Opinions Sought On Colour Scheme

BillDL

No howls of derision from me @Tannin.; I considered that and I really like gold on some guitars, but I already have the expensive Schaller 3D bridge in chrome.  I'm not sure if there is enough wood under the bridge for a string-through bridge with ferrules in the back because this body is chambered.

thermionic

Sporky said:

You can get chrome pickup rings...

...and as previously mentioned, the cream looks ghastly.

Or even wood ones…

ICBM

1.

Black rings, covered pickups (chrome not nickel), and I don’t like P90s in Teles.

Chrome tuners and knobs.

Wooden knobs are an abomination.

It’s a pity you’ve already got the roasted neck.

NCo

1, no contest, followed by 2.
All other options are abhorrent imo - cream doesn't work well.

BillDL

thermionic said:

Sporky said:

You can get chrome pickup rings...

...and as previously mentioned, the cream looks ghastly.

Or even wood ones…

Exellent suggestion there, but they offer ebony, maple, sapele, purpleheart and nick nack paduak, which would then confuse my choice further 

BillDL

ICBM said:

1.

Black rings, covered pickups (chrome not nickel), and I don’t like P90s in Teles.

Chrome tuners and knobs.

Wooden knobs are an abomination.

It’s a pity you’ve already got the roasted neck.

Cheers @ICBM.  What do you mean about already getting the roasted neck?  An aversion to roasted maple aesthetically, the practical aspect of roasted maple being more brittle when drilling pilot holes for the screws, the fact that it has a rosewood fretboard, or perhaps you could have sold me a solid rosewood neck?

thermionic

BillDL said:

thermionic said:

Sporky said:

You can get chrome pickup rings...

...and as previously mentioned, the cream looks ghastly.

Or even wood ones…

Exellent suggestion there, but they offer ebony, maple, sapele, purpleheart and nick nack paduak, which would then confuse my choice further 

Shame they don’t do maple/walnut.

BillDL

..... or a soapbar sized mounting ring for a mini humbucker pre-striped with walnut and maple 

No surprise to me so far.

Chrome humbucker in black ring with chrome mini humbucker is leading, closely followed by the choice of black soapbar P90

SlopeSoarer

Number 2 (3rd one down in your picture).

CountryDave

2
or
1

grungebob

The bottom one for me. But with darker knobs and pearl or cream tuner buttons 

AK99

I'll third (or fourth or fifth, wherever we are at this stage) the comments on the cream. It'll introduce yet another colour / tone to the already very crowded mix, and render the possibility of creating a sea of shades of beige.

In reverse order for me, it would be 2, and then (but probably not what you want to hear Bill) - 0 (the original).

Kurtis

AK99 said:

It'll introduce yet another colour / tone... 

See, that's actually why I don't fancy the black.

Unless the controls are going to be black there's no other black on it. 

If you could get a white/cream closer to the stipes it might be better.

JonB

#1 - could you get the bridge in black?

Offset

Number 1.

Schaller 3D bridge Bill?

AK99

Kurtis said:

AK99 said:

It'll introduce yet another colour / tone... 

See, that's actually why I don't fancy the black.

I do get that, but to my mind (at least) the black provides a nice little bit of contrast against the lighter coloured woods around it.  Besides, and not sure how you'd describe this in luvvy terms* I think the uncovered pickups make it look a little 'tougher' / more purposeful and business-looking than an all-beige palette.

*(I am an engineer, so take any and all aesthetic input with a very large dose of salt )

rustneversleeps

Simples …………..2

BillDL

Yes @Offset, I've had that Schaller 3D-6 bridge since about 1986.  I bought it along with some Schaller M6 tuners to install on the first guitar I made from scratch.  That guitar didn't turn out great and I later changed the bridge and moved the 3D one to another guitar.  It's only ever been on 3 guitars since then and the tuners on only 1 guitar.

I'm actually surprised that anybody, even though it's only Kurtis so far, preferred the cream plastics.  In the flesh it doesn't look quite as bad as in the photos, and I agree with what Kurtis mentioned about the difference in appearance if the plastics were closer to the maple shade, however I think very much what @AK99 referred to as a sea of cream in a mix where colours are already crowded.

ICBM

BillDL said:

Exellent suggestion there, but they offer ebony, maple, sapele, purpleheart and nick nack paduak, which would then confuse my choice further 

Wooden pickup surrounds are also an abomination .

BillDL said:

Cheers @ICBM.  What do you mean about already getting the roasted neck?  An aversion to roasted maple aesthetically, the practical aspect of roasted maple being more brittle when drilling pilot holes for the screws, the fact that it has a rosewood fretboard, or perhaps you could have sold me a solid rosewood neck?

Roasted maple is a complete waste of the best wood for a neck. It's weak, brittle and soft (yes, all at once), and looks horrible too in my opinion. Maple is a beautiful wood, don't ruin it by roasting it to try to make it look old.

BillDL

I like your honesty @ICBM.  I do agree with you about how "roasting" changes the nature of the wood and makes it brittle, but in this case I couldn't find a solid rosewood or walnut neck at a reasonable price and either in stock or made for me with a reasonable lead time, so I had to go for something else where a stark light coloured headstock would be more in keeping with the look I wanted.  I can always swap the neck later.

I made my own ebony, walnut and maple pickup surrounds for three really "woody" archtops and I really liked the look, but having had a close-up look at some higher res photos of some wooden ones with more of a visible grain I am in agreement with you - for this guitar anyway.