Actually no. Just the way it looks with my poor photography skills. Haha. I also noticed it looked like that and kind of like it. I had already considered swapping the pickup rings to something like flamed maple. But ebony and black chrome hardware would be cool too. But swapping all the hardware seems a bit overkill. And it’s too new (to me). So maybe someday. But for right now it’s staying as is.
And thanks for all the compliments. I am totally loving it. Wish I didn’t have to work and could play i all day. Plugged it into my rig a bit last night. Nothing fancy, just a pedalboard with an AmpliFireBox. But barely touched a knob and it sounded incredible. I did drop the neck pickup a bit. Seems a bit too wooly compared to the bridge. But man that bridge pu. Even in single coil mode just rips. More like a p90 than a single coil imo. Very very pleased. Maybe someday I can even do some sound samples. I have a patch for the AFB I found of a “evh” style set up. Bet it just kills. Too bad I’m only average at best.