blind pilot Posted June 10, 2011 Posted June 10, 2011 I recently bought a tanglewood bass of the bay, for peanuts. I played it, and liked it so have decided to mod it a little, will be painting it a nice super shiney glossy black, and sticking in a pukka copy of a stingray 2 band pre-amp, with a view to fitting a nice SD pup too. Now would it be wrong of me to make up a nice waterslide decal of a pukka Musicman logo for the headstock, so it looks the part? I must stress I am doing it for me, not to sell on as a pukka one to some poor bugger (like on recent posts here) I would just like it to look the 'part' Is that too vain of me? [attachment=82280:09062011356.jpg] Quote
Dave Vader Posted June 10, 2011 Posted June 10, 2011 [quote name='blind pilot' post='1264092' date='Jun 10 2011, 04:23 PM']I recently bought a tanglewood bass of the bay, for peanuts. I played it, and liked it so have decided to mod it a little, will be painting it a nice super shiney glossy black, and sticking in a pukka copy of a stingray 2 band pre-amp, with a view to fitting a nice SD pup too. Now would it be wrong of me to make up a nice waterslide decal of a pukka Musicman logo for the headstock, so it looks the part? I must stress I am doing it for me, not to sell on as a pukka one to some poor bugger (like on recent posts here) I would just like it to look the 'part' Is that too vain of me? [attachment=82280:09062011356.jpg][/quote] How about doing a "muppetman" logo instead? To save any later owners of said bass using it for nefarious purposes. Looks convincing enough to the audience. Quote
blind pilot Posted June 10, 2011 Author Posted June 10, 2011 I was thinking of changing the wording to maybe "musicfan". I would say it is a keeper though, as the passive tone was huge, and clanky, so I am hopeful with the copy Ray pre-amp in, its going to sound the nut! Quote
spinynorman Posted June 10, 2011 Posted June 10, 2011 I've put fake logos on a couple of basses in the past, but never been totally happy about it. Maybe ok if you never take it out of the house, but if you gig with it and someone says "that's a nice ..." and wants to talk about it, then what? You either admit it isn't, which possibly makes them feel a bit stupid, or carry on the deception and hope they don't notice anything. That's just how I feel about it for me, I've got no problem with whatever you want to do. Quote
neepheid Posted June 10, 2011 Posted June 10, 2011 Agreed that humorous spoof logos are the way to go: Quote
blind pilot Posted June 10, 2011 Author Posted June 10, 2011 (edited) Humerous spoof it is then......so come on you creative low enders, give me you best suggestions.......and for fun I will then start a poll and the winner goes on! original wording should be musicman stingray..........over to you lot! Edited June 10, 2011 by blind pilot Quote
Cosmo Valdemar Posted June 10, 2011 Posted June 10, 2011 I always meant to have a 'Rickenfecker' truss rod cover made for my CMI Rick copy... Never got round to it though. As for the bass in the OP, I would leave it blank, for mystery and intrigue. If you put a Musicman logo on it the only people who would notice it would most likely be the only ones who would recognise it as not being authentic. Any chance of seeing some more pics of the bass? I'm intrigued now, a passive Stingray... Quote
ras52 Posted June 10, 2011 Posted June 10, 2011 [quote name='Cosmo Valdemar' post='1264146' date='Jun 10 2011, 05:00 PM']Any chance of seeing some more pics of the bass? I'm intrigued now, a passive Stingray... [/quote] Is that another one of those "active-to-passive conversion" jobs? Quote
blind pilot Posted June 10, 2011 Author Posted June 10, 2011 [quote name='Cosmo Valdemar' post='1264146' date='Jun 10 2011, 05:00 PM']I always meant to have a 'Rickenfecker' truss rod cover made for my CMI Rick copy... Never got round to it though. As for the bass in the OP, I would leave it blank, for mystery and intrigue. If you put a Musicman logo on it the only people who would notice it would most likely be the only ones who would recognise it as not being authentic. Any chance of seeing some more pics of the bass? I'm intrigued now, a passive Stingray... [/quote] see this thread for the original (very poor) pictures [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=139785&st=0&p=1258570&#entry1258570"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=...p;#entry1258570[/url] Quote
blind pilot Posted June 10, 2011 Author Posted June 10, 2011 [quote name='ras52' post='1264149' date='Jun 10 2011, 05:07 PM']Is that another one of those "active-to-passive conversion" jobs? [/quote] Lol. not this one will be passive to active innit! Quote
SignsOfDelirium_bassist Posted June 10, 2011 Posted June 10, 2011 Slightly off topic (In a way?), but where do you people get these headstock decals from? I want a daft one for my VMJ, it's been modded up to the hilt anyway, may as well take it that one step further! Quote
stingrayPete1977 Posted June 10, 2011 Posted June 10, 2011 "Musician Stung on eBay" would look quite good! Quote
rOB Posted June 10, 2011 Posted June 10, 2011 [quote name='Al Heeley' post='1264122' date='Jun 10 2011, 04:46 PM']+1 for humerous spoofs[/quote] hurrah, you've gone the right way. What about a play on homemade? Blindmade perhaps? Quote
ficelles Posted June 10, 2011 Posted June 10, 2011 I have a mandolin balalaika I converted to a mandola. I got a nice genuine-looking Gibson decal off fleabay for the headstock and whenever anyone asks I tell them it's a Flying V. ficelles Quote
Green Alsatian Posted June 10, 2011 Posted June 10, 2011 (edited) How about a MuzakMan Stungray? Edited June 10, 2011 by Green Alsatian Quote
mcnach Posted June 10, 2011 Posted June 10, 2011 [quote name='blind pilot' post='1264092' date='Jun 10 2011, 04:23 PM']I recently bought a tanglewood bass of the bay, for peanuts. I played it, and liked it so have decided to mod it a little, will be painting it a nice super shiney glossy black, and sticking in a pukka copy of a stingray 2 band pre-amp, with a view to fitting a nice SD pup too. Now would it be wrong of me to make up a nice waterslide decal of a pukka Musicman logo for the headstock, so it looks the part? I must stress I am doing it for me, not to sell on as a pukka one to some poor bugger (like on recent posts here) I would just like it to look the 'part' Is that too vain of me? [attachment=82280:09062011356.jpg][/quote] I personally would not do it. There will always be some, wherever you show up with the bass, that can tell it's not the real thing... and you would look like a bit of a tit, quite frankly. I have an OLP with a SD pickup (SMB4A, highly recommended) and a 3 band SD preamp that feels and sounds great. I would never replace its logo, and I'm actually proud to play it and sound great with a relatively cheap bass. It's true that I mostly play my (real) Stingray but I still use the OLP. Oh, and a Westfield Jazz with a John East preamp that sounds killer Don't put that MM logo, please. However... if you put a "lookalike" logo, such as those you find that say "Fecker Jizz Bass" or "Fender Imprecision" etc, with the proper font, you get the look... but it's not like you're trying to fool anyone. I'd do that, but not a real MM logo. Quote
mcnach Posted June 10, 2011 Posted June 10, 2011 [quote name='stingrayPete1977' post='1264182' date='Jun 10 2011, 05:38 PM']"Musician Stung on eBay" would look quite good! [/quote] LOVE IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! My fretless OLP has a metallic blue headstock that I never liked, and now that I have a sander toyed with the idea of stripping all that off, and I was looking at recreating the OLP logo in black... but I really like what you came up with!!! If I find a suitable set of fonts or someone who has, I think I'll use that!!! Quote
blind pilot Posted June 10, 2011 Author Posted June 10, 2011 [quote name='Rogueporn' post='1264369' date='Jun 10 2011, 08:44 PM']muzakman thingray.[/quote] My favourite so far, keep em coming! Quote
stingrayPete1977 Posted June 10, 2011 Posted June 10, 2011 (edited) [quote name='mcnach' post='1264365' date='Jun 10 2011, 08:37 PM']LOVE IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! My fretless OLP has a metallic blue headstock that I never liked, and now that I have a sander toyed with the idea of stripping all that off, and I was looking at recreating the OLP logo in black... but I really like what you came up with!!! If I find a suitable set of fonts or someone who has, I think I'll use that!!! [/quote] [b]M[/b]usic[b]i[/b]an [b]S[/b]tung on e[b]B[/b]ay Would work with the EB font well IMO, Go for it Jose Edited June 10, 2011 by stingrayPete1977 Quote
Monckyman Posted June 11, 2011 Posted June 11, 2011 (edited) [b]M[/b]usic[b]M[/b]ans [b]B[/b]lingray Edited June 11, 2011 by Monckyman Quote
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