Hardware Plastic Comparision Thread

[buyusfear]

[buyusfear]

[BOBBO]

Top Hat knob from a 1959 Les Paul !!

[buyusfear]

Thought you guys might like this

[buyusfear]

[scottuk]

Fatboy P90 Covers compared to stock R6 covers

[LesPaulFanatic]

Hi Guys. Thought I'd post some pictures of the upgraded plastics on my R6 VOS compared to the stock historic parts.. Note: the flash does lie a bit. The parts are not as dark in person, but it gives a nice impression of the relation between the two..

Fatboy covers on top, stock ones installed. Stock switchtip, pokerchip and nut installed. On the right Fatboy aged switchtip, pokerchip and nut. Knobs are RS. I had an RS switchtip at first, but donated it to my vintage es-225 that was lacking one..


Everything installed..


Initally I was going to leave it with the plastic madness after that, but had to order the Vintage Clone pickguard and a jackplate aged by Fatboy. Historic on the left, VC/Fatboy on the right

[buyusfear]

Well played

R4 gas, just went up a notch.
Needle is close to breaking off....

[LesPaulFanatic]

Originally Posted by buyusfear

Well played

R4 gas, just went up a notch.
Needle is close to breaking off....

Go for it! When I got my R6, I was initially set on an R4, but couldn't justify the upcharge for the R4. I guess I can't complain though, as I got a guitar that rings like a bell. It was a great guitar to begin with, and after a set of Lollars 50s wind, rs pots and luxe grey tiger caps, it is a great sounding guitar, to me at least..

[shotgunlew]

Wow guys, You sure got some money tied up in some the plastics dont ya?


chris

[alexvdl]

I just got my new Dimarzio mounting rings in the mail today. I thought they would be too white, but they're actually a little bit off white. They have the same measurements as the historic rings I have, so they're a perfect fit.

I sanded them a bit to give them the aged look, and I made them a bit more yellow with shoe polish. Looks pretty good in my opinion

What do you guys think? They're 5 bucks each... beats the hell out of those expensive replica parts (if you don't mind the lack off the correct mold marks and numbers at the back).

Here's a comparison between an original pinkish Gibson ring, a new off white Dimarzio ring and an aged Dimarzio ring (middle).





Here's some pics of the rings fitted to my 1994 LP classic (sorry no historic yet):

[Hybridgriff]

SWITCH TIP SIZE
I recently got a Vintage Clone Tip and was surprised how much smaller it is than the Historic one. Has any one got a 59 original they can measure for comparison. These are the sizes of my parts.(mm)
VINTAGE CLONE 7.48 Large Diam. HISTORIC 7.81
5.66 Small Diam 6.61
13.96 Length 14.58
I had the Vintage Clone on my replica at the Penrith Guitar show at Weekend and was surprised how many pointed it out as not looking right !!!!!

[alexvdl]

A comparison picture of forum member Lifele55





I immediately ordered a couple of the stewmacs. The color looks dead on. The font isn't that bad either!!

The STewmac LP pickguard sure does like it will fit too, and the color is way better than the pinkish historic one.

[bigdaddy496]

i have a classic and i hate the way the plastic is "creme" colored. looks more like offwhite with pink in it. i want just plain bright white. i ordered some dimarzio stuff from musicians friend, i am hoping its white enough

[BOBBO]

For anyone who'd like to compare some of the reproduction plastic to the real thing !!! Please click the link below !!!

The Official Vintage Les Paul Parts Thread !!!
The Official Vintage Les Paul Parts Thread !!!

Originally Posted by alexvdl

A comparison picture of forum member Lifele55





I immediately ordered a couple of the stewmacs. The color looks dead on. The font isn't that bad either!!

The STewmac LP pickguard sure does like it will fit too, and the color is way better than the pinkish historic one.

So do these fit the USA Standards and the 1993-1998 Historics, or do they fit the 1999 and up Historics, and Vintage?

[alexvdl]

I don't know, I ordered a sheet of pickguard material so I can cut it out myself incase the pickguard is the wrong size. I'm also curious about the size of the precut guard.

[alexvdl]

Here's my stewmac pokerchip. I'm pretty happy with the color and font! IMO it looks 98% the same as the fatboy rings and the montreux '56 ring. The two on the left were before and the right one is after aging.

[Vtwin]

Stock Historic left, DMC rings and switch ring/tip, Buzzy guard on right.

[kluson]

Fatboy isn't doing the retro vibe rings any more I understand

[zoso304]

they are all awesome, but which look closest to actual vintage parts?

[Danelectro]

Originally Posted by Vtwin

Stock Historic left, DMC rings and switch ring/tip, Buzzy guard on right.

Both are beautiful guitars, but I really dig the one the right. The pink-ish bobbons (WCR's?) detract from the overall look though. I think it would look a lot better with a pair of DMC covers.

[Knarbens]

Where do you guys order that cool stuff?
Let me know! I gotta pimp my axe! :laugh:

[alexvdl]

Originally Posted by kluson

Fatboy isn't doing the retro vibe rings any more I understand

Montreux still makes the retrovibe stuff, only reliced though. I just ordered a set from Gord Miller GMvintagerestaurations.com

[korby]

Some eighty year old Gibson plastic pins on my 1926 L-1 .

[kluson]

Originally Posted by alexvdl

Montreux still makes the retrovibe stuff, only reliced though. I just ordered a set from Gord Miller GMvintagerestaurations.com

Thanks very much for that

[spartacus slim]

Originally Posted by alexvdl

I don't know, I ordered a sheet of pickguard material so I can cut it out myself incase the pickguard is the wrong size. I'm also curious about the size of the precut guard.

The poker chips look great! Please let us know what the Pickguard and material sheet is like when you get it..

[alexvdl]

Originally Posted by spartacus slim

The poker chips look great! Please let us know what the Pickguard and material sheet is like when you get it..

Well I ended up buying a piece of pickguard material from ..:: Bas van den Broek ::.. because I never completed the order for the sheet. Bas van den Broek is a guitar parts distributor for Europe. You can't buy directly from them, but a friend of mine is a dealer so I got it from him.

It's the same color as my Montreux Time Machine jackplate. It's a tad darker than my stewmac pokerchip but there's no pink whatsoever!

Here you can see my Montreux Retrovibe rings, stewmac pokerchip and Montreux Time Machine jackplate on a piece of pickguard material (aged dimarzio rings installed on the guitar, previous retrovibe rings cracked, they gave me a new set including free jackplate, but I didn't install them yet).



Rough cut:



Completed and aged:



Made me a jackplate from a piece of scrap:

[ghandi]

anybody tried the matchmaker covers from the bay jet?
Nickel MATCHMAKER Gibson-Spaced Humbucker Pickup Cover bei eBay.de: Parts Accessories (endet 25.12.08 19:09:21 MEZ)
they don't look that wrong...