xTKsaucex Posted January 19, 2010 Share Posted January 19, 2010 This is going to sound very noobish, only because in all 6 years of guitaring ive never bothered to ask this question. Ive been checking out inlays on Warwick website, and they are mighty fine, but for £700 for say a dragon and £250 odd for a tiger its a steep price to pay for something your mostly not going to be looking at. Wondering if theres a cheaper economical way of creating inlays, im thinking, a pencil and a tip-ex ayeeeeeee , but seriously, any like custom painting that could do the trick and not look tacky or is the price for aesthetic beauty going to be steep? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EBS_freak Posted January 19, 2010 Share Posted January 19, 2010 [quote name='xTKsaucex' post='718014' date='Jan 19 2010, 04:27 PM']This is going to sound very noobish, only because in all 6 years of guitaring ive never bothered to ask this question. Ive been checking out inlays on Warwick website, and they are mighty fine, but for £700 for say a dragon and £250 odd for a tiger its a steep price to pay for something your mostly not going to be looking at. Wondering if theres a cheaper economical way of creating inlays, im thinking, a pencil and a tip-ex ayeeeeeee , but seriously, any like custom painting that could do the trick and not look tacky or is the price for aesthetic beauty going to be steep?[/quote] Water decal transfers. You will have to still have them coated in polyester to protect them against the strings though. A pro doing the job should come way under that figure. Its also worth nothing that the decal should be applied to a sealed neck before sealing with the top layer of poly. You can't beat the real deal though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jarhead Posted January 19, 2010 Share Posted January 19, 2010 Yeah, the reason they charge so much is because of materials and labour. It takes a long time and a lot of material to make inlays like those, so you can't really expect it to come cheap. Zach Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gilmour Posted January 19, 2010 Share Posted January 19, 2010 Would transfers/stickers work? I'm not sure they'd adhere to the fingerboard if the board is oiled? If they would then that's cool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EBS_freak Posted January 20, 2010 Share Posted January 20, 2010 [quote name='gilmour' post='718231' date='Jan 19 2010, 06:50 PM']Would transfers/stickers work? I'm not sure they'd adhere to the fingerboard if the board is oiled? If they would then that's cool.[/quote] "the decal should be applied to a sealed neck before sealing with the top layer of poly." i.e. the decal is applied to a polyestered neck. The tricky bit is buffing the gloss down (so you get a matt finish) without going through the poly and taking the transfer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7string Posted January 20, 2010 Share Posted January 20, 2010 You could always try and do the inlay yourself. I suppose if your good with hand tools and have the skill and patience (I have patience but absolutely no skill) why not have a go. There's a few books on the subject about. The actual materials aren't that expensive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xTKsaucex Posted January 20, 2010 Author Share Posted January 20, 2010 I could... require me to learn the tools of the trade, buy the tools of the trade, and spend more money than needed like a tool, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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