Gold Hardware

[White Cloud]

[quote name='Dingus' timestamp='1394124494' post='2388204']
No , the past is still alive on Facebook!
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Speak for yourself mr D!

[Maude]

I eat my peas with honey,
I've done it all my life,
It makes my peas taste funny,
But keeps 'em on my knife.

[White Cloud]

[quote name='Maude' timestamp='1394133420' post='2388347']
I eat my peas with honey,
I've done it all my life,
It makes my peas taste funny,
But keeps 'em on my knife.
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I knew a peanist that did this but it still didn't appease him....you hey, you cant pease everypody!

[Immo]

The thing that is more than proper. I guess 'purty' is the word?

[Immo]

[quote name='Tweedledum' timestamp='1394098926' post='2387829']
I think it looks good on my Tele:


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And I think your Tele would look good in my room
Thing of a beauty!

[philw]

Black and gold looked right on a 1973 Lotus 72D (with Ronnie Peterson drifting it through Woodcote), and nothing else. The one rule with gold hardware is, "Never!".

Edited March 10, 2014 by philw

[BigRedX]

[quote name='Ou7shined' timestamp='1393523088' post='2381476']
This is probably why it woks for me ...


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Livery designed by my ex-boss in the days when he worked in Player's graphics department.

[Ou7shined]

[quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1394460820' post='2391542']
Livery designed by my ex-boss in the days when he worked in Player's graphics department.
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Now etched into the psyche of a generation.

[krazy_olie]

I'm not a fan, usually, but does often work of black and some natural woods.

I'd quite like to see some bronze hardware, that's very rare

[jazzyvee]

[size=4]I think this looks well dressed with a little gold [font=arial, sans-serif]accoutrement[/font]. The white maple tones down the impact.[/size]


Jazzyvee

[BigRedX]

Gold on gold can work too:

[IMG]http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n249/BigRedX/DSC00290_zpsc18d4a5a.jpg[/IMG]

[IMG]http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n249/BigRedX/DSC00297_zps7ec03d79.jpg[/IMG]

[IMG]http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n249/BigRedX/DSC00298_zps6783976b.jpg[/IMG]

[yorks5stringer]

[i][quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1394468556' post='2391635']
Gold on gold can work too:






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Just about to post up mine and you've beaten me to it!

P.S. Do I spot some obsessive detail in the placing of the string balls at 90 degrees to the slots? I'm just off to do the same...!

Edited March 10, 2014 by yorks5stringer

[EliasMooseblaster]

I notice JHS are still shipping the Vintage VS6 with gold hardware...afraid I don't have a photo of my own, pre-Wilkinson one, but I'm sure the body finish used to be a shade darker than the one pictured. Closer to burgundy than to cherry, if you will. I reckon gold looks alright against a suitably dark background.



(That said, I'm glad my tobacco-burst T-bird has black hardware...)

[uncle psychosis]

[quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1394468556' post='2391635']
Gold on gold can work too:

[IMG]http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n249/BigRedX/DSC00290_zpsc18d4a5a.jpg[/IMG]

[IMG]http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n249/BigRedX/DSC00297_zps7ec03d79.jpg[/IMG]

[IMG]http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n249/BigRedX/DSC00298_zps6783976b.jpg[/IMG]
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Im sure I say this everytime you post this but I love that bass. Yum.

[Dingus]

[quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1394468556' post='2391635']
Gold on gold can work too:






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That is indeed a very attractive looking bass on all kinds of levels , and not too "Liberace" in overall effect , despite the abundance of gold.

I think that, crucially, the fact that the body is a darker, Vintage Gold probably makes all the difference in that respect . Very, very nice looking bass all round, and I have no doubt it sounds great, too.

Edited March 10, 2014 by Dingus

[yorks5stringer]

[quote name='Dingus' timestamp='1394471410' post='2391668']
That is indeed a very attractive looking bass on all kinds of levels , and not too "Liberace" in overall effect , despite the abundance of gold.

I think that, crucially, the fact that the body is a darker, Vintage Gold probably makes all the difference in that respect . Very, very nice looking bass all round, and I have no doubt it sounds great, too.
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I can only think gold strings might improve it...?

[Dingus]

[quote name='yorks5stringer' timestamp='1394477203' post='2391746']
I can only think gold strings might improve it...?
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I wouldn't really notice that too much myself, but it is an easy fix.

By the same token, that same bass with chrome hardwear would still probably look just as good, albeit in a slightly different way. Black hardwear would look wrong, though.