guitar, provided you provided, by taking the data provided by your camera after being provided with your pickups, pictures of your guitar after installation of said pickups.

'Provided' four times in one sentence; I ROCK :band5:
Title: Re: mismatched hardware on guitars (good / Bad?)
Post by: Ted on March 29, 2008, 11:01:36 PM
Quote from: Transcend
well im about to make a purchase for a miracle man neck and im unsure whether to get it in gold or burnt chrome to match my bridge pickup.

also im unsure whether to change the bridge to black

ive attached a picture to get your guys opinions

http://www.infocus.ho8.com/media/PICT0004.JPG


Looks good to me dude. As long as it sounds good !