I’ll generally scroll past anything with gold hardware…just some weird mental block I can’t get past
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Gold hardware
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I am not a fan of gold hardware, but I had an Alembic Orion that came with it, and it was gorgeous.
It really depends. I have gold hardware on my Carvin LB-70, but that is the only one that does. I liked the look of the gold hardware with the blue. All my other basses have chrome. I have a kit I will be building that will have black hardware.
Those two Stingrays positively floor me! Gorgeous!
I've got one bass with gold hardware. It's not my first choice but I think it fits this color well. Some people have mentioned corrosion issues, for my case this is an older bass so the wear doesn't bother me much.
I like silver better than gold, but if the hardware would be made from real gold, i wouldn't mind!
i voted "conditional" --- i like it on the condition that it's on your ax and not mine!
I hadn't considered that conditional status, but agree with you.
I'm not a fan of gold. I'd like to have black but I liked my Squier Musicmaster so much that it was the basis for work I did on my Fender for upgrades and couldn't find black. Plus the chrome goes with my like of things being "shiny."
I'm usually not a fan, but also not hateful. Wouldn't be a deal breaker if I really like a red, black, or dark blue bass and it has gold. I have a strat-like thing in red sparkle with gold hardware, definitely going to swap it out. But on natural koa I rather like it.
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I voted conditional as it's not a deal breaker. While I prefer chrome, fine with this combo.
Gold hardware just screams guy playing in the church band to me !
Unless your Lemmy
He did his own thing !
Unless your Lemmy
He did his own thing !
Ugh, I love that bass. Brief details? Ibanez? Rosewood?
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No gold for me. Not on cars, not on me and not on my bass.
Brass is ok though.
Brass is ok though.
I voted conditional. I’m generally not a fan of gold hardware, and planned to “blackout” the USA Cirrus 5 I recently picked up, but gold hardware (bridge and tuners, not knobs) on the walnut bass is growing on me. Leaving as is for now.
Not a hater of gold, just need the right color bass to compliment it....I was gonna use gold hardware for a recent refin i did, but find gold is too "yellow" imo.
I had a Yamaha bass with gold hardware back in the 90's. (about the same time when gold trim was available on certain autos)
The gold on the knobs wore off quickly and the bridge developed a tarnish over time.
I'm neutral in regards to gold hardware on an instrument.
If it looks good go for it.
If not, use chrome or polished metal hardware.
The gold on the knobs wore off quickly and the bridge developed a tarnish over time.
I'm neutral in regards to gold hardware on an instrument.
If it looks good go for it.
If not, use chrome or polished metal hardware.
My opinion is the builder picks it for a reason. I would not replace hardware just for a different color. But I have no issue with a bass or guitar’s hardware color. I trust the builder as the designer.
Not a choice I'd intentionally make but I was fine with it on the Epi Allen Woody I used to own.
