Phil, the binding did annoy me a little... might not look so good. Maybe black hardware, but with blue/white zebra coils (with black allen bolt polepieces) might strike a balance?
I dunno Sam, but I'm not the best person to comment, I'm such a boring old traditionalist. :?
I quite like your existing gold h/w to be honest (don't normally like gold
or black, but there are exceptions to every rule... :lol: ).
Me personally, I like the contrast of light-coloured parts on a dark LP, and vice versa. I'd go for nickel hardware, cream pickup rings and switch ring, and blue/cream zebra pickups (but I'm not sure if the blue/cream zebra might look a bit too "bright", like purple/cream did on my LP - which is why I went with purple/black).