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Doug Balzer
 Post subject: Show me your label
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Looking for some great sound hole label ideas. Let's see what you have created!

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Awsome label design, Peter!

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Looking for some great sound hole label ideas. Let's see what you have created!

This may be another great gallery topic?

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Doug Balzer
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Casey Cochran
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Casey - I love that! I was thinking of doing something similar on my current two builds, but out of wood. I'm using bolt on necks and was thinking of covering the bolt heads and holes with a thin piece of wood with my logo in it. The copper is fantastic! Did you do that or did you have that made somewhere?

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Jag wrote:
Casey - I love that! I was thinking of doing something similar on my current two builds, but out of wood. I'm using bolt on necks and was thinking of covering the bolt heads and holes with a thin piece of wood with my logo in it. The copper is fantastic! Did you do that or did you have that made somewhere?

Rob

+1 to that! You are certainly talented with your engraving. I've been thinking about cutting a sort of stamp out of steel that I could heat with a torch and burn a label into the end block. But first I have to design the darn thing. Why must design be so much harder than execution.
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Casey - I love that! I was thinking of doing something similar on my current two builds, but out of wood. I'm using bolt on necks and was thinking of covering the bolt heads and holes with a thin piece of wood with my logo in it. The copper is fantastic! Did you do that or did you have that made somewhere?

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I made it. I wanted to incorporate some engraving on all of my guitars, but I like an understated presentation and will probably engrave the the tuners very rarely. Truss rod covers are another good opportunity, but I use a soundhole adjustment. The label made perfect sense to me. Each one will get the logo, but the serial number engraving and scrolls will be different for every guitar. It will be useful for personalizing commissions, too, if someone is foolish enough to hire me to build a guitar. ;)

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Wow, that looks really stylish - love it. Do you do it with a dremel? Freehand?

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ImagePeter, I do it by hand. This is one of my grandfather's gravers. I learned from my uncle.

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I do mine with acrylic paint :)


Dennis, I really like those! Great style, as well as chops, and certainly outside the box! It's nice to see handmade instruments that look like a hand made them.
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Hi, this label I tried to engrave with cnc for this a
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I made a Nick Lucas Special copy for my daughter, a blues player in Brooklyn


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I have yet to design a label and appreciate the photos. Do you guys recommend a particular kind of paper to print these on?
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Doug Balzer wrote:
Looking for some great sound hole label ideas. Let's see what you have created!



Well Gee Doug,

thanks for askin...but,
as me has probably sissed off enough dudes on dis here "Official" forum in the last few days, and since me really need last months cut of the action from Lance, no me not gonna show you mine. laughing6-hehe
Lance would probably kick me off of diss site if me did...However missbigtitsdotcom did run a special on me "logo" a few weeks back. Check it out.


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You can get a sheet or two of archival or rag paper at the local Kinko's, Staples or other copy store. If you print with a laser printer it won't run like an inkjet will. You can use a lot of different glues to glue it on - dilute hide glue, a Knox Gelatin package in warm water, or a 50/50 Titebond and water mix. Brush it on the back of the label and stick it down - voila!


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Dennis I like that. Adds another handmade touch to a hand made guitar...Mike

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I keep it simple with Microsoft WordArt on resume paper.


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