That’s right folks, it’s new guitar sticker day!
I bought a very nice early 90’s Jackson Fusion EX (Gibson scale) from our very own
@MikeC
It had been modified to be a single humbucker but the filled pickup routes are showing through the (very thin) re-finish.
https://i.imgur.com/tWScwNy.jpgSo, I thought it might be a good spot for a strategically placed vinyl sticker... which arrived from Florida in the post today. When peeled it only has a thin white border around the graphic, and I will need to trim about 1cm from one of the ends to make it fit.
https://i.imgur.com/O2m7Oh2.jpgProblem is, the finish is so thin that I’m not sure it will be reversible without damaging the finish... Well, what do you think? Shall I do it?!
Comments
Ace looking axe
Jon
Thing is, the current finish is so thin I could probably scratch it off with my fingernails. I’m planning to use it as one of my regular guitars so that finish is not going to last long at all.
So either I’ll stick with the relic’ed look or I’ll need to refinish it at some point anyway. Either way the vinyl is not going to do any harm.
I’m thinking try it on for a while and then either peel it off or get a refin... I thought it would be rather appropriate for a Japanese guitar with an oriental turquoise finish!
Now the only question is:
In line with the pickup ring
https://i.imgur.com/bZJzebw.jpg
Or in line with the fretboard?
https://i.imgur.com/3vjT9b5.jpg
Good call, should look cool, esp as the colours are such a good match.
https://i.imgur.com/HkzNSnR.jpg
Apart from contouring the lower edge, I decided to extend out the bottom right corner as well with some offcuts that roughly matches the lines. It won’t pass close inspection but from a distance it looks fine.
It doesn’t cover all of the blemishes but at least it will distract attention away from them.
As a side note, when I took off the pickup ring to file a slope into it, I discovered that it was block of solid aluminium! There was no way I was going to file that down without a fight, so I decided to just stick a block of sponge under the back edge of the pickup, which props it up slightly and gave just the right amount of slant to make both coils equidistant from the strings.
Now to test it out in band practice... (and probably get laught at)
Well done
And thanks to everyone else for your comments, I know some will think what I’ve done is a travesty, but it’s nice to know that there are people out there who might like it