What image to go on the front of a guitar?

axisus · March 2022

I'm refinishing my headless guitar and just trying to think of some kind of interesting image to go on the front. Looking for inspiration, any ideas what could look good? Famous painting? Manga? Pop art? Something weird? Album cover?

Any thoughts/suggestions?

merlin · March 2022

Welsh flag.

Kittyfrisk · March 2022

John the Baptist or maybe King Louis XVI ?

Devil#20 · March 2022

Depends on the body shape. I'd say at least a 'ban the bomb' a la Alvin Lee 335 "Big Red".

bertie · March 2022

Childog's "ode to a fart once remembered"

Sesh · March 2022

Nekid laydees

maltingsaudio · March 2022

Some sort of optical illusion https://www.vectorstock.com/royalty-free-vector/optical-illusion-abstract-tunnel-vector-31974873

Paul_C · March 2022

OLD MAN YELLS AT CLOUD Grampa Simpson The Christian Restoration Association cartoon text yellow comics vertebrate fiction

jonnyburgo · March 2022

Picture of Kajagoogoo?

CavemanGrogg · March 2022

I think it was either Yamaha or Samick - back in the days when Samick manufactured their own brand of guitars, who made a Strat style guitar that came with a clear pickguard, and about a dozen images, and even more blank templates, you popped off the pickguard, chose one of the supplied images you liked, or used one of the blank templates provided to make your own, put it on the guitar body and put the clear pickguard back on ontop of the image. Why not get yourself one of those guitars.

Thinking about it more, the guitar I'm thinking about may have even been made by Ibanez.

StefB · March 2022

CavemanGrogg said:

I think it was either Yamaha or Samick - back in the days when Samick manufactured their own brand of guitars, who made a Strat style guitar that came with a clear pickguard, and about a dozen images, and even more blank templates, you popped off the pickguard, chose one of the supplied images you liked, or used one of the blank templates provided to make your own, put it on the guitar body and put the clear pickguard back on ontop of the image. Why not get yourself one of those guitars.

Thinking about it more, the guitar I'm thinking about may have even been made by Ibanez.

It was Yamaha, RGX121 from memory.

CavemanGrogg · March 2022

StefB said:

CavemanGrogg said:

I think it was either Yamaha or Samick - back in the days when Samick manufactured their own brand of guitars, who made a Strat style guitar that came with a clear pickguard, and about a dozen images, and even more blank templates, you popped off the pickguard, chose one of the supplied images you liked, or used one of the blank templates provided to make your own, put it on the guitar body and put the clear pickguard back on ontop of the image. Why not get yourself one of those guitars.

Thinking about it more, the guitar I'm thinking about may have even been made by Ibanez.

It was Yamaha, RGX121 from memory.

That's not it, it looks very similiar, rear cavaties, no routing on the front, wrong shaped headstock though , the one I'm thinking about has the traditional in a row machine heads, plus this thing came with a clear Strat shaped pickguard, and perhaps a dozen or so images printed onto good quality card, and about a dozen or more blank templates do do what you want with, and you just popped one of the pre printed templates, or one you had done yourself, under the clear pickguard. I saw this thing back in the 90's in my local Yamaha music shop - actually Yamaha outlet not a dealer, but they also sold, Ibanez, Samick, Dean, Fernandes and a few other Japanese brands. What I mean by ''pop on'' and ''pop off'' the pickguard, I mean you had to unscrew the pickguard like on a Strat, there where holes in the preprinted artwork and blank templates for the pickguard screws to pass through.

chillidoggy · March 2022

Ukrainian flag.

bertie · March 2022

pic of Emp in a pose a kin to the famous Burt Reynolds Cosmo one , with a tFB "founder members t-shirt" covering the essentials

mudslide73 · March 2022

CavemanGrogg said:

StefB said:

CavemanGrogg said:

I think it was either Yamaha or Samick - back in the days when Samick manufactured their own brand of guitars, who made a Strat style guitar that came with a clear pickguard, and about a dozen images, and even more blank templates, you popped off the pickguard, chose one of the supplied images you liked, or used one of the blank templates provided to make your own, put it on the guitar body and put the clear pickguard back on ontop of the image. Why not get yourself one of those guitars.

Thinking about it more, the guitar I'm thinking about may have even been made by Ibanez.

It was Yamaha, RGX121 from memory.

That's not it, it looks very similiar, rear cavaties, no routing on the front, wrong shaped headstock though , the one I'm thinking about has the traditional in a row machine heads, plus this thing came with a clear Strat shaped pickguard, and perhaps a dozen or so images printed onto good quality card, and about a dozen or more blank templates do do what you want with, and you just popped one of the pre printed templates, or one you had done yourself, under the clear pickguard. I saw this thing back in the 90's in my local Yamaha music shop - actually Yamaha outlet not a dealer, but they also sold, Ibanez, Samick, Dean, Fernandes and a few other Japanese brands. What I mean by ''pop on'' and ''pop off'' the pickguard, I mean you had to unscrew the pickguard like on a Strat, there where holes in the preprinted artwork and blank templates for the pickguard screws to pass through.

RGX Free Art guitar from memory. I considered getting one but they'd gone before I had the dough.

Image: http://www.alston-family.co.uk/RGX/1991%20free%20art%202.jpg

Is this it? @CavemanGrogg ?

Haych · March 2022

Cover it with clippings from broadsheets and tabloids.

You can call it the Newscaster!

I'll get m'coat!

Grunfeld · March 2022

Trompe-l'œil image of a headstock?

Dominic · March 2022

A collage of 70s rock icons........Bowie,Bowie,Ronson etc

CountryDave · March 2022

If it’s a Steinberger cricket bat shape you could put Warhol’s soup can or a bottle logo on it. I seem to recall Michael Anthony playing a JD bottle bass in a VH video way back.

poopot · March 2022

How about a pin up style image?

HAL9000 · March 2022

chillidoggy said:
Ukrainian flag.

My gigging guitars will be sporting Ukrainian flags for the foreseeable future.

How about Roy Lichtenstein’s Whaam!?...

Or paint it in Vantablack.

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