Sticker art lutherie

Kickflip_Burrito · 10-09-2009, 06:28 PM

This may sound lame at first, but I am looking to re-do my bass with some stickers (don't worry, not band logos or skate brand logos) but I'm not sure i wanna just stick em on, don't want them to peel off or get scuffed.

I'm looking to repaint the bass anyway, so do I put stickers on then lacquer over em after painting? Will that work?

Or something different?

CatfishJew · 10-09-2009, 06:59 PM

wait, so you're going to put a lot of stickers on it. then repaint the body? why? i've done the sticker thing with my first guitar:

i just put whatever sticker i get from random objects.

but if i were you, i would go ahead and just refinish the body. if you do end up putting stickers on, it will look "cooler" distressed. so don't polyurethane the body after sticking stuff on it.

Tripp_chaos · 10-12-2009, 04:08 AM

Yeah it'd work but that's just another sticky layer (lacquered) that you'd need to get through if you wanted to ever repaint it other than that it would work I know a guy who just did it with a '76 rickenbacker rebuild complete band logo stickers through it...

Kickflip_Burrito · 10-19-2009, 01:31 PM

Thanks guys.

Just to clarify, I'm looking to repaint the body and maybe mod the shape a lil bit BEFORE I do any stickerwork.

I just wanted to know, once the body is repainted and stuff, and then the stickers go on, is there much point lacquering it all.

10-09-2009, 06:28 PM	#1
Kickflip_Burrito Can I get an Amen? Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Great Britain Posts: 3,430	Sticker art lutherie This may sound lame at first, but I am looking to re-do my bass with some stickers (don't worry, not band logos or skate brand logos) but I'm not sure i wanna just stick em on, don't want them to peel off or get scuffed. I'm looking to repaint the bass anyway, so do I put stickers on then lacquer over em after painting? Will that work? Or something different? Last edited by Kickflip_Burrito; 10-09-2009 at 06:31 PM.

10-09-2009, 06:59 PM	#2
CatfishJew יְשַׁעְיָהוּ Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Sector 2814 Posts: 1,158	wait, so you're going to put a lot of stickers on it. then repaint the body? why? i've done the sticker thing with my first guitar: i just put whatever sticker i get from random objects. but if i were you, i would go ahead and just refinish the body. if you do end up putting stickers on, it will look "cooler" distressed. so don't polyurethane the body after sticking stuff on it.
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10-12-2009, 04:08 AM	#3
Tripp_chaos funny colored carcinogens Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: on Port @ Pub... Posts: 841	Yeah it'd work but that's just another sticky layer (lacquered) that you'd need to get through if you wanted to ever repaint it other than that it would work I know a guy who just did it with a '76 rickenbacker rebuild complete band logo stickers through it...

10-19-2009, 01:31 PM	#4
Kickflip_Burrito Can I get an Amen? Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Great Britain Posts: 3,430	Thanks guys. Just to clarify, I'm looking to repaint the body and maybe mod the shape a lil bit BEFORE I do any stickerwork. I just wanted to know, once the body is repainted and stuff, and then the stickers go on, is there much point lacquering it all.