Gold hardware

[JIO]

 

[SubSpec]

Oooh, ooh, me too. Here's my golden guy:

 

[HolmeBass]

I have gold hardware on my Warwick. It’s fine; the bass is a natural finish showing a dark brown wood grain with a reddish stain.

I would evaluate other basses on a case-by-case basis. I don’t have an actual position on gold hardware in general - or on any other aesthetic property of electric basses.

It’s not what you do, but how you do it. So I evaluate bass appearance bass-by-bass.

 

[JIO]

 

[covermego]

Funny - - Wouldn't you think all the "GOLD Supporting Members" would have voted "Love it!"?

 

[JIO]

Funny - - Wouldn't you think all the "GOLD Supporting Members" would have voted "Love it!"?

I personally don't gravitate to gold hw - the silver/gold mash-up was more of a concept follow-through. I gilded these 2 instruments (commissions) requesting gold hw -

...and built this one (commission) w/requested gold hw -

 

[covermego]

I personally don't gravitate to gold hw - the silver/gold mash-up was more of a concept follow-through. I gilded these 2 instruments (commissions) requesting gold hw -

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...and built this one (commission) w/requested gold hw -
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SAY!!!!! You Win the "Gold Supporting Member" PRIZE, No doubt!
Those are true beauties!!

 

[Leigh Semmens]

Just Remember: Gold hardware makes the strings brighter and sound better than the rest.

 

[sleddogn]

The midnight hour P bass is my dream bass. They have become impossible to find. Congrats, its beautiful.

I ended up selling it not to long after buying it. I love the purple, but that wide neck was too much for me. I've bought somewhere around 60 basses in my life. That midnight hour bass was probably the strangest transaction overall i've ever had, lol.

 

[micguy]

I had my gold hardware phase decades ago. No longer something I’m the least bit interested in.

 

[Tom Bomb]

All this is reminding me of the golden phone jack matter. (Why did I buy those leads? Can I fix it? They cost a fortune) All the 'gold' winds up clogging up the works. Real gold wears away in a jiffy too but, somehow, I don't think we're talking real gold here, most of the time. Pity. Lots of love for all the bling. Looks amazing, sometimes. It would be a blast to wear away solid gold pegs. No fade. Pure ostentation
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[dave hope]

Gold looks great. But it’s touch and go on what bass finishes gold looks good with.
I thought all the gold trimming worked well on the 75th Anniversary Commemorative Jazz Bass.

 

[juancaminos]

Not for me. But ok for you all.

 

[JIO]

Just Remember: Gold hardware makes the strings brighter and sound better than the rest.

...especially when the strings are 24c gold coated -

 

[tbz]

I don’t mind it. But I tend to prefer chrome when available.

 

[drTSTingray]

I only have one bass with gold hardware but it suits it well and I love it

 

[twinjet]

Conditional, for me.

 

[KohanMike]

I would like to use gold hardware on one of my bass ukes, but the bridge I use only comes in chrome and black. I like having the bridge, tuners, knobs and strap buttons, and sometimes the truss rod cover, match.

 

[evs]

Not normally a fan of gold.
But this is the rare case where I think it’s done well:

 

[WI Short Scaler]

Oooh, ooh, me too. Here's my golden guy:

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Aside from the gold discussion. Are those the ferrules for the tuners that are painted blue or some other washer or something over them. Looks good on there! Hadn't seen that before.