Right!
Another update! It took me a while, but I found someone to pull off the headstock decal. I originally wanted some things in chrome like the Warmoth
decals out there, but after trading PMs with Gregg - I found out that it wasn't going to happen as the company W used is in Japan and they had to
order a whole shitload in order to get the dyes made. So, unfourtunetly chrome is (was) out. I could have gotten a chrome vinyl decal, but I wanted a
water-slide decal so everything matched with the Fender headstock decal. (Blah, blah - I've followed the 'headstock decal' threads with much amusement,
suffice to say, Dave's guitar has a Fender logo on it - so naturally - this is getting one too.)
So. Here was the concept art I whipped up using the hood ornament as a base:
And, here's the finished product:
The decal was made by Simon over at www.decartdecals.com (seems his website is also having some issues - do a Google search and view it via
the 'cached' option if you need to) but he now works for
Rothco and Frost. A very fine chap who was very helpful and did more than a bit of redrawing
and setup from what I gave him to the printed, finished, end result above. He went above and beyond to get the right colors and the formatting just so.
Fittingly - he lives in England, so I'm sure this was a matter of national pride for him (considering the subject matter) and he pulled it off with flying colors!
This is a LOT of detail to be crammed in such a tiny area (approx. 1" in diameter)! If anyone needs a quality water-slide decal beyond the standard headstock logo's
(even though he does
excellent versions of those as well) - I highly,
highly recommend him.
This is one of the first of many emails we've traded; and it gives you an idea of the level of quality he's committed to:
"Shades of chrome won’t be possible (if it’s a printed decal you’re after I’ve yet to find a chrome ink which gives a good quality print / is waterproof /
is lacquer proof, and until I can find something which fits those criteria I won’t offer it). I can, however, do a few metallic shades for you. Gold, Silver,
and Pink and Blue, along with non metallic black, white, green, red, blue. All of the inks I use give a very fine, thin finish, are completely opaque,
waterproof, and compatible with all spray lacquers."
God save the Queen! :icon_thumright:
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