Just put this 'inlay' sticker..........
Inlaystickers for Guitar Headstock - Rose Vine H-118rv-wt : Amazon.co.uk: Musical Instruments & DJOn this headstock............
....and I must say it looks really very nice! Sorry I can't send pictures as have never got head round doing that on tFB.
Vintage headstocks are like Martins but a bit broader at the base. The stickers come as 3 layered plastic/sticker/backing paper. You clean the headstock with a dry cloth to remove dust then rub the surface of the top plastic layer of the sticker with your finger nail. Then you remove the backing paper, apply the sticker, rub the sticker with your fingernail again (centre to edges), then remove the top plastic film. Not difficult.
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Vintage inlay is pearloid plastic and the pearloid areas of the sticker are a good match.
It seems well stuck on and also the right thickness to be a) scratchproof and b) cosmetically authentic looking.
Not sure that I would do this with a more expensive instrument but in this case the guitar itself only cost 36 times more than the sticker.
Wish I had discovered these before!
:-)
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Formerly TheGuitarWeasel ... Oil City Pickups ... Oil City Blog 7 String.org profile and message
Still someway to go with the stickers!
A new Martin at NAMM 2024.
(If you're interested, and why wouldn't you be, !!cos it cost £55K!!, (although they're not stickers obviously), it's called the D-50 CFM IV 50th Anniversary.
:-) <---- please note how shocked this smiley is at the eyewatering price
Almost looks as good as this too..........
Although you can have 46 of these Sigma Custom S00R-45VS for the price of the Martin - (genuine inlays On the Sigma too, and looks a lot more cool imho).
I don't understand Martin's thinking on the amount of superfluous inlays they can fit onto an instrument.
I'd love to know the market it's aimed at.
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