Pests ST-1

[wokkaboy]

yes thats right Pablo. Pest find a good engraver and take the plate there. You can engrave Pests Pestocaster on it !

[djdubya]

Pest, I asked a guy at a a key cutting place in the local mall if he could do the job but he reckoned he'd have trouble copying the font I wanted. He recommended a trophy shop so I took in the neckplate and a print of the artwork I'd done. After a chat with the guy there I emailed the font and my mockup and he did a great job of it!

Since you're building a strat I'd recommend looking for the fender font online. At first glance P looks F in that font

Cheers,
Dennis.

[keloooe]

Hi Dennis, I will definitely look around!
So, not much has happened, pics can't be up for now because of some issues, but they will definitely be up soon!

While I was gone I burned through my copper supplies (DB I need more!), did the bottom of the cavity and part of the pickguard!
Finish is definitely going to be Carmine Gypsy for the body and Vintage Amber for the neck, but I will use some black stain on the body then sand it out with 180 grit sandpaper to pop the grain!

[lawry]

/<\\/p>[]<\\/p>/Quote from keloooe on December 3, 2013, 11:51
Hey guys, is there a really good place where I can get a custom neck plate? I see some of the newer builds in GOTM are using them, I'm extremely curious as to where to get one

Yo.
You can try a local trophy shop as Pablo suggested but when I took mine to a couple they baulked at it (check the Matriarch). In the end I got it done here

http://www.labelx.net/catalog/

and I'm really happy with the result. So far they have done two scratchplates and a neck plate and the result has been fantastic. Hope it helps.
Lawry

[keloooe]

Cool lawry, I'll check into them later!

[lawry]

Got a question for ya. Was 'Pest' a name that you gave yourself or was it 'earned'?
I've only been here a few months so don't know the background. I see you have a sh*t load of posts so were you perhaps a little 'enthusiastic' in the beginning?
Seems like everyone knows about you and you must have been absent for a while cos there were a lot of 'welcome back' posts when you restarted.
So... what's the dirt?
Just curious.
Cheers

[keloooe]

Haha lawry, yes I have been here on the forums since Jan 9 this year!
I got the nickname of 'Pest' a few months into my first build (link in sig), when dingobass wrote 'Pest' on the box as I was asking so many questions about what to do a lot of the time, and I just went with it, and so has the whole forum, I have become a big name here during the past 11 months :P

[lawry]

Thanks man. It's cool to have a tag with meaning.
Cheers.

[Gavin1393]

Actually!!!!!! Pests name originates from Miss Fiona, DB's lovely 'other 1/2'. One of these days there will be a quiz with a question, what is pests real name.....no many will know!

[keloooe]

That question is known by only a few members here, and that name has not been mentioned here on the forums for a long time...