New Hardtail Strat Build

[CrackedPepper]

So here are the EMG SAs in Ivory.  Thoughts?  Opinions?

 

[ByteFrenzy]

I'd prefer black...

 

[Verne Bunsen]

I'll be the first to tell you that my opinion doesn't matter a lick on your build, but since you are asking: I like the ivory over the other options that you mocked up earlier except for the black. I do believe that black would be the best fit aesthetically. Any way you sice it it's good looking wood and I'm looking forward to seeing how it all comes together!

 

[TBurst Std]

Another vote for black

 

[Cagey]

I'll pile on for the black as well. And black hardware.

 

[bagman67]

For my personal use:  Black.  But I gotta tell ya, that ivory is evocative of those fancy carve-top SSH jobs Rudy Pensa and John Suhr built for Mark Knopfler back in the '80s.  That ain't such a bad thing.

 

[CrackedPepper]

I appreciate the input guys, I really do.  My daughter, whose opinion means a lot to me, has been lobbying for Ivory.  So I bought them from a place that will let me return them if I don't like them.  But try as I might, I'm just not sold on the ivory.  I can't help but think that black looks best.

 

[Twanking45]

For my personal use:  Black.  But I gotta tell ya, that ivory is evocative of those fancy carve-top SSH jobs Rudy Pensa and John Suhr built for Mark Knopfler back in the '80s.  That ain't such a bad thing.

I gotta say, thats the first thing I thought of too--Knopfler's Pensa Suhr.

CrackedPepper, you gotta go with yer gut.

 

[vetteman]

I think your daughter has excellent taste in guitar appointments!  Besides you really don't want to disappoint the poor kid.  DO YOU?

 

[stratamania]

When you first got the body, I thought ivory would go well but something else is needed in addition.

The Knopfler type guitar shown I think works due to the quilt maple and gold hardware and humbucker but something about the single coils and the ash body it doesn't seem to quite get there on its own. I think you would need gold hardware to make it work.

So black would give more contrast and probably in this case turn out to be a better if you have chrome hardware.

Then you've got the daughter's preference. Possible solution build another one, but that might not be feasible.

 

[CrackedPepper]

I got a used set of EMGs in Ivory for cheap.  I'm going to do something completely outside the box...  for me anyway.

 

[Fat Pete]

I got a used set of EMGs in Ivory for cheap.  I'm going to do something completely outside the box...  for me anyway.

Interest piqued...

 

[CrackedPepper]

So I decided to paint the EMG pickups.  But I hate using rattle cans and the pickups are such a small surface, I fear that any imperfections will be hard to correct.  So while looking for colors, I found this:

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In real life, the pickup is brown.  Also, the pickup is covered with all kinds of "frog tape" so the surface that painted on is not the pickup but it gives an idea what it will look like.  And I don't have to worry about automotive-like finishes.  Plus the hammered look is pretty cool...

 

[stratamania]

I don't know if the Hammerite, which is a type of that finish in the UK would effect the working of the pickup but it might be worth testing it prior to committing to finishing the pickup itself. Just to be sure.

 

[CrackedPepper]

According to Krylon, there is no appreciable metal in the paint except for any trace elements that might be found in the raw materials.  The "metallic" sheen comes from mica, a form of silicate (yes, I had to look that up)  :glasses9:

 

[Steve_Karl]

I think black is the best compliment for the body color.

 

[stratamania]

Sounds like it might work ok then.