What image to go on the front of a guitar?

floeighty2 · March 2022

How about Van Gogh ‘Starry Night’? Or ‘The Great Wave of Kanagawa’ by Hokusai? The second one there is a bit overused now I think about it.

TimmyO · March 2022

File under "things I regret selling:

Korean Squier, Kinman pickups

axisus · March 2022

CountryDave said:

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.

Yeah, he played that when I saw Van Halen! Way back, maybe the 5150 tour?

Kittyfrisk · March 2022

TimmyO said:

File under "things I regret selling:

Korean Squier, Kinman pickups

You could always try an easter variation

LastMantra · March 2022

C&B.

fretmeister · March 2022

TimmyO said:

File under "things I regret selling:

Korean Squier, Kinman pickups

Much better.

Image: https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fi.pinimg.com%2F736x%2Fd3%2F82%2F71%2Fd3827164dc04b5fd423f0cff9f2f59d1--cookie-monster-the-wave.jpg&f=1&nofb=1

axisus · March 2022

TimmyO said:

File under "things I regret selling:

Korean Squier, Kinman pickups

Actually that was my first choice, but I'm already putting that on my 7 string.

CavemanGrogg · March 2022

mudslide73 said:

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.

Is this it? @CavemanGrogg ?

It's not that one either, though it's basically the identical concept. The one I'm thinking about had the same shape and routing as the one in the picture you posted, but the pickguard was Fender Strat shaped, the same size as well. I remember one of the pre printed templates was leopard spots, one was lightning, swirls like a bad 70's acid trip, a black and white optical illusion, and I think there was an eyeball one.

Cryptid · March 2022

How about a nice fancy rooster?

Nitefly · March 2022

The Overbear.

TimmyO · March 2022

Nitefly said:

The Overbear.

It is a bear. That is over.

Brio · March 2022

Bird with big norks wearing leather obvs. I think Frank Frazetta will have something suitable. Maybe Vampirella.
Of course then you have to join Steel Panther.

Brio · March 2022

I miss the Overbear. It cheeks me up to think.of it hanging serenely in a Wedgewood Blue sky.

mrkb · March 2022

Brio said:

Bird with big norks wearing leather obvs. I think Frank Frazetta will have something suitable. Maybe Vampirella.
Of course then you have to join Steel Panther.

And sat astride a rocket? Or are you old school?

Brio · March 2022

Disturbing imagery there. Definitely old school, or Golden Age as we like to call it...

bertie · March 2022

mrkb said:

Brio said:

Bird with big norks wearing leather obvs. I think Frank Frazetta will have something suitable. Maybe Vampirella.
Of course then you have to join Steel Panther.

And sat astride a rocket? Or are you old school?

yes much prefer a roman candle

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