spykemitchell Posted January 11, 2005 Report Share Posted January 11, 2005 (edited) I'm so glad I've found this forum! I have/am getting very soon, an Epiphone Firebird solid body guitar. On the headstock there is an inlayed Epiphone logo which I wish to remove and replace with a silk screen printed logo on the truss rod cover. How can I remove this inlayed logo? It won't be covered up once it is removed so i need it to look clean! I thought about sanding down the entire surface of the headstock until the inlay is gone but i don't know how deep it is inlayed and whether I'll have to take off about 2mm and ruin the headstock! I've never done a project like this before so I really need some help. Any help would be greatly appreciated! Spyke. Edited January 11, 2005 by spykemitchell Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spykemitchell Posted January 11, 2005 Author Report Share Posted January 11, 2005 Another idea I had was to chisel out the entire inlay, fill it with a piece of wood that matched the headstock, filled in the gaps with wood dust and CA glue, sand down the piece of wood so it was flush with the headstock and relaquer the whole thing. I know that sounds really basic but you get the idea. Will this be easy to do? I have GCSE (don't know what the US equivalent is but it's basically the first major qualification you get in education inthe UK) design technology so I have experience with working with wood but no experience with working on guitars. I don't want to mess up my first effort. Spyke. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spykemitchell Posted January 12, 2005 Author Report Share Posted January 12, 2005 Please, if anyone knows... 39 views and nobody knows?!?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clavin Posted January 12, 2005 Report Share Posted January 12, 2005 Please, if anyone knows... 39 views and nobody knows?!?! ← Your going to have to rout it out, then either re-inlay something over the old hole, or fill it with a "patch" wood inlay perfectly matching. That's the only way to do it save sanding it off completely level, and gluing on a new headsock veneer. Craig Lavin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Setch Posted January 12, 2005 Report Share Posted January 12, 2005 If it's like many Epi's I've seen the inlay is actually an overlay buried in a *very* thick layer of finish. If this is the case just stripping the headstock will remove the pearl. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spykemitchell Posted January 12, 2005 Author Report Share Posted January 12, 2005 Thankyou very much for both your help. Setch, have you actually stripped Epiphones before? I'm starting to have my doubts about doing this now. I may just paint over the entire headstock in black. Spyke. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devon Headen Posted January 12, 2005 Report Share Posted January 12, 2005 Is the headstock bound? The best option is Criag's (Clavin), probably. Just rout out the old inlay with a dremel, then either reinlay it with a wood patch or fill it with bondo and repaint. It's definitely not a small project any way you cut it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mickguard Posted January 12, 2005 Report Share Posted January 12, 2005 Do you have a photo of the headstock? I've been looking around for a Firebird like you describe, but all the Epiphones I'm finding have no inlay, just an Epiphone truss rod cover (there's a truss rod cover up for auction on ebay.us by the way) Sounds to me like you'll be ruining the headstock if you touch it... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
32251 Posted January 13, 2005 Report Share Posted January 13, 2005 Best to leave it alone--- Having said that, if you are bent on doing this, then why not do it in a way that you could go back to the original headstock look if you decided to sell the guitar. I would just sand the finish VERY lightly with some 600 paper on a block so as to keep the surface level. Then I would mask off the face of the headstock and spray on some black lacquer. VERY thin so that in the future you could wet sand it off and reveal your original finish/inlays. I would certainly not chisel out inlays and such on this instrument. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thomasteven Posted January 14, 2005 Report Share Posted January 14, 2005 Did you think about laying a veneer piece over the entire headstock? Or is there a logo on something there that you want to keep? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
froggerreloaded Posted April 2, 2005 Report Share Posted April 2, 2005 (edited) Just wondering if someone could help me with the same kind of thing. I want to remove the inlays, and then place decals on the headstock. How would I go about doing this? Would simple paint over the headstock work, or would it be more complicated than that? Please help me! I have pictures if necessary. Oh, and what's a veneer piece? Edited April 2, 2005 by froggerreloaded Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marzocchi705 Posted April 2, 2005 Report Share Posted April 2, 2005 A veneer peice is a very thin peice of wood that you can put on another peice of wood. There normaly exotic wood because its alot cheaper to buy 1mm of quilt than 40mm. In furniture, your wooden desktop is propibly chipboard veneerd in beach or somthing similar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
froggerreloaded Posted April 3, 2005 Report Share Posted April 3, 2005 A veneer peice is a very thin peice of wood that you can put on another peice of wood. There normaly exotic wood because its alot cheaper to buy 1mm of quilt than 40mm. In furniture, your wooden desktop is propibly chipboard veneerd in beach or somthing similar. ← Hmm, okay then. How much would a single piece for my headstock cost? And how would I go about doing this? I failed Industrial Technology, and would probably stuff the whole thing up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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