Where to put my name on a custom guitar?

MF_Kitten · 09-21-2007, 10:54 AM

so when i´m getting my custom 8 string, where on the guitar should i get my name put on it? i feel it needs to be a part of the guitar that you can´t just easily remove, like a truss rod cover... i want it to be something cheap, but permanent... so if someone stole it, identifying it would be easy as cake...

i was thinking an inlay at the 24th fret or something, a block shaped one, with mmy name written on it, but i can imagine it would cost a shitload... or what?

any better ideas? keep it cheap, but not like DIY cheap, and it shouldn´t be something that obstructs the prettyness of the instrument, it should be something small and simple...

Xtremevillan · 09-21-2007, 10:59 AM

Bottom of the neck?

Fretboard seems the best idea, under the 24th fret where there's that little gap.

You could have it on the headstock if you really wanted.

Ror3h · 09-21-2007, 11:02 AM

Back of the headstock maybe?

urklvt · 09-21-2007, 11:06 AM

Nowhere! Reduced resell value!

Leon · 09-21-2007, 11:07 AM

the headstock would be a good place, something like how "Prestige" is written on the Ibanez headstocks. like...

Guitar Manufacturer

Morten Custom

darren · 09-21-2007, 11:30 AM

I'd put it somewhere not obvious, like inside the trem cavity, a pickup cavity, the neck pocket or the control cavity.

MF_Kitten · 09-21-2007, 11:33 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by darren

I'd put it somewhere not obvious, like inside the trem cavity, a pickup cavity, the neck pocket or the control cavity.

nice idea :P

i want it to be visible though... so you could look at it and see it, but i don´t like it to be blaring out :P

and about the resell value, i have no plans on selling it, i mean... it IS a custom made instrument! :P

i never sell my gear... i trade at best... if i sell gear, then it´s just in order to get more gear :P

and this guitar isn´t worth like a buttload of cash anyways, it´s a reasonable custom, so it wouldn´t be the first thing i would sell to get some cash...

but maybe i´ll go with the truss rod cover afterall, and if i need to sell it, then i just remove the truss rod cover

but then again, if people steal it, they could just remove that, and suddenly it´s not so obviously identifiable :P

headstock it is! :P

Xtremevillan · 09-21-2007, 11:36 AM

I would second getting inside the cavity, but I still think the headstock is a nice one. If you put it on the back of the headstock you could cover that or sand it or something, on the front, you'd have a huge tuning peg problems.

--e

Which guitar are you getting? I think Schecter Customs would do this for you.

09-21-2007, 01:22 PM

All over the fretboard, and then again in neon-green on the body and then once more in a different color all over the backside.

I vote for headstock.

djpharoah · 09-21-2007, 01:24 PM

Truss rod cover.

09-21-2007, 10:54 AM	#1
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09-21-2007, 11:02 AM	#3
Ror3h ss.org Regular Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Manchester, UK Posts: 540 Real Name: Rory Main Seven: RG1527 BP + Dimarzio X2N7 Rig: ENGL Fireball/PODxt Thanked: 6	Back of the headstock maybe? My music page.

09-21-2007, 11:06 AM	#4
urklvt This is my alt Join Date: May 2005 Location: Leesville, LA Posts: 2,420 Real Name: urk Main Seven: 28.625" S7420 Main ERG: Agile Intrepid 8 Rig: Mesa Mark IV Thanked: 4 / 1	Nowhere! Reduced resell value! "Dude, you need to find the right fucking meds to be on, because you are the most unstable person I know."

09-21-2007, 11:07 AM	#5
Leon {##[====:::. • Super Moderator • Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: The Ohio Crew Posts: 11,718 Main Seven: RG7620 of Doom Rig: Mesa / Sovtek Thanked: 78	the headstock would be a good place, something like how "Prestige" is written on the Ibanez headstocks. like... Guitar Manufacturer Morten Custom I have a radical idea. The door swings both ways, we could reverse the particle flow through the gate. We'll cross the streams.

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09-21-2007, 10:59 AM	#2
Xtremevillan fuck off i hate life Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Long Island, NY. Posts: 3,028 Main Seven: 6string-Caparison TAT II Rig: Triple Rec>Vader 212 Thanked: 32	Bottom of the neck? Fretboard seems the best idea, under the 24th fret where there's that little gap. You could have it on the headstock if you really wanted.

09-21-2007, 11:30 AM	#6
darren Mr. Negative Pants™ Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Greater Toronto Area, Canada Posts: 7,831 Main Seven: OMFG! EBMM JP7 Main ERG: Agile Intrepid Standard Rig: GT6PowerBlockThiele Thanked: 40	I'd put it somewhere not obvious, like inside the trem cavity, a pickup cavity, the neck pocket or the control cavity.

09-21-2007, 11:36 AM	#8
Xtremevillan fuck off i hate life Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Long Island, NY. Posts: 3,028 Main Seven: 6string-Caparison TAT II Rig: Triple Rec>Vader 212 Thanked: 32	I would second getting inside the cavity, but I still think the headstock is a nice one. If you put it on the back of the headstock you could cover that or sand it or something, on the front, you'd have a huge tuning peg problems. --e Which guitar are you getting? I think Schecter Customs would do this for you.

09-21-2007, 01:22 PM	#9
Desecrated Dirty Lurker Posts: n/a	All over the fretboard, and then again in neon-green on the body and then once more in a different color all over the backside. I vote for headstock.

09-21-2007, 01:24 PM	#10
djpharoah Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Orange County, CA Posts: 4,814 Real Name: Mesh Thanked: 195	Truss rod cover.


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