Need a little help color matching

[rhgwynn]

I had ordered a bunch of stuff from mojo for a loaded pickguard a guy ordered from me, it was an HSS and he wanted all Aged White plastics on a black pickguard. So, I ordered it all up, including Aged White knobs and tip, AW strat covers, andddd AW HB bobbins. Then, it all gets here, and I'm mocking it all up, problem - no, BIG problem. The HB bobbins don't match; and by dont match, I mean, NOT EVEN CLOSE. They were basically an off-white; instead of that dirty, been exposed to UV for a 15 years white, like they should have been. So, I have some coming in from GuitarPartsUSA, I think they are Ivory or something? They looked like they might match, hard to tell though. But in case they dont, I want to get in front of this; what humbucker bobbin color matches the Fender Aged White plastics?? Thanks fellas.

-Rob

[big_teee]

What you and GPUSA is calling Ivory, is in Fact Cream.
I have a box full of those.
Not vintage white.
The ones you ordered from Mojo are probably the closest you will get.
When you get away from pure white, you get shades of Aged white.

[ReWind]

I don't even think that the pure white Mojo stuff matches itself. Another member/winder friend gave me a set of Strat pickups. I wanted to get knobs, switch tip and trem tip to match so I asked him what plastic he used on the pickup covers. "Just the normal white from Mojo" - so I ordered accordingly, and have about 3 shades among all of it.

[rhgwynn]

When the Missus comes back with her fancy-dancy camera phone, I will take a picture. These "aged white" humbucker bobbins are a far cry from anything near it. Like I said, they are basically an off-white, but not really by much at all.

-Rob

[copperheadroads]

These "aged white" humbucker bobbins are a far cry from anything near it. Like I said, they are basically an off-white, but not really by much at all.

-Rob

Pretty much what they are,In between white & cream
But in the pic I posted the aged white don't really do justice shows Cream,Aged white & White

when i'm doing strat sets in aged white or parchment ,I usually have all 3 colors covers present to tell the parchment from the aged white

[rhgwynn]

Pretty much what they are,In between white & cream
But in the pic I posted the aged white don't really do justice shows Cream,Aged white & White

when i'm doing strat sets in aged white or parchment ,I usually have all 3 colors covers present to tell the parchment from the aged white

What's the one in the HB, it doesnt match any of those three, and it looks like the color I need.

-Rob

[copperheadroads]

It is cream & same as the first bobbin ,I know the lighting is quite poor

[rhgwynn]

It is cream & same as the first bobbin ,I know the lighting is quite poor

Actually, the coil and tape prevent the light from shining through the plastic and illuminating it. I think this may actually solve my dilemma.

-Rob

[copperheadroads]

The dark Plain Enamel wire in the humbucker shown possibly darkens the color

[rhgwynn]

The dark Plain Enamel wire in the humbucker shown possibly darkens the color

That's what I'll be using - 43PE

-Rob

[David Schwab]

Come on guys, the bobbins are opaque. it has nothing to do with the wire inside! Everyone take a deep breath and listen to what you are saying! lol

You aren't shining a light from the inside on either the full or empty bobbin.

Clearly you have natural light coming in on the left, and incandescent light on the right. So the left side is bluish and the right side looks more yellow.

Here's the pickup on the left and the other cream bobbin with the white points corrected, so that the wood in the background looks the same.

Click to see it larger.


It's just an optical illusion. Like this one:

You have to have the lighting the same on each bobbin, with one light source to capture true colors, and then you have to haver the white point on your camera set for thew temperature of that light source.

[David Schwab]

Q: Which square is darker, A or B?



A: they are the same color!

http://serendip.brynmawr.edu/bb/contrastcolor/

[rhgwynn]

Interesting. Yeah the creams I got in today are a horrible match, too. I ordered the vintage butyrates from mojo after talking to Steve on the phone about the problem. If this is not the end of it, the customer is fine with just having an (off) white bucker, as long as it sounds good.

-Rob

[David Schwab]

The problem is these plastic parts are coming from different manufacturers. There's been lots of discussions here about cream colored bobbins, and how pinkish some of them are.

[rhgwynn]

The problem is these plastic parts are coming from different manufacturers. There's been lots of discussions here about cream colored bobbins, and how pinkish some of them are.

The ones from GP-USA are more yellowish, not pink at all, but not really yellow; more like a color you'd expect to see on the inside of a pie, which is what I suspect it should be if it's a cream bobbin?

-Rob