As part of upgrading inexpensive basses, I like to give them an all black hardware look. I used to take all the chrome bits to a local powder coater. He went out of business. I tried a couple of other local shops but it turned out that it was less expensive, and faster, just to order black hardware.I specialize in Sterling by MusicMan Ray4 and Ray5 upgrades. By changing the pickup and preamp, I can get the inexpensive basses to sound almost 100% like a "real" Stingray. This is the bridge I have been using. Although it takes up to two weeks to arrive, the wait is well worth it. The bridge is a perfect fit, a great drop in replacement for the original bridge. Although inexpensive, I have found Musiclily products to be very high quality. I use a LOT of their products when I upgrade including their machine heads, string trees, bridges and control plates. Great stuff at great prices, if you can handle the longer than usual wait times.