Headstock decals

[Twang46]

Got a couple of guitars that need decals/names for the headstock.

Readily available on fleabay for a few pounds to your requirements with your name etc....

I did wonder if this is the sort of thing you can do with an inkjet printer ?
Doesn't have to be perfect but does need to look respectable & gives the option of playing around with different things "on screen"

Anybody done this ?

Cheers

Dick.

[keithmantle]

Hi Dick, Try Amanda she did Eccas Cakeocaster decal

[Amanda]

Hi,

Yes I did the Mr Kipling Cakeocaster, also some mock ups - Fender Imprecise Bass with Fretless underneath.

I did a tokai springy sound one

All just messing about!!

Must get a decent piccy of the cakeocaster some day!

And in my Avatar piccy the Jet Harris Signature on the front of the headstock is a decal,
Jet signed it on the back as I asked him to, the signature on the front came from a scratchplate he signed for me
scanned in and printed on a laser printer on decal paper..

[ecca]

Here's Cakey.........
Amanda's masterpiece.

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[Twang46]

Thanks for the replies, I've got some "tranny" sheets coming from fleabay...see how I'll get on with them.

Very neat job with the headstock Amanda

How much diff does the brass nut make Ecca ... worth doing ?

Cheers

All

Dick.

[Uncle Fiesta]

Bit difficult reproducing some decal styles with an inkjet or laser printer, as they won't do metallic colours! You need an ALPS printer for that, and I don't think they're made any more.

Guitar and Bass Magazine recently showed a way to do metallics with a standard printer but it only works if there is a black outline:
1 - first print the design on the decal sheet and clear coat it in the usual way.
2 - cut another piece of decal paper slightly larger all round than your design, and soak it to get the decal off (which you then throw away!)
3 - soak your original decal to get it off the paper, then place it on the second, larger, sheet of paper, upside down.
4 - When dry, paint in the metallic colour with whatever paint you have to hand - as it's on the back it will be easy to paint slightly over the black outline.
5 - when the paint is dry, soak the decal again to get it off the paper and onto wherever it's going.

Hope I explained all that correctly!