What color hardware for my salmon pink Sadowsky HH guitar?

[IntenseJim]

Help a douchebag out. I'm torn between all nickel with nickle covers on the pups or all black with black bobbins.

The guitar will have a volume control, mini-toggle for the Sadowsky preamp, and pup selector, and obviously two humbucking pups.

Fingerboard is maple

 

[JTyson]

All black

 

[Dave L]

I have an Anderson in what they call cajun magenta, and the black hardware looks killer on it... so, I vote black,

 

[rlord1974]

I have to go nickel on this one. That's a beautiful top and I think some nice shiney nickel will help bring it out and give the guitar a real classy vibe.....

 

[Mailman1971]

Black for sure.

 

[brain21]

I have to go nickel on this one. That's a beautiful top and I think some nice shiney nickel will help bring it out and give the guitar a real classy vibe.....

+100

Black hardware seems so common these days, and it really works for some finishes (I LOVE black hardware on spalted maple, black korina, Koa, etc.), but I think nickel will look better and accentuate the very light stripes on this finish. I think with a light pink top like that the black hardware will distract from it. Just my opinion though. Nickel-covered Pups and rings along with knobs will look nice. what kind of a trem is going on it? A strat-style, or wilkinson?

 

[IntenseJim]

Thanks guys.

It will have a Sadowsky Hipshot non-locking 2 point tremelo.
Here's a close up of the tremelo on one of my other Sadowsky strats:

 

[UltraGary]

Nickel all the way. Black's gonna downgrade it straight into a common-looking MetalAxe.

 

[Motorpud]

Nickel all the way. Black's gonna downgrade it straight into a common-looking MetalAxe.

 

[Digital Jams]

Nickel hardware

 

[IntenseJim]

I was thinking black would be more shredder-ish and I'm a hard rock Steve Stevens wannabe so chrome/nickel it is.

Guitar will be finished in July. Thanks again Rig Talkers.

 

[Tawlks]

If it were purple I'd say black, but it's kinda pink, so nickel.

It will change the whole appearence of the guitar.

 

[rlord1974]

I was thinking black would be more shredder-ish and I'm a hard rock often Steve Stevens wannabe so chrome/nickel it is.

Guitar will be finished in July. Thanks again Rig Talkers.

Pics are a necessity!!! We all wanna know how it turns out!

 

[TeleBlaster]

Please post your Steve Stevens LP again, I love looking at that guitar!!!

 

[jcj]

I was thinking black would be more shredder-ish and I'm a hard rock Steve Stevens wannabe so chrome/nickel it is.

Guitar will be finished in July. Thanks again Rig Talkers.

A good choice, sir

Can't wait to see the finished pic's!

 

[Chubtone]

I know this isn't one of the choices you listed, but I'd say chrome hardware, cream pickup rings and zebra pickups.

That guitar is beautiful.

 

[Filter500]

Nickel will look better on the salmon IMO.

 

[Qweklain]

Nickel all the way. Black's gonna downgrade it straight into a common-looking MetalAxe.

You said it perfectly.

 

[mboogman]

Normally I'd say black, but that finish is just begging for Nickel hardware, especially if you're gonna do nickel p'up covers.

 

[CaseyCor]

Nickel all the way. Black's gonna downgrade it straight into a common-looking MetalAxe.