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Tis a very good point, wondering if I should just learn to live with it now?!

Hmmm never thought of that, if I can work it out, might give that a whirl! where I’ve put the white paper on it, looks ok to my eyes, I’m just wondering if there’s something glaringly obvious that I’ve missed that could go wrong, shape or proportion wise

Sure is...

Definitely more of the streamlined kind of look after...just can’t seem to find a template that will fit/match what I have :-s Will have a good looky and get the pencil out, thankyou for that

Must just be me but it looks a little....bulbous...

this is the headstock from the original eBay listing, not sure why I didn’t think it looked too bad...

Thanks so much for the reply @Stub Mandrel the bit on the left, I was going to look at possibly rounding that off a bit more so possibly printing that size template off again and the moving it down currently, the “top” hole lines up so was thinking “maybe if I move it down so the bottom hole lines up...” the bit on the left could be sanded to suit the template that way?! terrible idea?!

Hey all, quick question if I may?! just received a new neck in the post, looking to cut down the headstock to something smaller as I’m not a huge fan of the larger bump at the bottom despite now printing off 17 templates (all wrong size one way or another) I can’t get one to “work” With the existing wood! then I tried this... (picture below) on the face of it, despite the template being too small to line up with the existing tuner holes, can anyone see anything that would/could go disastrously wrong before I start sanding/cutting?!

Hassle free purchase sale! bought a bass from the great @Ted Theodore Logan, III as mentioned above, great conversation and helpful to boot!! fast shipping, well packed, no complaints here! would only be too glad to deal with again cheers dude

Cheers @Maude, appreciate the advice and well wishes might take a tonne of pictures during the process and throw up a “look what I did” post in the builds section when it’s done

Thankyou for the heads up, no need to apologise! The point you made had been mentioned previously by someone else also, not really something I had considered previously to be honest after mulling it over, think I’m gonna go with the plan of just painting, see how it goes, if it does start getting a bit ugly I think I’ll consider the pickguard route then but for now, think I’m just gonna see what happens really

Ah unfortunately it’s nothing that involved or complicated, he’s just going to fill the existing pickup routes on my sr300 and re-route for a PJ configuration. I plan to paint the body, neck and headstock all black and that’s about as exciting as it gets really still trying to decide whether I want to retain black hardware or go for gold

Thanks @Maude will send him a message, see if he can help out

And just like that...all my searching gets trumped! Thank you for that!

Hey all, I’m about to embark on a bit of a project piece (with the help of our very own @Andyjr1515) and am looking for a bit of help if possible.... I’m looking at modifying and painting and old Ibanez SR300 that I have I plan on painting the headstock to match the body (already does but I’m looking at different colours) I’ve been looking all over the internet but can’t seem to find anyone that does replacement headstock badges/decals for the SDGR range, I did find one place that does water slide decals and have emailed them about doing a metallic / shiney / reflective one but 2 weeks later have had no answer back. Tried emailing Ibanez themselves but again, no reply at all! does anyone know where I can source one from or does anyone have the know how to make one up at all?! any help is massively appreciated, have attached a picture of the existing for your viewing pleasures / reference

To be honest, no. ive repainted guitar bodies in the past with “proper guitar paint” before and they’ve normally been rock hard in less than two weeks. following all the same processes this time but with the cheaper wilko paint I couldn’t understand why it’s not hardening, didn’t know if it was me or the paint :-s maybe your right, I should learn a bit more patience

Hey all, Trying to keep this brief, lockdown = boredom boredom = guitar build on a “what have I got laying around” budget I’ve now sprayed the body with some wilko own brand spray paint (a can and a half of light, misting coats over a period of three days) roll on four weeks later and it’s STILL not drying or going hard, finger nail marks are easy to do and it marks easily enough with the creases of my hands, if I hold any part of it I can’t work out why or how I can get around It?! im wondering if I cover it in a quick drying clear coat whilst it’s still in this state, would that work?! or would it be best to start again and choose a different colour with some proper quality paint?! any help or advice anyone can give would be great may appreciated