BeAR Posted January 5, 2003 Report Share Posted January 5, 2003 www.yahoo.com Goto Briefcase. login - bearsfiles pass - password Try that! Basically what I did was to duplicate the logo in Photoshop 6. Takes alot of time and patience but I think the final results are worth it. Once your happy with the logo, flip it over so it is backwards. I then printed it onto a clear plastic transparency, purchased from an office supplies store. These are the type used to make presentation displays on overhead projectors. Mine were bubblejet compatible with a glossy side and a slightly matt side. You print the reversed image onto the matt side at the highest resolution your printer can. This logo was done @ 1400 dpi. Once the ink has dried ( give it about 10 minutes), I then coloured in the "Fender" part with a very fine tipped silver paint pen. Give it about 30 minutes to dry the silver, and there you go!!!!!!!!! Im yet to try applying one to a neck, but I figure if you lay the logo into the first or second tacky coat of clear finish and then dust a few coats over the top, building up the thickness until the plastic dissapears.....................anyway, it all good in theory we'll see. The hardest part is done for me tho, getting a realistic looking logo onto clear material was my main goal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest AlexVDL Posted January 5, 2003 Report Share Posted January 5, 2003 Sounds great, but the pics don't work blush Maybe you could add a link? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeremywills Posted January 6, 2003 Report Share Posted January 6, 2003 sounds good, cept like he said the pics dont work jeremy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeAR Posted January 6, 2003 Author Report Share Posted January 6, 2003 Try the link uptop. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Posted January 6, 2003 Report Share Posted January 6, 2003 Maybe this will work? If not just copy and paste this http://au.briefcase.yahoo.com/bearsfiles Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeAR Posted January 6, 2003 Author Report Share Posted January 6, 2003 Thankyou oh great and merciful one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest AlexVDL Posted January 6, 2003 Report Share Posted January 6, 2003 They look awesome dude! Just like the real thing, and very cheap too! Thanks for the tip rock Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aMpaGe Posted January 7, 2003 Report Share Posted January 7, 2003 Bear... can you make me an Ibanez headstock logo????? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeremywills Posted January 7, 2003 Report Share Posted January 7, 2003 bitchin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeAR Posted January 7, 2003 Author Report Share Posted January 7, 2003 Thanks. Hopefully they will look as good when they are on the headstock. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jehle Posted January 7, 2003 Report Share Posted January 7, 2003 BeAR, you are the master of Bezier curves. The only thing that I have to wonder about is why you've chosen to copy the Fender logo. You could make it say "Fodder" Reminds me of the fellow who took his Marshall stack and turned it into an "arsehole" stack. Still, I like the technique. It looks fantastic. I'm curious to hear how the finish goes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeAR Posted January 8, 2003 Author Report Share Posted January 8, 2003 Well Jehle, Its a Fender Body, Fender Texas Special p/ups, Fender neckplate and screws, Fender Wiring and switch............you get the point. Anyway, its more fun building a Strat than it is buying one and I just wanted to complete the whole "look" of the guitar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jehle Posted January 8, 2003 Report Share Posted January 8, 2003 Ah, well that makes sense then. I'd be tempted to play with the serial number. I'd encode my name in it (like the old calculator trick where the numbers upside down spell my name 314377718). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeAR Posted January 8, 2003 Author Report Share Posted January 8, 2003 Time to break out the old calculator and have a play with it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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