Fender American Standard sticker

[tickbite]

Is the American Standard sticker on the scratchplate of a Fender something that should be removed? It looks like a sales label to me, but...

[chrismuzz]

Some do, some don't. I guess having the sticker on might help it retain its value. I'd want to remove it for aesthetic reasons, but I may or may not regret making it less of its 'original' condition. if in doubt, find a way to safely remove it without ripping or crumpling it up, and keep it safe

EDIT: or just do what PURPOLARIS said

Edited June 29, 2011 by chrismuzz

[PURPOLARIS]

Swap the scratchplate and keep the one with the sticker on for future sales.

[chrismuzz]

Good thinking batman!

[Al Heeley]

rip it off, throw it away and start playing!!

[mcnach]

[quote name='tickbite' post='1286021' date='Jun 29 2011, 07:26 AM']Is the American Standard sticker on the scratchplate of a Fender something that should be removed? It looks like a sales label to me, but...[/quote]

personally, yes.

but if you like it for some reason...

[ThomBassmonkey]

Why would you keep it on?

It's like the fashion to keep stickers and labels on hats, I just don't get it. They're there so that it can be easily identified when it's on a rack with other similar stuff. Once it's out the shop, it's job's done.

[fender73]

I vote remove! If the plate ages or fades and you later decide to remove, it'll leave a patch

[Dave Vader]

[quote name='Al Heeley' post='1286026' date='Jun 29 2011, 07:38 AM']rip it off, throw it away and start playing!![/quote]
+ the 1

[wateroftyne]

[quote name='Al Heeley' post='1286026' date='Jun 29 2011, 07:38 AM']rip it off, throw it away and start playing!![/quote]
..is the right answer!

[Noisyjon]

[quote name='Al Heeley' post='1286026' date='Jun 29 2011, 07:38 AM']rip it off, throw it away and start playing!![/quote]
This^

[Al Heeley]

When I was working in Saudi the guys over there bought a new car and left the plastic on the seats and the export documents stuck to the side windows as a sort of status thing, us euro ex pats scoffed at them - it saved their kids spoiling the seats with dropped chocolate and shwarmas but it looked crazy, you couldn't see out of the side window due to a big sticky doc folder and shipping numbers printed on em.
I digress.

[Musicman20]

Totally up to you. If you want the guard film on and sticker, leave it on.

I think my MIA P still has it on...people have even noticed.

[Musicman20]

[quote name='PURPOLARIS' post='1286023' date='Jun 29 2011, 07:35 AM']Swap the scratchplate and keep the one with the sticker on for future sales.[/quote]

...or this.

[wateroftyne]

I'm amazed people are suggesting you swap the pickguard to preserve the sticker.

Really, I am... astonishing.

[Clarky]

I too am a bit flabberghasted. Its a sticker fercrissakes! Bet you didn't keep the little plastic sleeves that Fender supply on the tuners to keep the chrome shiny, so why keep a piece of advertising material? I have sold (ahem) "several" virtually brand new Fenders on BC in the past 2-3 years and can assure you that noone asked the whereabouts of the sticker

[PURPOLARIS]

[quote name='wateroftyne' post='1286657' date='Jun 29 2011, 05:04 PM']I'm amazed people are suggesting you swap the pickguard to preserve the sticker.

Really, I am... astonishing.[/quote]



I was the one that suggested it.................................. as a solution if he wants to keep the sticker.

Personally I've never bought a new Fender and never will, I let other people take the hit on the depreciation. The sticker would never be an issue for me

[wateroftyne]

[quote name='PURPOLARIS' post='1286676' date='Jun 29 2011, 05:14 PM']I was the one that suggested it.................................. as a solution if he wants to keep the sticker.

Personally I've never bought a new Fender and never will, I let other people take the hit on the depreciation. The sticker would never be an issue for me [/quote]
Sorry.. I didn't hear a word. I'm too busy gazing at your avatar.

[Clarky]

[quote name='wateroftyne' post='1286680' date='Jun 29 2011, 05:16 PM']Sorry.. I didn't hear a word. I'm too busy gazing at your avatar. [/quote]
Ozzy Osbourne in a kilt? Each to their own

[wateroftyne]

[quote name='Clarky' post='1286685' date='Jun 29 2011, 05:17 PM']Ozzy Osbourne in a kilt? Each to their own[/quote]
Aww... you've spoiled it for me.

[Clarky]

[quote name='wateroftyne' post='1286686' date='Jun 29 2011, 05:18 PM']Aww... you've spoiled it for me. [/quote]
Apologies - who is it, w-o-t or PURPOLARIS?

[wateroftyne]

[quote name='Clarky' post='1286690' date='Jun 29 2011, 05:21 PM']Apologies - who is it, w-o-t or PURPOLARIS?[/quote]
Lovely, lovely Kate Middleton. Or whatever she's called these days...

[simon1964]

[quote name='Clarky' post='1286685' date='Jun 29 2011, 05:17 PM']Ozzy Osbourne in a kilt? Each to their own[/quote]

That caused a genuine "lol"!

Oh - and bin the sticker...

[PURPOLARIS]

[quote name='Clarky' post='1286690' date='Jun 29 2011, 05:21 PM']Apologies - who is it, w-o-t or PURPOLARIS?[/quote]

It's Kate Middleton in a Rangers top

[Jean-Luc Pickguard]

If I saw someone gigging a bass with a stock sticker on it, I'd probably think it was their birthday and they've just unwrapped it, or they've borrowed the bass from a shop.

If I was looking a secondhand one the presence of the sticker wouldn't make it worth any more to me.