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Inlay stickers

I like them and use them.

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that is the coolest fenderbird ive ever seen!
 
i have Creative Cuts pentagram inlays for my Warwick Vampyre SN. the guy was really cool. the first batch he sent me sort of got messed up (temperature perhaps?), o he sent me another set FREE OF CHARGE.

they have been here for 2 years now, and i do crazy bends all the time... they have been holding up great.

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i do hope you do a better job at sticking them than i did though.
 
to get them to line up right, I use small alligator clips that you can get at Radio Shack. I attach them to the edge of the part of the sticker that is excess, the part that you eventually peel away, not to the actual inlay part. that way I can set the sticker down on the fretboard and take a good look at it to make sure it lines up right.
 
I got some black pearl (for a maple board, of course) ones from Creative Cuts. I was worried about getting them on straight and centered, so I asked my tech that I go to if he could put them on for me. He said sure. He put one on (1st fret), thought it looked cheesy and insisted that I take the bass home with one sticker on it and look at it for a couple of days before he spent the time putting the rest on.

I kept it on there for a while. I liked the way it looked and would have done the rest. Except.... my tech didn't get it exactly straight OR centered. It was just a little off, but enough to notice on anything more than a casual glance.

So, after it was on there for however long, I ended up taking it off. It came off with no problems and no residue just using my fingernail.

I since replaced the whole neck with a Geddy style neck from Allparts, so the project is moot now.
 
I installed the Japanese thin ones on my Jazz bass
from close up you can see the weird green squigglies but from a far they look pretty real
I like them and if I get tired of them I can peel and toss

a good idea is to leave the E and G (or B and G /E and C) strings on the bass when adhering
I used them as a makeshift guide and went quick and careful