Stickers.

[fhm555]

Stickers make dandy covers for dings. Never would use them for that on a bass, but I do it all the time on my toy race car bodies.
Here's one of my all time favorite stickers.

 

[bholder]

My next Warmoth build will probably be a Sonic Blue jazz, with a Gulf Oil sticker in the same spot, ispired by this...

Now that'd be a project - reproduce the orange stripe shape on the butt of the bass, put the Gulf sticker between the bridge and pu, and run the orange stripe right up into a matching orange-finished fretboard!

 

[fendermademygibson]

What are the best stickers for metal ?

This one.

 

[2saddleslab]

Blonde on blonde.

 

[/\/\3phist0]

guess what my vote is? of course this is a 300.00 new bass... no stickers on the Dolphin

 

[Absumone]

This is mine, did this with pinstriping tape for a car.
My band's name is "The Human Race", and my pinstripes form the letters "THR"

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[cheapbasslovin]

If I'm looking around pawn shops and see a bass with a bunch of stickers on it, I pass.
Deal breaker for me personally.

That's funny, when I see a bass with a bunch of stickers on it I think, "Sweet, I can probably pick that up for almost nothing. Let's see if it sounds good."

 

[Muddslide]

Now that'd be a project - reproduce the orange stripe shape on the butt of the bass, put the Gulf sticker between the bridge and pu, and run the orange stripe right up into a matching orange-finished fretboard!

I agree. I could get behind this...

 

[tangentmusic]

That's funny, when I see a bass with a bunch of stickers on it I think, "Sweet, I can probably pick that up for almost nothing. Let's see if it sounds good."

Here's where the problem is for me.
Pawn shops around here want to charge new instrument prices for beat up used stuff. You can negotiate, but they're not gonna give much of a break.
I walked into a pawn shop with the Guitar Center printout for a new MIM P-Bass once. They were asking more than new! They wouldn't budge much on the price. I walked out.
Assuming you get a bit of a deal,then you gotta spend the time removing the stickers and possibly re-finishing the body. Too much hassle - Like I said - deal breaker for me.

 

[Muddslide]

Slightly OT, but I have often considered doing a sort of beat up "rat rod" refinish on a guitar or bass...maybe in flat red, gray or black primer, and then doing a little pinstriping in nice, contrasting colors.

 

[cheapbasslovin]

Here's where the problem is for me.
Pawn shops around here want to charge new instrument prices for beat up used stuff. You can negotiate, but they're not gonna give much of a break.
I walked into a pawn shop with the Guitar Center printout for a new MIM P-Bass once. They were asking more than new! They wouldn't budge much on the price. I walked out.
Assuming you get a bit of a deal,then you gotta spend the time removing the stickers and possibly re-finishing the body. Too much hassle - Like I said - deal breaker for me.

Certainly, I'm not giving a bass like that second look unless the price tag reflects its condition. Plus I like working on my basses a little bit. So if the bass fills a role my current basses don't and the only problems are cosmetic I'll be all over that cheap POS .

 

[spvmhc]

Stephen Crane said it best:

"There is nothing save opinion,
And opinion be damned."

We won't settle this issue.

 

[DavC]

I prefer to save the stickers for cable/mic/accessory cases ... on instruments - never ... on my car - never

 

[electracoyote]

Stickers on a bass or guitar are like bumper stickers or tattoos. Some of them are appropriate and look great. Some are just plain trashy.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

 

[happygilmour]

I once put a bass on a very expensive sticker.

 

[tangentmusic]

This is mine, did this with pinstriping tape for a car.
My band's name is "The Human Race", and my pinstripes form the letters "THR"

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When The Human Race breaks up, you'll have to form a new band called The Hot Rods or The Hated Rats or some such.. I'm kidding - Take no offence.

 

[nanmiller69]

It took me 2 hours with a hair dryer, a pack of razorblades, and a bottle of ronsonol lighter fluid to clean this guitar up to "decency". But I'm going to have to sand, reapply, and buff out the poly finish anyway.
Tsk Tsk Tsk

If someone already mentioned this, sorry for the repeat. But for future reference, most scrapbook shops sell a product called Un-Du. It is used when you screw up and put the wrong sticker on the page. It removes stickers without damaging the surface and is acid free so it won't even harm photos. It will save having to refinish next time.

 

[bholder]

Stephen Crane said it best:

"There is nothing save opinion,
And opinion be damned."

We won't settle this issue.

...but we shall have that battle, nontheless!

 

[bholder]

Stickers on a bass or guitar are like bumper stickers or tattoos. Some of them are appropriate and look great. Some are just plain trashy.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

lolz whut??

 

[Eschaton]

This thread is turning into a cool stickers thread. I'm okay with that.