Headstock Decal Etiquette

[TonyP-]

I could care less if a professional coutifet let put a Fender decal on or drunken artist with tourtetts finger painted fffffener with fecal matter.

 

[VWbug]

... And I'd be especially comfortable with it if it was an officially licensed Fender neck replacement.

I think there are more important issues in life to take more seriously for folks that get too intense about telling you you're a bad guy for doing it.

 

[loki2772]

 

[God's Favorite Bass]

Did you pay for the bass or someone on the forum? There you have it....

 

[Son of Wobble]

I could care less if a professional coutifet let put a Fender decal on or drunken artist with tourtetts finger painted fffffener with fecal matter.

 

[lfmn16]

Did you pay for the bass or someone on the forum? There you have it....

+1

Some people on this forum have a comically overrated perception of how much weight their opinion holds.

 

[Canadian APII]

Because it should show that you have a genuine Fender instrument, with a certain level of quality; not a $99 clone posing as a $1,000 instrument. Besides that, eventually somebody's gonna get ripped off.

Some people don't find Fenders quality to be adequate. Everybody has an opinion on this.

 

[corndog]

Just a guess but me thinks Fender does this themselves with their T-Shirts, putting their logo on a t-shirt made by Fruit-of-the-Loom.

 

[Canadian APII]

When you replace the strings should you scrape fender off the headstock? No. If you put a Chevy engine in a Ford hot rod is it a Ford?

 

[nerkoids]

When you replace the strings should you scrape fender off the headstock? No. If you put a Chevy engine in a Ford hot rod is it a Ford?

No, it's dead.

 

[wvbass]

I could care less if a professional coutifet let put a Fender decal on or drunken artist with tourtetts finger painted fffffener with fecal matter.

I couldn't have said it better myself.

 

[HamOnTheCob]

It's ok to put a Fender decal on an instrument, if:
1. you plan to be buried with it.
2. you plan to live forever.

Other than that, no matter how ethical you are, somewhere down the line, somebody's going to get ripped off.

This post presumes that the "Fender" on the headstock automatically means people will pay big for it somewhere down the line based on that wordmark alone, as if it's some premiere brand. I have a Chinese Fender Modern Player that retailed new to me for $350. Don't get me wrong, the bass is excellent and I actually have two of them. But the point I'm making is that the Fender logo doesn't mean "valuable" like it once meant.

I don't think anyone is going to get ripped off either way as long as the OP isn't actively trying to dupe an unsuspecting buyer. Slap whatever logo on there you want man!

Jacob

 

[buldog5151bass]

It isn't that Fender means valuable, but it makes it a known value.

 

[Canadian APII]

No, it's dead.

lol. Some would say so.

 

[Canadian APII]

It isn't that Fender means valuable, but it makes it a known value.

Totally agree.

 

[nerkoids]

It isn't that Fender means valuable, but it makes it a known value.

Just as a logo on a pickup is a known value. Just as some nice big thick nylon strings are a known value.

I look at it this way. I might someday get one of those violin bass kits, and I'll put the Fender logo on the headstock, and call it the Fender Diet Coronado.

 

[buldog5151bass]

Just as a logo on a pickup is a known value. Just as some nice big thick nylon strings are a known value.
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Actually, yes, at least as to the pup. If I have, say, a white 2111 mim Precision, I have a good idea what it is worth. If I have a white precision style bass, without knowing more, it could be worth $20 or $2000.

 

[nerkoids]

Actually, yes, at least as to the pup. If I have, say, a white 2111 mim Precision, I have a good idea what it is worth. If I have a white precision style bass, without knowing more, it could be worth $20 or $2000.

Or it could be that the name and the way that it's displayed is the monetizable quantity of any instrument.

For me, I really couldn't give a whit what the name is, other than a 60s era transitional Fender logo looks cool. I've yet to come up with a logo on my own instruments that makes it look cool to me. I've burned through a lot of decal paper, lol.

I must admit that I have little sympathy for those who want these instruments merely for making money off of them, and not enjoying them for what they are. Basses. Needed to be touched. Needed to be plucked, to be loved and to vibrate their strings, ring out that deep murmur or let out that sharp bark, telling the world, they are loved.

Yeah, I know. I need help.

 

[VWbug]

Actually, yes, at least as to the pup. If I have, say, a white 2111 mim Precision, I have a good idea what it is worth. If I have a white precision style bass, without knowing more, it could be worth $20 or $2000.

Wouldn't you just think $20.00 unless you were given proof otherwise?

 

[buldog5151bass]

Or it could be that the name and the way that it's displayed is the monetizable quantity of any instrument.

For me, I really couldn't give a whit what the name is, other than a 60s era transitional Fender logo looks cool. I've yet to come up with a logo on my own instruments that makes it look cool to me. I've burned through a lot of decal paper, lol.

I must admit that I have little sympathy for those who want these instruments merely for making money off of them, and not enjoying them for what they are. Basses. Needed to be touched. Needed to be plucked, to be loved and to vibrate their strings, ring out that deep murmur or let out that sharp bark, telling the world, they are loved.

Yeah, I know. I need help.

You don't have to tell me. I've had (and played) one bass over 30 years).