Peter Wright

Haha! Nice thought, hadn't thought about that. Might try it! Yeah, I don't have the budget for an L2, it's pretty much an order of magnitude more valuable than the XT-2. I think I will go for either the Sharpie option or the sticker option. Thanks so much for your advice

Thanks so much for your reply. The area feels completely smooth to the touch, so presumably there is some clear coat over the text. From certain angles I can see the edge of the lettering, and say it looks more recessed than embossed actually (but I could be wrong). But in any case it feels smooth to the touch. I haven’t dared try to scrape away at it yet. I did try to use a bit of the scratch removing compound on the area just to see if it had any impact on the lettering - and it had none whatsoever. If the lettering is under the clear coat then presumably removing it means having to recoat that area afterwards, and I’ve no idea if it’s possible to do that without it always looking messy. Unless there is clear poly underneath the lettering as well? I’ve no idea if it would have been done that way. Regarding whether the white paint has blended with the black… that hadn’t occurred to me. Good point. Do you think maybe doing this and leaving a good finish isn’t feasible? Another idea that just occurred to me is trying to cover the lettering with black paint rather than remove it. Although presumably I’m still left with the problem of trying to put a clear coat on and blend with the existing finish.

Hello,I've just bought a Steinberger XT-2, partly for a tribute band project, and I want to remove the "Spirit by Steinberger" branding from the body (basically, I'm trying to make it look more like a Steinberger L2). I think it might be silk screened, but I'm not at all confident. I've seen lots about how to do this on headstock decals (understandably), but since this on part of the instrument that's painted, I wasn't sure if that would make a difference to how I go about doing it. Obviously I just want to leave plain black behind, and restore the gloss finish, so it looks like the logo was never there.If it's not realistic (without refinishing the whole body - which I'm not willing to do) then second prize would be to create a 'Steinberger' sticker (somewhat like the L2 used to have) and use it to cover the logo. This is less than ideal, partly because in order to cover it up fully it would have to be bigger than the original and not quite in the right location, and partly because the bass I'm trying to replicate didn't have the sticker on.I have some 0000 grade steel wool, and was thinking to try removing the logo with that, and then buffing it (not sure with what though - I have some Scratch X stuff, possibly that would work?) to restore the finish. But, not knowing how the logo was applied, I'm not sure whether I'll need to go all the way through the gloss poly finish and down to the black paint to remove it, and therefore not have anything left to buff (and therefore presumably need to refinish that area - and I've no idea if it's possible to do that without it looking bad).Any thoughts anyone has about how to achieve this are greatly appreciated.