ES5V first build

[DarkMark]

Thinking of putting a name on the headstock. Here are some size options. Feel free to give an opinion.

[DarkMark]

Medium size

[DarkMark]

Largest size.

[Sonic Mountain]

I'd go small or medium. Once you have the tuners, washers, strings etc on it will get a bit crowded. On your largest option some of the descenders will be covered by the tuner washer.

Nice script, much better than 'Brush' which seems to get a good work out.

[trv]

I like the medium, it'll fill the space nicely without interfering with the tuners.

I agree with Sonic, classy font choice.

[DarkMark]

Hmm, I guess it would look crowded with the large design. Small or medium it is. I had a waterslide decal made up but I don’t thing the white text will be opaque enough against the black background. I’m thinking of making a stencil to spray paint the name. That means medium is the winning size as I find the small text a bit to difficult to cut out. The black was an oil based stain and I intend to cover in Tru Oil.
Thanks Sonic and Trv, I looked at many fonts before this one jumped out at me. I’ve tried laminating the paper and cutting the text out. My blade work is giving it a jagged rough cut edge. I actually think it looks quite good, perhaps I can patent a new font style while I’m at it.
Can I paint over oil based stain?
Should I use a water based or oil based paint?

[DarkMark]

Just for the record, the font is call Origins by Laura Worthington www.fontspring.com. I adjusted the text size to suit and photocopied my phone. Unless that is considered steeling, in which case I purchased the use of the font style and went through the proper channels 🤔.

[DarkMark]

Nope. This isn’t working.

[Sonic Mountain]

Just for the record, the font is call Origins by Laura Worthington www.fontspring.com. I adjusted the text size to suit and photocopied my phone. Unless that is considered steeling, in which case I purchased the use of the font style and went through the proper channels 🤔.

For personal use you have nothing to worry about. If you were trying to use it for some kind of commercial branding then you would need to purchase it.

There are a few different options for getting it on there. On my SG I made and aluminium plate truss rod cover and put my logo on that. Or you can go to a signage place and get them to cut vinyl or a mask that you can stick on and spray over. Or you could pain a light coloured strip up the headstock and sit it in there, then clear over the lot.

There have been a couple of guys on here (sorry I can't remember who it was) who were printing outlines of their decals reversed on water slide paper and then colouring in the logo with paint pens. Then you apply the decal upside down and clear over it, the results were pretty good.

[king casey]

(sorry I can't remember who it was)

I think it was Guvna ...and whats-is-name.


http://www.buildyourownguitar.com.au...5&d=1523526774


cheers, Mark.