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Forum Ringside => Guitars, Amps and Effects => Topic started by: HTH AMPS on September 20, 2012, 02:25:46 PM

Title: how to tell chrome and nickel hardware apart...
Post by: HTH AMPS on September 20, 2012, 02:25:46 PM

I've just got some (supposedly) nickel Grovers off ebay and they look too shiny for nickel but I've got nothing to compare them against to be sure.  They didn't come with any packaging, they were supplied OEM-style. 

Title: Re: how to tell chrome and nickel hardware apart...
Post by: Twinfan on September 20, 2012, 02:29:38 PM

Chrome has a blue-ish tinge to it, nickel is more grey.  Both can be very shiny so you can't use that alone.

Can you put up some pics?

Title: Re: how to tell chrome and nickel hardware apart...
Post by: gwEm on September 20, 2012, 02:31:57 PM

i always think nickel is a bit yellow-ish.

but nickel can be definitely as shiny as chrome.. to begin with. try some mild acid to see if they dull a bit?

Title: Re: how to tell chrome and nickel hardware apart...
Post by: Philly Q on September 20, 2012, 02:44:14 PM

I could tell easily if I could see them, not that that helps!  :lol:

As the guys have said, chrome is blue-white like a mirror, nickel is more yellowish and goes grey when it tarnishes.

If they're the mini (six per side type) Grovers I don't think they're available in nickel.  The big three-per-side ones are available in both nickel and chrome.

Title: Re: how to tell chrome and nickel hardware apart...
Post by: HTH AMPS on September 20, 2012, 04:19:57 PM

They're the big ones.

Suppose time will tell - should tarnish pretty easily after a month.

Title: Re: how to tell chrome and nickel hardware apart...
Post by: TheyCallMeVolume on September 21, 2012, 04:18:57 PM

Agree with Dave here, chrome has a slight blue color to it.

Title: Re: how to tell chrome and nickel hardware apart...
Post by: 5F6-A on September 23, 2012, 06:32:02 PM

9 times out of 10 I prefer nickel