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Hey guys, I'm neck deep in my first build and it's come to me attention a guitar with no headstock brand just isn't cool. But I need your help! What did you name yours, and how did you come up with it? I'm thinking walkertone in a cream Danelectro type retro font but a little unsure how it'd look on an ex headstock.
Take a pic of your headstock, preferably with the tuners sitting in place, colour it up in a paint program to match your finish, then try out some different virtual logo designs to see what works.
Yeah this...Quote:
/<\\/p>[]<\\/p>/Quote from WeirdBits on June 16, 2014, 12:35
Take a pic of your headstock, preferably with the tuners sitting in place, colour it up in a paint program to match your finish, then try out some different virtual logo designs to see what works.
Here's a random Ex headstock with a rough outline of your idea as an example but obviously using Photoshop or something similar you can play with it until it's 100% to your liking.
http://www.pitbullguitars.com/wp-con...stock-copy.jpg
Gotta be honest, that looks kinda cool.
Thanks for the help guys. Now I just have to find where to get that printed. Last resort will be vinyl but I'd love to find somewhere who does the decals
Yeah I like it, you can't go wrong with those 50's retro looking fonts, especially incorporating the word "tone" into it. It's a winner.Quote:
/<\\/p>[]<\\/p>/Quote from andrew on June 16, 2014, 13:26
Gotta be honest, that looks kinda cool.
http://www.pitbullguitars.com/wp-con...rtone-Logo.png
Thanks so much guys. Was a bit worried about the retro look on a metal axe but I think it'll suit just fine. Any ideas where I can get it printed?
Andrew, send Andyport from the forum an email he prints great logos
citysigns@internode.on.net
Hey Andrew,
If you're after someone to get a decal printed, Andyport does them. He is a forum member and his email is - citysigns@internode.on.net
He helped me with mine and he is pretty good on the ol' decal design!
:)
I used this guy based in the U.SQuote:
/<\\/p>[/<\\/p>[]<\\/p>/]<\\/p>/Quote from andrew on June 16, 2014, 13:35
Thanks for the help guys. Now I just have to find where to get that printed. Last resort will be vinyl but I'd love to find somewhere who does the decals
http://gwsdecals.com/
He can print waterslide decals in whites and metallics and his prices are the best I've found anywhere ($13 for two headstock decals delivered)and the print was superb.
On the downside...
you could be waiting around 3 weeks for delivery.
I tested one decal with an enamel clear and it didn't play nice at all and it pretty much ate it.
To be honest the one I covered in nitro started looking like it was gonna do the same thing but luckily I managed to salvage it.
Best thing is to use acrylics as recommended and you shouldn't have an issue.
Ok great guys. I read he doesn't have a printer to do whites though. I wonder if cream would be different.
Cheers, just shot Andy an email and I'll check out that US site. Thanks again lads.
Emailed the gws fella as well. Hopefully between the two something will come through. Not too worried about it taking a while. Waiting on parts from America anyway so it won't be ready for a bit.
I can certainly endorse Andyport.....not that he needs my endorsement. His 4 Guitar of the month awards speak volumes about the quality of his work.
Thanks gav. Unfortunately he is unable to do whites and white based colours like cream.
Hi Andrew
This Sydney-based company ...
http://www.decalpaper.com.au/
... not only sell decal paper for both inkjet and laser printers, they'll also print your decals up for you.
Most half-decent laser printers can manage printing white - so if you know someone with one, you can order the laser decal paper and do your own ... or ...
... like me, I got them to print mine up for me - for an A4 page I think it was an $10 ... I just a filled an A4 size sheet with as many logos as I could (I got about 30 decals per page - different sizes and styles) and then sent them the file, they printed it and then mailed it to me ... I did mine in CorelDraw and sent them the .cdr file (but depending upon your logo, it might be just as easily done in MS Word!)
Thanks for the heads up. I ended up using a guy in the states. He charged $25 for 3 decals so from now on I think I'll stick to your guy. Cheers