Application of Dry transfer 

@tv101

My previous post was in reference to the bass pickguard.

The one on the guitar looks pretty sweet as it enhances the color. What kind of *cheap piece of shit* plastic did you use? 😂

I’m guessing a translucent red?

@Eddie6string

There's a Dry transfer paper available (Developed in Japan in 1980s) that just leaves the ink + microlayer of adhesive.

I've just had a google at that, looks like a better option than the waterslide transfers.

My previous post was in reference to the bass pickguard.

As was my reply @mattbeels!  The bass pickguard is made from 2mm aluminium sheet.

The one on the guitar looks pretty sweet as it enhances the color. What kind of *cheap piece of shit* plastic did you use?

The question you have to ask re the guitar pickguard is "how did that neck tenon join disappear?"

😉

Normally, you'd have to use either a cap over the body, or a piece of cheap-shit black plastic to hide the neck tenon.  Instead, I used magic ...

😆

@tv101

As was my reply 

I posted that before I saw your reply, you were fast though!

The question you have to ask re the guitar pickguard is "how did that neck tenon join disappear?"

Yes, you are correct. My bad.

So which kind of magic (aside from that cheap ass shitty piece of plastic) did you employ to cover that extremely well done neck tenon join? 🤔😂

So which kind of magic (aside from that cheap ass shitty piece of plastic) did you employ to cover that extremely well done neck tenon join?

Do you want to know a secret @mattbeels??

Stage 1

Wave the magic wand, say the magic word, and have a scantily clad glamorous assistant wander around a bit (always the best part of any trick), and then ...

Stage 2

Magic.  Pure magic.

@tv101

Ok, so it was the scantily clad glamorous assistant. Got it, thanks.. 

So... did you take a picture of the body before cutting the neck socket?

So... did you take a picture of the body before cutting the neck socket?

No @mattbeels!  

Photoshop.  That’s also how I got the assistant scantily clad too.

Photoshop

@tv101 Ohhhhhh...... You manipulated. 😮 You monkey! 🤣

@tv101

Photoshop.  

That’s what I meant! Err...

Ok, I suck at photoshop! Could you shine a liite more light on the process please? 

Could you shine a liite more light on the process please? 

1. Take a photo of the guitar, once all the staining is done.  This is the tricky bit as the camera has to be at 90deg to the body, and with no fancy lens stuff going on.  There can be no distortions caused by (eg) wide angle perspective.
2. In an image editing application of your choice, edit the photo so that the grain lines / patterns extend over the neck tenon join.
3. Send the edited photo off to once of the places that turn a photo into a piece of Perspex.  The benefit here is that you need the cheapest/thinnest option!
4. When the piece of perspex arrives back, cut it very carefully into the shape you want, and place on the guitar.  This is the moment of truth.
5. Then attach to the "scratchplate" to the body.
6. Look, no scratchplate screws - they would have destroyed the illusion!

The trickiest bit was step1.  

I did a couple of trial runs with that, printing the photo onto paper and cutting it into a scratchplate shape, putting that on the guitar, and making sure that the grain lines ran where I wanted them to.  Once I'd got that bit sorted, I spent the time on editing the photo, then another test print/cut before sending it off.

I did a couple of trial runs with that, printing the photo onto paper and cutting it into a scratchplate shape, putting that on the guitar, and making sure that the grain lines ran where I wanted them to.  Once I'd got that bit sorted, I spent the time on editing the photo, then another test print/cut before sending it off.

@tv101 Oh I see, I miss understood. I thought you had just doctored a photo to upload on here. 🤣 

Now I see what you meant. That’s really good, it looks great, I might have to try that sometime. 

@boo

Oh I see, I miss understood. I thought you had just doctored a photo to upload on here. 🤣 

Ah haha, now I understand what you meant earlier 😂😂😂

@tv101

Thanks for the info and you did a stellar job, it looks pretty awesome!

Did you glue it on or use double sided tape?

Who did you use to put the image onto perspex?

Did you glue it on or use double sided tape?

Tape.  NEC floor tape, naturally.

Who did you use to put the image onto perspex?

I really don't remember @frocesterbill.  There are numerous companies out there online who will put a photo onto canvas, or t-shirts, or perspex, or various other formats.  

Cheers!

That's good then. The "Walnut" is actually SwampAsh with a Walnut veneer 😜 😝