Originally posted by the fool

Originally posted by Lordathestrings
That reference to "24 carat gold" is BS. It should say something about 'plated with real gold'.

Gold, in it's pure (24 carat) form, is a very soft metal which would be totaly unsuitable for guitar hardware. Plating with real gold may be better from an aesthetic viewpoint, but don't believe for a minute that the hardware on any guitar is '24 carat gold'!

I don't think it's possible to buy pickup covers that are plated with real gold anyways- atleast i don't know of any regular stores that sell them. I think you have to customize it yourself. I had mine gold plated at one of those companies that specializes in metal plating for big industries. It just so happens that a friend of mine has an uncle who has friends who work there.

As with 24k gold- never seen or heard one. I know of folks to have their watches, trophies- whatever gold plate it up to 14k but I've never heard of 24k gold. But I was thinking-if it's possible for Saddam's sons to have a gun made out of pure 24k gold- I don't see the reason why gold plating something with 24k gold can't be done. But since you're talking about like pure gold here, you have to be rich in order to pull it off- extremely rich.