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Forum Ringside => Pickups => Topic started by: TheKungFool on March 03, 2012, 11:56:25 PM

Title: Need similarDimarzio/BK colours
Post by: TheKungFool on March 03, 2012, 11:56:25 PM

My first post on these forums.  :D

I'm planning on getting a C-bomb bridge, sinner middle and Dimarzio Super 2 neck in my laser blue RG870z, all uncovered.
http://www.musikhaus-korn.de/Content/Artikelbilder/2/22/222/222460_0_x.jpg

Can anyone tell me for which colours BK and Dimarzio colours are very similar... and I mean very similar.
Pictures would be helpful. :)

At the moment I want to get all three in yellow, but I don't want the Dimarzio neck to be slightly off colour.

Any colour combos and advice would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks a lot, Chris.

Title: Re: Need similarDimarzio/BK colours
Post by: Philly Q on March 04, 2012, 01:13:06 AM

I think you'll have trouble getting an exact match - not only because of the colours, but DiMarzio bobbins have a matt appearance whereas BKPs are glossy.  Might be better to have mismatched colours to disguise the differences!

Welcome to the forum, by the way!

Title: Re: Need similarDimarzio/BK colours
Post by: MAJ Meadows SF on March 04, 2012, 12:48:33 PM

I agree with the missmatch color idea. I replaced a pink Evo in a JEM with a green C-Bomb (best tone move ever). If I went with pink it would not jive with the matte pink Evo in the neck, until I replaced it with a pink Painkiller (second best tone move ever). From a distance, it was negligable, and it didn't look aweful up close because the colors were different. Check on DiMarzio yellow; I want to say it was glossy in an RG I jammed on once. Another way to disguise it would be zebra yellow/black, yellow sinner, and zebra black/yellow, but obviously not if you don't want zebra pickups!

Title: Re: Need similarDimarzio/BK colours
Post by: TheKungFool on March 04, 2012, 02:34:21 PM

Thanks for the replies guys.
Seems like a single colour or a symmetrical pattern would be tricky to get right.

I think I'll give the BKs and Dimarzio two different colours.
At the moment thinking yellow BKs and a red or chrome top Super 2 with red selector and knobs.
ATTACK OF THE PRIMARY COLOURS!!  :lol:

Or just give up on the Super 2 and get a PK... but that's for another thread.

Title: Re: Need similarDimarzio/BK colours
Post by: Philly Q on March 04, 2012, 04:39:05 PM

Quote from: TheKungFool on March 04, 2012, 02:34:21 PM

At the moment thinking yellow BKs and a red or chrome top Super 2 with red selector and knobs.
ATTACK OF THE PRIMARY COLOURS!!  :lol:

Although I am an elderly traditionalist, I think that would look pretty cool on the blue guitar.

Title: Re: Need similarDimarzio/BK colours
Post by: TheKungFool on March 04, 2012, 09:33:16 PM

Thanks Philly, I guess I was always one for a bit more of an unconventional look.

Now I've got the problem of matching Dimarzio red and the knobs, doh!

Do you happen to know a provider of coloured knobs and selector tips?

Title: Re: Need similarDimarzio/BK colours
Post by: Philly Q on March 04, 2012, 10:52:58 PM

They're easy to find on eBay - I don't know about the quality, though.  And as for matching the DiMarzio colours.... good luck!  :lol:

(Didn't DiMarzio themselves make knobs and switch tips to match their pickups?  Maybe they don't any more, though.)