Hardware type

Gary mcfarland

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Quick question? In all Prs descriptions , it lists Hardware type as Nickel. Just what does this include? One person told me it means hardware finish. I would think if it was the finish , it would say hardware finish. I’ve notice this description on cores on down , so are they strictly talking fret material. Thanks
 
It’s the color of the tuners, bridge, pickup covers or slugs/screws, and other screws. It’s just the cosmetics of whether the metal is nickel, chrome, gold, hybrid (a mix of gold and nickel), or smoked (blackish).
 
It’s the color of the tuners, bridge, pickup covers or slugs/screws, and other screws. It’s just the cosmetics of whether the metal is nickel, chrome, gold, hybrid (a mix of gold and nickel), or smoked (blackish).
If that’s the case, then, why don’t they makes better definition and say Hardware Type Finish
 
If that’s the case, then, why don’t they makes better definition and say Hardware Type Finish
Simply put, that’s how it’s done in guitar-land.

‘Hardware’ means the metal parts on a guitar that aren’t the fret wires.

When people talk about the aluminum or steel wheels on a car, they don’t mean the steering wheel.

Since this is the first post asking that question in the entire time this forum’s been around, I doubt most people have an issue with it.

Nickel plating has a warmer color cast than chrome plating, and it doesn’t peel the way chrome plating can. The only drawback is that nickel can tarnish and needs the occasional polishing-up - which is super-easy.

I had chrome plating peel on a couple of Fender-style guitars. It’s not uncommon, so many guitar makers ( Gibson is one) choose nickel instead.
 
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