I've just had a budget (but good quality) Les Paul copy in vintage sunburst stripped down for a fret level and polish. I'm putting better electrics into it and have a pair of fairly good quality humbucker-sized P90s (P94-a-likes) that have been waiting for a donor guitar like this. The guitar has chrome tulip button machine heads and standard chrome tune-o-matic bridge and stop bar tailpiece. I removed the cream pickguard and I don't think I'll put it back on. It came with horribly cheap looking copper coloured knobs. I have plain black speed knobs and black top hat knobs but I like the amber coloured speed knobs with rubber grip rings. I have them temporarily stuck on with Blu-Tack in the photos.
It's a cheap project using parts I had, but I want it to look as nice as possible without buying any other parts. Do you think it looks better with cream plastics (originals that had Wilkinson covered humbuckers) or black plastics? Perhaps you don't like either, which is fine. I'm not easily offended over honest opinions.
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Black knobs too if you can.
Black surrounds look right with your black pickups but wrong with the sunburst.
It might be worth sourcing a pair of faux chrome coloured surrounds. Those would lend a Firebird/Dynasonic look.
No pickguard ever.
On the bright side, I don't normally like that dark amber colour for the knobs, but here it goes well with the unusually dark sunburst.
You did want honest opinions .
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@ICBM I do respect everybody's opinions and input. If the truth be told, I'm not keen on either. I'm not trying to make a silk purse out of a pig's ear - maybe just a synthetic fibre purse that doesn't jar the senses too much. It's really how it sounds that matters, but I wouldn't deliberately drive a beaten up looking car that goes well unless I really had to.