Gold or nickel hardware and pickups on a tobacco burst?

John_P

On an explorer with a flame top - just debating which pickups and hardware to order.   I do have some spare black and zebra pickups I was going to fit but I’m toying with gold covered pickups and matching hardware - might be a bit too bling though? 

Funkfingers

Gold with ebony fingerboard and big fret position marker inlays.

Nickel with rosewood and trapezoids or dots.

John_P

Rosewood, dots and big frets but imo gold or nickel works with rosewood.   On a Les Paul I’d agree with you though. 

ICBM

Nickel, always. Always. Or chrome.

Unless it's a black Les Paul Custom, and even then gold pickup covers are too much.

rawk100

I'd go for nickel with cream plastics..

boogieman

ICBM said:

Nickel, always. Always. Or chrome.

Unless it's a black Les Paul Custom, and even then gold pickup covers are too much.

This. An LP custom is the only guitar that looks right with gold hardware. 

stickyfiddle

Well a burst, flame-topped Explorer already sounds horrible, so you might as well spoilt it 100% with gold hardware :P 

57Deluxe

Nickel... is what it looks like anyway when the spray-on Gold wears off...

Sassafras

Gold hardware with diamond encrusted control knobs and a mink guitar strap for a more subtle look.

Legionreturns

I'd go for.... Whatever you like most?! 

It's your guitar! 



(You should only wear red jumpers though. I insist) 

m_c

Nickel. But that's solely because I have an inbuilt hatred of gold bling.

Voxman

Funkfingers said:

Gold with ebony fingerboard and big fret position marker inlays.

Nickel with rosewood and trapezoids or dots.

This!

John_P

I'm half persuaded that my minority opinion might be bad taste.   

I was thinking something like these...



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