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Water slide decal help

xJohnx

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Feb 2, 2018
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I have a fender jazz bass MIM and redoing my headstock black and need an all white fender jazz bass water slide decal, I've looked all over eBay google etc and found nothing, I've even looked for just an aerodyne replacement and no luck, anyone know where I can pick one up, thanks.

John
 
Send some feeler messages out to the guys who do water slides on EBay. White is not a common color so they probably won't have one in stock, but I'm sure they can do one easily enough.

I am planning on recreating my first bass, a Squier Protone, as a 5 with nice Warmoth parts. I suspect there aren't many white Squier logos to be found either.
 
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Send some feeler messages out to the guys who do water slides on EBay. White is not a common color so they probably won't have one in stock, but I'm sure they can do one easily enough.

I am planning on recreating my first bass, a Squier Protone, as a 5 with nice Warmoth parts. I suspect there aren't many white Squier logos to be found either.

Sounds good, the aerodyne has all white but yeah I'm sure there is not much of a demand.
 
Stickercreation on eBay got me what I needed, you just pick the style bass logo you need and tell them what color you want, here is their website if anyone wants it or look them up on ebay (stickercreation) thanks everyone for the help. Invalid Link Removed
 
This is what I use:

Laser Waterslide Decal Paper WHITE for Dark Colored Surfaces 8.5"x11" 5 PK :) | eBay

This will give you white on black. I made up the logo I wanted on a Photoshop-type program, saved it to a flash drive, and took it to the UPS Store. They'll print it from the drive to their high-dollar laser printer for cheap ($3.25 out-the-door cost for me).

A few things to keep in mind if you go this route:

- The printed black will, in all likelihood, not be a perfect match for your paint, so you'll want to trim it fairly close. X-Acto knife to the rescue.
- Make SURE your print size is actual size for your decal, to avoid any Spinal Tap-esque scale issues.
- You'll want to apply 2-3 coats of spray clear coat to the sheet after it's printed (but BEFORE you cut them out). This keeps the ink from smudging during application and helps expedite things when you clear coat the headstock later. The decal is fragile and will have to have clear coat over it to protect it.
- Since the decal media is white, it will show on the edge of the decal after you cut it out. I take a sharpie to the edge and let it dry before it goes in the water. Problem solved.

EDIT: Make sure the squints at the UPS Store know to set their printer for "photo paper." They should be able to figure it out on their own, but I wouldn't leave it to chance.

Another option for you.
 
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