dem00n Posted November 1, 2009 Share Posted November 1, 2009 If so why? If not why? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pohatu771 Posted November 1, 2009 Share Posted November 1, 2009 I like the way it looks, in some circumstances. Not all, of course. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DamienAzrael Posted November 1, 2009 Share Posted November 1, 2009 Depends on what finish the guitar is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murph Posted November 1, 2009 Share Posted November 1, 2009 I didn't, but now I do. I like the way it ages. It's classy when it's new. And better when it ages...... Just like a woman...... [-X/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silverbursted Posted November 1, 2009 Share Posted November 1, 2009 Really depends on the finish of the guitar. Generally I think it looks classy new, but don't like the way it ages. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KSG_Standard Posted November 1, 2009 Share Posted November 1, 2009 I wouldn't get rid of an otherwise good guitar because it had gold hw, but I don't care for it. It never ages well...You'd think that Gibson would have found a way to keep the Gold from pitting off or flaking off over time....I like nickel and Chrome myself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Californiaman Posted November 1, 2009 Share Posted November 1, 2009 I like it. I like it a lot. It does depend on the finish of the guitar. I've seen red with gold that looked good and white with gold that looked good and well black, duh! And Murph is right as rain. I like the way it ages. It's classy when it's new. And better when it ages......Just like a woman......[-o</ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riffster Posted November 1, 2009 Share Posted November 1, 2009 I used to not like it but I do now. My Explorer made me change my mind. The gold rubs off almost right away and there is nickel under it so I am good with that. My least favorite is chrome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retrosurfer1959 Posted November 1, 2009 Share Posted November 1, 2009 Nope - don't like the way it ages at all Nickel ages great love the way it darkens and even stains gold just looks like a cheap plating job in most cases. I've even changed the gold out on the few guitars I did have gold hardware on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dem00n Posted November 1, 2009 Author Share Posted November 1, 2009 I didn't' date=' but now I do. I like the way it ages. It's classy when it's new. And better when it ages...... Just like a woman...... [-o</ [/quote'] Women age like milk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murph Posted November 1, 2009 Share Posted November 1, 2009 Women age like milk. Explain? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dem00n Posted November 1, 2009 Author Share Posted November 1, 2009 Explain? The Female body ages faster in the outside because the skin cells on the skin age faster and die out faster which cause more wrinkles and...well etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milod Posted November 1, 2009 Share Posted November 1, 2009 dem00n... Naaah... It's just like some movies and books and plays - and music - that you don't really "get" when you're under 40 or so. I remember an airplane ride sitting with a lovely Shakespeare prof and we were discussing his plays as "lit" to be in high school and college standard courses. I noted that I didn't care for King Lear at all compared to stuff like Macbeth or something reeeeeally bloody and nasty like Titus Andronicus. (Special effects on stage in the truly old days had fake blood splattering all over the place in Titus.) Her comment was simply to ask at what age I read Lear. I was but 17. That, she said, was the problem and although it was a parallel with Oedipus at Colonus (Sophocles), which was studied in parallel in my high school, one simply is too young to "get it." Benj. Franklin, you may recall, wrote in praise of mature women. You, as a youth, see in girls of your general age group subconsciously as holding a set of mind and blossoming of physical maturity a reflection of yourself, your energy and discovery of the world of "adulthood." We, as men somewhat older, see ladies of our own age group as reflections of our own growing maturity and perspective and, much as we appreciate the appearance of youth, appreciate far more the woman our own general age to mirror ourselves as well. That was beyond my comprehension at 15 as it is with most of us at that age. At my age now, heck, I tease the cute (from my perspective) 40-year-olds that are your mother's age that they're young enough to be my daughters. I'll never forget "losing" a lovely girlfriend when I was 20 and she some few months from 18 but still in high school. Now? Heck most folks figure we're "the same age." But then, it was a gap incapable of being bridged. By the way, I think girls see things similarly. Interestingly the yin and yang of male and female that bring attraction do not stop at 25, 40 or 70, but will instead tend to manifest themselves rather differently. As for those wrinkles... <chortle> I strongly recommend you read Franklin's little treatment of the subject. It won't teach you much now, but, little brother, believe me that you'll remember it in years to come. What makes a girl a girl at 14 or 24 is still there at 64 and, to me, is even better because of a greater confidence. It's like guitar playing - self confidence and not sweating the small stuff makes for much better music. Believe me, if I hadda be stranded on a desert island with a girl, I'd much prefer she be over 50, in shape, able to smile and a tough enough lady to see the challenge instead of the problems. But then, I'd hope she'd see that in me... m Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrJustice Posted November 1, 2009 Share Posted November 1, 2009 Tell me, milod, does that mean you like gold? :-)) It's a big yes from me for both gold hardware and grown up women! DJ -- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milod Posted November 2, 2009 Share Posted November 2, 2009 Hey Doc... Yeah... Actually the only "gold trimmings" I have are the tuning machines on that old Ovation E-A "Legend" from the 1970s, though. I've actually known one or two younger women whom I really liked as equals even though their life experience wasn't quite there. But then in both cases they were very, very bright. Gold plating - the real thing - on guitars should hold fairly well except on the tuning pegs over the years. I think one reason a lot of the older guitars had some sort of plastic there was because the long-term rubbing of fingers on an electroplated bit of gold is simply too much to last forever. But then, too... I guess it's always been the overall "feel" of a guitar that sold me on a particular instrument rather than specifically the looks and especially whether it's gold plated, chromed or whatever. m Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flight959 Posted November 2, 2009 Share Posted November 2, 2009 Dont like gold its not for me.... although it does look nice on some guitars...Like the SG Cali man posted.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeVeeWee Posted November 2, 2009 Share Posted November 2, 2009 I like it on my Dell'Arte and I dislike it on Gibsons. I can't associate rock music with gold, except for that it is 'big business'...LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAS44 Posted November 2, 2009 Share Posted November 2, 2009 depends on the finish but overall yes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deepblue Posted November 2, 2009 Share Posted November 2, 2009 looks good when its new...looks cheap when it ages. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FirstMeasure Posted November 2, 2009 Share Posted November 2, 2009 I Love Gold. It's on my Nighthawk (Looks Great against the Heritage Cherry), on my Deluxe Players Strat (Looks Gareat against the Sapphire Blue Ashe Body), and my Epiphone Joe Pass Emperor (Looks Great against the Vintage Sunburst). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silenced Fred Posted November 2, 2009 Share Posted November 2, 2009 I think it looks cheap and gaudy I know it doesn't make sense, but I also don't like quilt or flamed tops I'm a plain ole' top and nickel hardware kinda guy :-k/ That is actually what drew me to my faded Studio, the simplicity of the model, no shiny finish, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duende Posted November 2, 2009 Share Posted November 2, 2009 I like guitars and women when they are a little aged I love gold hardware, especially on Black and wine red finishes. Women in the 40's/50's are in their prime in my opinion. Matt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wild_Rose Posted November 2, 2009 Share Posted November 2, 2009 Dont like gold its not for me.... although it does look nice on some guitars...Like the SG Cali man posted.. I agree, most of the times gold makes it tacky! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twiz Posted November 2, 2009 Share Posted November 2, 2009 Gold hardware? No thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Posted November 2, 2009 Share Posted November 2, 2009 I voted "yes", but it depends on which guitar is I mean..... Ebony LP Customs ..ABSOLUTELY YES! Ebony Flying V..... not so well looking White guitars.... yes,every time :-k/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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