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Ekkerman
Username: Ekkerman
Registered: 7-2004
| Posted on Monday, April 23, 2007 - 8:46 am: | |
hi everyone (again) i just got back the parts of my 2622 i had replated with gold including the super 80 pups! will assemble very soon but it looks nice . its a small company in amsterdam wich do it at a reasonable price and fast too!! if there are more people from the netherlands interrested i have the mail adress and telephone number! |
Growler
Username: Growler
Registered: 3-2007
| Posted on Tuesday, April 24, 2007 - 6:33 am: | |
There was a large post about gold plating some time ago. Apparently there is also a company in the US who do a good job too. The only trouble is, the gold plating is a different colour to the gold that comes as stock on Ibanez guitars. So if you only need to replate a couple of parts, there's a mismatch colour situation. And if you're an anorak like me, you prefer to keep with the original process for authenticity's sake. Does anyone know about the gold flash procedure that is used on Ibanez parts? is it something that can be re-done? Alternatively, can the 'normal' replating process be performed with a more accurate colour (like gold flash), or is it just one colour? |
Bobzilla
Username: Bobzilla
Registered: 2-2005
| Posted on Tuesday, April 24, 2007 - 8:31 am: | |
An astute ICW member told me recntly that it was a 10k gold "flash plate." Whatever that means. |
Ekkerman
Username: Ekkerman
Registered: 7-2004
| Posted on Tuesday, April 24, 2007 - 10:37 am: | |
the plating that they do in amsterdam has a warm and not at all to bright goldtype colour witch is very nice . on my 2622 i had it all done including all the nuts and screws. the gibraltar bridge turned out to be a kind of scrapmetal cast iron like material witch was a bit pitted so that shows a bit and on the super 80's there was an amount of pitting but they could deminish this a bit but not tomuch or they would polish off the picture of the flying finger witch is offcourse to be saved! all in all it is very nice and quite an improvemend! i am happy with the result can someone explain to me in simple terms how to post pics on this icw ? so i can show you all my collection of 6 (!!!) artists.... mail me ; ekkerman@quicknet.nl |
Bobzilla
Username: Bobzilla
Registered: 2-2005
| Posted on Tuesday, April 24, 2007 - 12:12 pm: | |
Ekk... if you look to the left here on ICW you will see "formatting" topic. Look in there, it explains photo upload. How much did they charge you for the plating (in US $$$)? I am interested to know because I have some parts out now being plated. It's going on 3 weeks and it still ain't done. How long did yours take to get back? |
Fox
Username: Fox
Registered: 2-2003
| Posted on Tuesday, April 24, 2007 - 7:02 pm: | |
Ekkerman, the Gibraltar bridge is made from castable mixed-alloy-metal called zamac, contains Zinc and other metals.. Badly pitted ones are difficult to gold-plate, says one goldsmith here in Finland, who usually plates all my guitar bits & pieces.. |
Ekkerman
Username: Ekkerman
Registered: 7-2004
| Posted on Tuesday, April 24, 2007 - 10:19 pm: | |
hi bob, it took a few days and the cloud,tail amd bridge and super 80 pups and all the nuts and screws and the strapholder cost me in about 200 euroos i took it to the compagny myself and picked it up myself to ! this is the website; www.spectrachrome.eu |
Johns
Username: Johns
Registered: 2-2001
| Posted on Wednesday, November 07, 2007 - 8:04 pm: | |
Here's a picture of Ekkerman's 2622 with replated hardware:
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Johns
Username: Johns
Registered: 2-2001
| Posted on Wednesday, November 07, 2007 - 8:28 pm: | |
And a closeup:
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Trisound
Username: Trisound
Registered: 1-2006
| Posted on Wednesday, November 07, 2007 - 11:45 pm: | |
Beauty!! |
Ekkerman
Username: Ekkerman
Registered: 7-2004
| Posted on Friday, November 09, 2007 - 2:01 am: | |
i am having my brass beauty done as well, gold is a luxury and a sure way to prevent the hardware getting ugly and i love it!! the guys where i am having it done are not at all expensive .check out this link; http://www.spectrachrome.eu/ when contacting tell em ekkerman told ya ...! |
Ekkerman
Username: Ekkerman
Registered: 7-2004
| Posted on Friday, November 09, 2007 - 2:18 am: | |
here youlle see the 2622 i had done , http://www.everyoneweb.eu/goldeffects/ |
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