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Title: Raw nickel vs. uncovered
Post by: capac on December 29, 2017, 10:01:06 AM

Hi,

I'm about to order a holydiver set, and I'm wondering whether to get them covered in RAW NICKEL or just get them uncovered, in black.

Here's the guitar:

Title: Re: Raw nickel vs. uncovered
Post by: ericsabbath on December 29, 2017, 11:41:11 AM

Battle worn raw or open cream

Title: Re: Raw nickel vs. uncovered
Post by: capac on December 29, 2017, 12:12:50 PM

Open cream? Never even thought of that combo. Could look nice (or weird).  Maybe zebra?

Title: Re: Raw nickel vs. uncovered
Post by: capac on December 29, 2017, 02:04:25 PM

Quick PS of black, zebra and cream.  I'm thinking either zebra or cream...

Title: Re: Raw nickel vs. uncovered
Post by: darrenw5094 on December 29, 2017, 02:41:11 PM

Lol.......Zebra looks cool

Title: Re: Raw nickel vs. uncovered
Post by: capac on December 29, 2017, 02:59:50 PM

Couldn't agree more ;). On the other hand, cream also looks cool, maybe a bit much for this guitar though...

Title: Re: Raw nickel vs. uncovered
Post by: Telerocker on December 29, 2017, 04:40:41 PM

Quote from: darrenw5094 on December 29, 2017, 02:41:11 PM

Lol.......Zebra looks cool

+1

Title: Re: Raw nickel vs. uncovered
Post by: capac on December 29, 2017, 04:51:45 PM

I think zebra looks very nice. But that pink looks a lot better than expected ;).

Title: Re: Raw nickel vs. uncovered
Post by: Lucas on December 30, 2017, 11:52:33 AM

Personally I would go for zebra too. For some reason I`m not a big fan of covered humbuckers in Ibanez style guitars although seen some nice looking examples.

Title: Re: Raw nickel vs. uncovered
Post by: capac on December 30, 2017, 12:27:08 PM

I'm going with zebra ;). Thank you for your opinion everyone!

Title: Re: Raw nickel vs. uncovered
Post by: capac on December 31, 2017, 11:25:54 AM

Ordered zebras. Will post some pics when they are fitted ;).

Title: Re: Raw nickel vs. uncovered
Post by: Telerocker on December 31, 2017, 01:01:33 PM

Quote from: capac on December 31, 2017, 11:25:54 AM

Ordered zebras. Will post some pics when they are fitted ;).

Good decision. Pink might be appealing for a moment, but could be boring after a while. Anyway I don't like these fancy colours on a black tigerstripe top.

Title: Re: Raw nickel vs. uncovered
Post by: capac on December 31, 2017, 02:06:26 PM

Yeah, completely agree. I'd get tired of it in about a week.

Raw nickel covers didn't look as good as expected, and ones that did (camo) are 20/pickup. Considering how good zebras look, it was a no brainer.

Title: Re: Raw nickel vs. uncovered
Post by: capac on January 23, 2018, 02:38:56 PM

So, as I promised, here's the picture of my new holydiver set in my mayones.

I really like them, big thanks to Tim for recommending them.

Title: Re: Raw nickel vs. uncovered
Post by: Telerocker on January 23, 2018, 03:26:19 PM

Quote from: capac on January 23, 2018, 02:38:56 PM

So, as I promised, here's the picture of my new holydiver set in my mayones.

I really like them, big thanks to Tim for recommending them.

Looks ace!