As folks will soon see (probably in the Making and Modding section)... we have a new pickup demo guitar: I've said for some time we need a Les Paul ... and as I'm somewhat of a tightwad ... I didn't want to spend huge amounts. Well, one of our fabulous fretboarders offered me a 2014 Midnight Blueburst, flame top Les Paul Studio ... Minus pickups (how convenient for me) for a price I simply couldn't refuse ... so I snapped it up.
originally they came from the factory with a rather nasty looking mustard colour cream plastic hardware ... which someone has changed for black on this beastie. Well the pickup rings are a bit the worse for wear, so I figured I'd go back to all 'vintage cream' plastics for a nice contrast to the blue ... oh dear now my troubles have started.
I ordered pickup rings, and output jack plate ... thinking I would get around to the poker chip, switch tip and scratchplate a bit later on ... I ordered from a trusted and well known supplier ...
Yesterday the pickup rings arrived ... and they were each a different shade of cream ... and totally different to the output jack plate!
I'd forgotten the 'curse of the cream plastics'! Every manufacturer has a different idea of cream ... and even different batches from the same manufacturer can wind up very noticeably different!
There seems an almost total lack of 'complete and matching plastic sets' for LP ... just some cheap ass £9.95 rubbish on e bay.
Arggghhhh
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And you want a metal jack plate... always .
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
i do hate the pinky Barbie colour though
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I get this issue with cream P90 pickup covers for customers all the time ... and cream PAF bobbins ...
WezV said: That's what I was sent ... one nice antique ivory ... and one pinky Barbie pickup surround! Blurgggghhhh
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It’s a bit yellow in some lights, but all the same.
I put it it on my epiphone, because that was nowhere near
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They went onto a Gibson USA Les Paul, and fit well enough IMO, but if you're a perfectionist a bit of sanding may be required:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qBusI7wEjOc
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(*I can never resist saying that for maximum Blues Snob irritation factor .)
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
I'm rather pleased Hammett has got the guitar ... at least it stands a good chance of being used.
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I also have a suspicion from something I read on another forum that pickup rings are no longer original, but are faked substitutes. I wonder what exact shade of cream they are?
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
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