Members WRGKMC Posted November 17, 2010 Members Share Posted November 17, 2010 Looks great on many instruments. Its simply personal taste. I have it on maybe 50% of my builds but its no way as durable as chrome or nickle. It may be about the same for hardware painted black as far as durability goes. Black paint peels too. get a nick and next you got corrosion creep under the paint. The oil from you hands is acid and will eat away at the plating so you need to keeps gold clean, or you'll be replacing the hardware regularly. And whatever you do, never, ever get WD40 on gold hardware. It will bubble up and flakes off in no time. I've made this mistake and I know better. It happend when I was working on an instrument and grabbed the wrong rag. Bout a week later it was too late. You also need to keep machine oils away from gold plating too. Other than that, The hardware for most guitars is cheap enough. By the time the bridge on my paul starts to look nasty, the saddels are worn and beat up so Its likely I need to replace it anyway. I got 15 years out of my last one. I've had the current one on there for 10 and it still looks fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members 77BlazerK5 Posted November 19, 2010 Members Share Posted November 19, 2010 i like it on some finishes ' alt='>'> ' alt='>'> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members dragoro Posted November 19, 2010 Members Share Posted November 19, 2010 I know that the stores around me charge like 10 to 15 dollars for parts that are gold instead of silver (strap locks and what have ya) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members triestobeat Posted November 19, 2010 Members Share Posted November 19, 2010 I just don't like gold stuff to begin with. It looks too... in your face. Chrome looks a lot better in my opinion, but to each his own eh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Stinkfoot Posted November 19, 2010 Members Share Posted November 19, 2010 I agree with the others who have stated it looks good on the right guitar. My Les Paul Custom looks classy with it, in my opinion, which is the only one that matters to me. Now that is hot! I normally don't go for gold. It seems it is either amazing or horrible. Here's my only guitar with gold hardware. I've had this guitar for 16 years so it's no surprise that the gold is wearing away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jrfan Posted November 19, 2010 Members Share Posted November 19, 2010 I like gold. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members zantor9 Posted November 19, 2010 Members Share Posted November 19, 2010 I would like this guitar @ Rondo a lot better if it had chrome hardware. :love: Me waaaaaaant!!! I kind of like that gold hardware on that geetar though. The chrome would be a plus but that kind of gold isn't so bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members GAS Man Posted November 19, 2010 Members Share Posted November 19, 2010 Some of mine My Stepson My son Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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