Sambo Posted January 13, 2006 Report Share Posted January 13, 2006 I want to do a engraved signature on my headstocks, well i have... but the question is, what to use to fill it and where to get it from? I'm after this look like a PRS headstock Thanks! S Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thegarehanman Posted January 13, 2006 Report Share Posted January 13, 2006 That looks an aweful lot like gold MOP. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattia Posted January 13, 2006 Report Share Posted January 13, 2006 Looks more like a gold decal than anything else to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nitefly SA Posted January 13, 2006 Report Share Posted January 13, 2006 (edited) what book makers do is indent the cover (in this case wood) with the letters, then glue the indentations,then tap gold leaf into the indentations, and brush away the extra Edited January 13, 2006 by Nitefly SA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devon Headen Posted January 13, 2006 Report Share Posted January 13, 2006 I believe it's a decal. I think I remember hearing Paul Reed Smith used to sign each headstock so each one was unique. Not sure where or if I'm just making stuff up, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unclej Posted January 14, 2006 Report Share Posted January 14, 2006 assuming that your headstock is still unfinished wood get some gold craft paint at your local hobby store. with a fine brush paint you engraving being careful but not worrying too much about complete accuracy. after the paint has dried completely take some 400 grit paper and wrap it around a small flat block of wood and sand over the engraving. anything outside of your lettering..on the surface of the headstock..will go away leaving your engraving gold..or whatever color you choose. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clavin Posted January 15, 2006 Report Share Posted January 15, 2006 That's either a decal or CNC inlay. Most likely it's a decal, the rest of the guitar seems pretty plain. Engraving filler is used for filling graved cuts into pearl or metals. Filling gouged out lines in woods is not engraving, it's inlay. I know this sounds like minute details, but the end result is anything gouged then filled in wood wouldn't look that metalic, solid, and clean. Not with anything I currently know of. You can do that with metals, or pearls as inlay, but it's detailed. Good luck. Craig Lavin www.handcraftinlay.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sambo Posted January 15, 2006 Author Report Share Posted January 15, 2006 I've seen people engrave things (like swiss penknifes) then rub something over the engraving which fills it and then the excess is wiped off. I was just wondering what this 'stuff' was! The PRS neck pictured is a CE24 the same as a friend of mines, which looks identical to how my penknife was engraved, except gold rather than silver. It is engraved as the letters are depressed into the headstock *confused* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pr3Va1L Posted January 16, 2006 Report Share Posted January 16, 2006 I think nitefly is on it... It looks to me like engraving that has some gold leaf paper glued on the inside. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batfink Posted January 16, 2006 Report Share Posted January 16, 2006 Sambo - woodturners use a metal powder mixed with epoxy (sometimes known as inlace). This could be worth a try as, if nothing else, it's pretty cheap - like well under a tenner ! Poolewood sell it or check ebayuk under woodturning. Jem Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sambo Posted January 16, 2006 Author Report Share Posted January 16, 2006 Yeah! That's the stuff. Thankys! S Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marksound Posted January 16, 2006 Report Share Posted January 16, 2006 Could that PRS signature be a metallic decal thing like the Fender American Deluxe series and this custom shop job? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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