FortuniteBlues Posted March 9, 2005 Report Share Posted March 9, 2005 This is going to sound really cheap but that is not the cae. I am in the motions of stripping an repainting a guitar but with the new paint job I think it would looked better with gold hardware insted of crome. I can't find the same hardware in gold though so is there anyway I can just change the colour of my crome hardware?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unusual71 Posted March 9, 2005 Report Share Posted March 9, 2005 If it is actual chrome, a lot of normal paint won't stick to it, im interested to know what hardware isn't available in chrome, but none the less, you'll have to get some chrome paint, gold in your case. Its not TOO expensive but it ain't free... Should look fairly good although the stuff i saw look fairly yellow. You WILL be able to tell it was painted chrome and now gold, but if you do EVERYTHING like that, it'll turn out pretty good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mledbetter Posted March 9, 2005 Report Share Posted March 9, 2005 Check for a chroming shop.. there might be someone around that can do that kind of stuff. not sure what it would cost. What kind of hardware is it that you can't find in gold? You checked AllParts and WD? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FortuniteBlues Posted March 9, 2005 Author Report Share Posted March 9, 2005 Its an Ibanez. The bridge I might beable to get, but the bigsby peice they don't make in that style anymore. They discontinued my model shortly after I got it and that bigsby peice went with it. Ibanez Artcore is the line it falls under. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marksound Posted March 9, 2005 Report Share Posted March 9, 2005 Seems like I saw a DIY gold electroplate kit for jewelry a few years back. Or maybe I dreamed it. I don't know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mledbetter Posted March 9, 2005 Report Share Posted March 9, 2005 Good ole google. http://www.caswellplating.com/kits/plugnplate.htm This site is all about DIY plating with just about any kind of plating material you can imagine. I would imagine you would need to see about getting the old part sanded down and all the old plating off.. but i'm not certain. I'm sure you could call those guys and ask. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FortuniteBlues Posted March 9, 2005 Author Report Share Posted March 9, 2005 Sweet thanks. This should help with the bigsby. I found a bridge in gold on WD. thanks. The plating wouldn't chip away eays would it?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mledbetter Posted March 9, 2005 Report Share Posted March 9, 2005 It shouldn't. Plating is not a coating.. it's a molecular bond between the plating metal and the surface.. It can wear away, as the surface of the metal is worn away but i wouldn't think it would chip. Chroming over cheap metal sometimes chips but I don't know the chroming process at all. As long as you are plating a solid piece of metal I would think you would be fine. Yeah, WD has all kinds of bigspy stuff. Allparts has a gold bigsby too.. i'm looking at it in the catalog. Part # 3640-002 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FortuniteBlues Posted March 10, 2005 Author Report Share Posted March 10, 2005 I could never find bigsby stuff on allparts. WD has quite a few though. The bridge I am refering to is the tunomatic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mledbetter Posted March 10, 2005 Report Share Posted March 10, 2005 I could never find bigsby stuff on allparts. WD has quite a few though. The bridge I am refering to is the tunomatic. ← AllParts website is horrible to say the least. You have to have a catalog. Part 3640-002 is a horseshoe style gold vibrato only to sit behind a TOM 220 list. What a rip. The nickel version is 135 list. I assume it's the kind you're looking for. Not the full length tailpiece for archtops.. WD may be a better price. OK yeah.. they have it for 150. Never mind. The allparts one is a legit bigsby, not a licensed model. AP has a licensed model too for 150. 150 is list, if you can find a dealer you can get it cheaper. I'm a dealer with AP and WD but for one item, i wouldn't save you any money.. Here you go.. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...ssPageName=WD1V This is the real deal.. Lists for 220 so that's 60 bucks off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FortuniteBlues Posted March 11, 2005 Author Report Share Posted March 11, 2005 Yeah but wouldn't this peice be flat on the bottom. See thats my problem while ibanez used a horseshoe stye the guitar still has an arch to it and so does the horseshoe they fitted it with. I would use a regular holllow bodies bigsby but that would mean I would have to fill holes where screws used to be and drill hole were screws weren't in the first place. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mledbetter Posted March 11, 2005 Report Share Posted March 11, 2005 Aah.. well i don't know.. there are ones for tele's and ones for LPs and carved guitars. The LP curve might noe be the same as your ibanez but i shouldn't be flat. Not sure what to tell you there. I'm out of answers Yeah but wouldn't this peice be flat on the bottom. See thats my problem while ibanez used a horseshoe stye the guitar still has an arch to it and so does the horseshoe they fitted it with. I would use a regular holllow bodies bigsby but that would mean I would have to fill holes where screws used to be and drill hole were screws weren't in the first place. ← Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FortuniteBlues Posted March 11, 2005 Author Report Share Posted March 11, 2005 Thanks for the answers. I might just paint it a colour that would look good with the crome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skyguitarworks Posted March 18, 2005 Report Share Posted March 18, 2005 another good place to check about get it gold plated is your local car dealerships, they usually have people for gold plating the emblems and chrome on some cars, toyota, nissan, etc.... are the main ones in my area that do alot of this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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