White or Aged White pickup covers?

[Aceman]

For this guitar - Malmsteen tribute. Not planning on relic'ing or anything.

 

[ErikH]

Parchment plastics all around. Don't forget a set of Malmsteen Ducklips....LOL

 

[marcello252]

I don't like the arctic white of the new stuf so I'm partial to slightly aged white (not cream, I think most common term is Parchment)

 

[Seashore]

Agree with the above, aged/parchment.

 

[Mincer]

Parchment, but also a scalloped neck.

 

[jeremy]

looks fine as it is, just play it!

 

[Aceman]

Neck is going to be scalloped.

I'm not getting a parchment pickguard

I am getting DMZ HS3's

I am assuming by Parchment you DO NOT mean cream like Les Paul pickup ring colors.

 

[ErikH]

No, not cream. Parchment, off-white. DiMarzio calls it Aged-White.

BUT, if you're not going to change the pickguard or the rest of the plastics, get white.

 

[Aceman]

No, not cream. Parchment, off-white. DiMarzio calls it Aged-White.

BUT, if you're not going to change the pickguard or the rest of the plastics, get white.

I always kind of liked the slight contrast of aged with totally white pick guard. Sets things off a touch. Could get aged white knobs too. In fact, I have a Kramer Strat like that....

Easy enough to get new covers if I don't like it. But I see what you are saying.

 

[Aceman]

I don't think this looks bad at all.

 

[ErikH]

No, it doesn't. Maybe a little more aging than what the DiMarzio aged-white would be but still not bad.

 

[Explorer84]

Another vote for parchment.

Edit: You stated pickup covers. My vote for the covers would be aged white.

I’m changing the pickguard on my Strat to parchment (stock) and the knobs to aged white knobs. I think the aged white offsets the parchment. Adds a little more detail.

 

[marcello252]

the number of likes for parchment it's interesting

 

[Artie]

Cream. Then go play some Swlabr.

 

[Aceman]

Cream. Then go play some Swlabr.

Swlabr???

 

[Artie]

Swlabr???

Off the "Disraeli Gears" album.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ngIxuGOVGeQ

 

[jeremy]

she walks like a bearded rainbow

 

[Mincer]

I just saw Yngwie 2 weeks ago. He used a yellowed/white Strat all night. The band was squeezed over in the left 10 feet of the stage, and he had the rest. Drums right on the stage without a riser. Yng was fantastic, but didn't have the dexterity as he did in the late 80s.

 

[eclecticsynergy]

I concur for parchment knobs & covers.
Pic with a white middle looks a bit odd.
But if that's Yngvie's red Strat, so be it.

 

[Aceman]

Been looking at a lot of google pics.

While I dig the aged/parchment look, I'm going to go all white. This is a "less is less" project (As the screaming' swede would say).
- Don't want to futz with the middle pickup since not using it
- Guitar is getting a new look vs aged
- Majority I have seen are all white. Aged ones are rare.


So I'm going with white.

But thank you all for the thoughts - I do generally agree. Maybe I'll get covers and knobs at a later date.