I'd like to do some upgrades to my sr5...

[Lou Dog]

Hi everybody i'd like to to some upgrades to my sr5.
In particoular I was looking for:

1) A clear pickguard
2) I want to make "matching" my headstock.

Can anybody suggest me a shop that sells pickguars?
Can anybody suggest me if taking an "aftermark" painting of the headstock is a wrong way?
Can anybody tell me if the authorized shops make this work or not?
I'm italian and ships the neck to EB is too much expansive!! (or not..?)
Thanx a lot for answering!!

 

[Rod Trussbroken]

You will have problems with a clear pickguard. It wont hide the electronics and the routing for the pre-amp.

 

[Lou Dog]

thanx rod! clear pickguard discarded, i'll stay with the black one.
Can you tell me something about coloring the headstock?

 

[Rod Trussbroken]

Ernie Ball isn't going to change the neck appearance from how it was when it left the factory.

If you get someone else to do it, it will interfer with the headstock logo. The factory isn't going to supply new ones. Non-original logos are appearing on the market. Some are accurate but others leave a lot to be desired.

You may be better off getting another Bass and leaving your existing one in original condition. If it's modified it will lose its value.

 

[dlloyd]

thanx rod! clear pickguard discarded, i'll stay with the black one.
Can you tell me something about coloring the headstock?

I don't think you can get it done "officially"

Personally, I'd leave it the way it is. Refinishing the headstock will have a serious affect on resale value (if you worry about that sort of thing).

What colour is the bass?

 

[dlloyd]

Ernie Ball isn't going to change the neck appearance from how it was when it left the factory.

If you get someone else to do it, it will interfer with the headstock logo. The factory isn't going to supply new ones. Non-original logos are appearing on the market. Some are accurate but others leave a lot to be desired.

You may be better off getting another Bass and leaving your existing one in original condition. If it's modified it will lose its value.

You posted as I was typing

The thing that would concern me about an aftermarket logo is that they are waterslide decals when EB decals are screen printed. No matter how good it is, it's still not going to look 100% correct.

 

[Rod Trussbroken]

>>>You posted as I was typing

Ya have to be quick there Dave

(hate it when that happens).

 

[Father Gino]

The thing that would concern me about an aftermarket logo is that they are waterslide decals when EB decals are screen printed. No matter how good it is, it's still not going to look 100% correct.

I'm not really suggesting anything that condones the use of bootleg logos, but as a life-long screen printer and member of the SGIA and SPTF, I must correct this statement. Waterslide decals are traditionally screen printed. What is applied is really several coats of screen printed ink including several coats of clear that extends beyond the image to hold the whole thing together when it is applied. Then a clear varnish is applied over the decal after it has been applied. The varnish and the decal ink must be compatible so that the clear ink extending beyond the image becomes invisible. The result is indistinguishable from something printed directly on the item, be it a headstock or chair or whatever.

I don't really know, but I strongly suspect that this is how the factory logos are put on. You guys at EB don't really screen print right on the headstock, do you? I doubt it. Aftermarket decals could be exact reproductions of the original if someone wanted to spend the time & money to duplicate them. It is, of course, absolutely illegal to do such a thing without EB's consent.

 

[dlloyd]

I'm not really suggesting anything that condones the use of bootleg logos, but as a life-long screen printer and member of the SGIA and SPTF, I must correct this statement. Waterslide decals are traditionally screen printed. What is applied is really several coats of screen printed ink including several coats of clear that extends beyond the image to hold the whole thing together when it is applied. Then a clear varnish is applied over the decal after it has been applied. The varnish and the decal ink must be compatible so that the clear ink extending beyond the image becomes invisible. The result is indistinguishable from something printed directly on the item, be it a headstock or chair or whatever.

I don't really know, but I strongly suspect that this is how the factory logos are put on. You guys at EB don't really screen print right on the headstock, do you? I doubt it. Aftermarket decals could be exact reproductions of the original if someone wanted to spend the time & money to duplicate them. It is, of course, absolutely illegal to do such a thing without EB's consent.

Thanks for the correction

 

[Father Gino]

Thanks for the correction

I'm glad to have imparted my useless and virtually obsolete knowledge to this forum