you could drill a hole and use a plug cutter to cut with the same direction of grain, maybe find a local woodworkerHad a couple of "quick" questions... minor things I was debating on for a couple of guitars.
First... Squier headstock tree removal. Not a fan of the dual trees, upgrading to staggered tuners so wanted to lose a tree and keep the other. Problem is, the hole left behind. Plan was to get a thin maple dowel and some glue and tap it in, sand the headstock down (putting a partscaster decal on) and clearcoat it. Only thing I can think of. Anyone try this? How'd it look? Mainly concerned with how well it will or will not blend in.
Second... Les Paul custom binding, like around the headstock, has that nice alternating black/white striping. Can you buy that as a stick on, like pin-striping for a car? Guitar has binding, but just cream/white. Sides are fine, but be nice to go around the top edge with the multi-stripe versus cutting out the binding and redoing it all.
Fake Binding and Hole Patching
Had a couple of "quick" questions... minor things I was debating on for a couple of guitars.
First... Squier headstock tree removal. Not a fan of the dual trees, upgrading to staggered tuners so wanted to lose a tree and keep the other. Problem is, the hole left behind. Plan was to get a thin maple dowel and some glue and tap it in, sand the headstock down (putting a partscaster decal on) and clearcoat it. Only thing I can think of. Anyone try this? How'd it look? Mainly concerned with how well it will or will not blend in.
Second... Les Paul custom binding, like around the headstock, has that nice alternating black/white striping. Can you buy that as a stick on, like pin-striping for a car? Guitar has binding, but just cream/white. Sides are fine, but be nice to go around the top edge with the multi-stripe versus cutting out the binding and redoing it all.
First... Squier headstock tree removal. Not a fan of the dual trees, upgrading to staggered tuners so wanted to lose a tree and keep the other. Problem is, the hole left behind. Plan was to get a thin maple dowel and some glue and tap it in, sand the headstock down (putting a partscaster decal on) and clearcoat it. Only thing I can think of. Anyone try this? How'd it look? Mainly concerned with how well it will or will not blend in.
Second... Les Paul custom binding, like around the headstock, has that nice alternating black/white striping. Can you buy that as a stick on, like pin-striping for a car? Guitar has binding, but just cream/white. Sides are fine, but be nice to go around the top edge with the multi-stripe versus cutting out the binding and redoing it all.
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you could drill a hole and use a plug cutter to cut with the same direction of grain, maybe find a local woodworker
have you seen what the string angle looks like when you remove the string tree you dont like.?
Usually ( at least for me) string trees serve a very useful purpose and I like having 2 of them to keep things nice and even.
IF you haven't done it, release the strings from the tree and see what that gets you...
It may not be what you want.
JUst a thought
G.
Usually ( at least for me) string trees serve a very useful purpose and I like having 2 of them to keep things nice and even.
IF you haven't done it, release the strings from the tree and see what that gets you...
It may not be what you want.
JUst a thought
G.
I'm waiting for the new tuners still before I make the final decision, figured research while I wait. New tuners are staggered locking tuners... being staggered should bring the D/G strings down a bit.
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