Pearly Gates or Pearly Gates+ in Parchment for Arctic White Strat

[NOISE]

Re: Pearly Gates or Pearly Gates+ in Parchment for Arctic White Strat

That's really weird. Arctic White should be much whiter than that, like about the same white as the paper.

That's just my iPhone camera playing tricks on you I guess Look, same guitar without the A4 paper next to it:

And a new picture in different lighting with the paper next to the guitar:
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[NOISE]

Re: Pearly Gates or Pearly Gates+ in Parchment for Arctic White Strat

Update -

Ok so I just bought the pickups. I decided on the Fender Diamondback but when I compared it with the other white colors on the guitar it looks kinda yellow. Ultimately it all comes down to the sound, I know but I would prefer to keep the colors are close as possible. What do you guys think, should I keep the aged white Diamondback or maybe go with black instead ?

 

[Spyder328]

Re: Pearly Gates or Pearly Gates+ in Parchment for Arctic White Strat

They don't have a model that is just white? I'd say that would be a better option then the aged white. If you only have the options of aged white of black, I'd go with black

 

[NOISE]

Re: Pearly Gates or Pearly Gates+ in Parchment for Arctic White Strat

They don't have a model that is just white? I'd say that would be a better option then the aged white. If you only have the options of aged white of black, I'd go with black

Yeah I totally agree. I think this aged white really clashes with the overall look of the guitar. I´m gonna check tomorrow if they have the Diamondback trembucker in black. I would have really preferred matching white though..

 

[ItsaBass]

Re: Pearly Gates or Pearly Gates+ in Parchment for Arctic White Strat

Unfortunately, that really looks bad in my opinion. I think black would kind of kill the white-out look of the guitar too, and that is the guitar's coolest characteristic. What you really want is white IMO. IIRC, you might be able to get the Diamondback in white. Before you buy anything, wait for me to get home and see which Diamondback I have. I don't member whether it's neutral white or creamy white. If it's pure white, I will gladly take it out of my Les Paul project guitar and sell it to you. I won't be home for another couple hours.

 

[NOISE]

Re: Pearly Gates or Pearly Gates+ in Parchment for Arctic White Strat

Unfortunately, that really looks bad in my opinion. I think black would kind of kill the white-out look of the guitar too, and that is the guitar's coolest characteristic. What you really want is white IMO. IIRC, you might be able to get the Diamondback in white. Before you buy anything, wait for me to get home and see which Diamondback I have. I don't member whether it's neutral white or creamy white. If it's pure white, I will gladly take it out of my Les Paul project guitar and sell it to you. I won't be home for another couple hours.

Ok wow, thanks a lot man!

I just googled Arctic white guitars and saw a few pictures of them with black pickups and that looks awful. I also have been a huge Hendrix fan since age 12 and that was one of the reasons I bought the guitar; to have that all white Jimi look.

 

[NOISE]

Re: Pearly Gates or Pearly Gates+ in Parchment for Arctic White Strat

Ok I went back to the store and got the right color ( Fender Parchment)
This beautiful guitar will retain its all white look and it will sound amazing!=) thanks for the help guys, I really appreciate it.

Here's a picture of the new pickup next to the guitar:

 

[ItsaBass]

Re: Pearly Gates or Pearly Gates+ in Parchment for Arctic White Strat

Right on! That was really the only color to get it, and I'm glad they had it. I looked at my Diamondback last night, and it is parchment as well, or possibly white originally that has aged to parchment. Unfortunately, I realized that you are in Iceland, so my having the parchment pick up to sell wouldn't have done you much good.

 

[Spyder328]

Re: Pearly Gates or Pearly Gates+ in Parchment for Arctic White Strat

Very nice! Glad you were able to get one that matched :bigok:

 

[NOISE]

Re: Pearly Gates or Pearly Gates+ in Parchment for Arctic White Strat

Right on! That was really the only color to get it, and I'm glad they had it. I looked at my Diamondback last night, and it is parchment as well, or possibly white originally that has aged to parchment. Unfortunately, I realized that you are in Iceland, so my having the parchment pick up to sell wouldn't have done you much good.

Yeah it´s a perfect match to the guitar now so the whole pickguard area is in parchment which looks fantastic on the Arctic White body.
Thanks for your input man, and yeah it would have been a pretty steep shipping rate

 

[NOISE]

Re: Pearly Gates or Pearly Gates+ in Parchment for Arctic White Strat

Very nice! Glad you were able to get one that matched :bigok:

Thanks for your input! Yeah the aged white just looked horrific against the arctic white and parchment. I´m really happy to have everything matching in colour now!=)