Bare Knuckle Pickups Forum
Forum Ringside => Pickups => Topic started by: Sancho on December 02, 2011, 10:29:30 AM
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Got my eye on a white Tokai LP Custom. Gold hardware.
Please pretend like I never posted any of my former queries, for convenience's sake :oops:
I want to go with a set of Miracle Man pickups in this one. Yes, it would become my Zakk wannabe guitar...
My question : what look should I go for?
Classic : gold covers
Hotrodded : black open coils
BKP : black covers with gold polepiece screws
It may take me a while to get the funds together (I need to sell a Strat to help pay for this), but I'm very much decided on this combo.
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it depends on the hardware on the guitar.
if its gold and you plan on keeping it that way i would go with gold.
But if you plan on changing it out to black which in my opinion looks miles better on white guitars then i would go with black covers
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I modified my original post to include gold hardware. And yes, I plan to keep it that way.
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I would definitely go with gold or open coils with gold slugs/screws then
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I would definitely go with gold or open coils with gold slugs/screws then
^ This.
If they're open coils, black or zebra.
Definitely not black covers. No offence to BKP, but I think they look awful.
I have a set of Emeralds with gold slugs and screws, they look great. Trouble is, I don't have a guitar with gold hardware* to put them in! I keep thinking about buying some kind of MIJ LP Custom just to provide a home for the pickups. :lol:
(*Except my Washburn HB-50, that is, but I don't know if they'd suit a semi. I guess I should just try and see!)
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I do like the black covers. Would give some kind of EMG vibe to matters I suppose.
But I am leaning towards gold covers as well, if only to keep the classic LP Custom look intact. It will make the sonic surprise all the bigger :D
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is the guitar white or cream?
I like white open coils with gold screws on cream les pauls
this or black open coils with gold screws
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The guitar is snow white. I don't like white coils, not even in a Strat, so that's not an option.
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zebra covers with gold screws
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I like this look (but with gold polepieces)
(http://photos.imageevent.com/chingo123/december2011/burnylpcwhite6454/websize/IMG_2659.JPG)
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I like this look (but with gold polepieces)
(http://photos.imageevent.com/chingo123/december2011/burnylpcwhite6454/websize/IMG_2659.JPG)
That's very nice!
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The guitar is snow white. I don't like white coils, not even in a Strat, so that's not an option.
black coils and gold screws then
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I like this look (but with gold polepieces)
(http://photos.imageevent.com/chingo123/december2011/burnylpcwhite6454/websize/IMG_2659.JPG)
That's very nice!
Yes it is. But this guitar is cream coloured. The snow white might clash with the cream in the zebra coils. And no, black/white zebra isn't an option.
black coils and gold screws then
I have that in an Explorer with gold hardware. That's a very nice look, yeah.
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Yes it is. But this guitar is cream coloured. The snow white might clash with the cream in the zebra coils. And no, black/white zebra isn't an option.
Yes, I think you're right there.
Unless the binding is cream, so there's something else on the guitar to complement cream/black zebra pickups? But still might look a bit weird.
Like you, I'm not very keen on white (as opposed to cream) pickups, they don't suit many guitars. I have a white VHII and can't remember why I chose that colour - I guess I'll put it in a Strat eventually.
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Unless the binding is cream, so there's something else on the guitar to complement cream/black zebra pickups?
It's a regular, modern Les Paul Custom (with something else than Gibson on the headstock ;) )
So snow white, 5ply b/w binding, ebonyish fretboard and gold hardware.
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My vote goes to gold covers - classy and stylish! :D