Members dhenry4eight Posted February 18, 2013 Members Share Posted February 18, 2013 I'm currently working on a refinish of a 2011 PRS SE Singlecut. The neck snapped off the guitar, but cleanly, which allowed me to do a neck reset, which was a success. I've played and recorded with it since then-still sounds and plays great. Afterwards, I'm left with ugly battle scars along the heel and neck joint. So I decided to do a total refinish, since a spot touch-up, with my painting skills, would be ugly. The guitar was finished in Antique White, which I LOVE. I'm redoing that on the top, but leaving it natural on the back, neck, and headstock. In doing this, I will have to remove the serial number from the back of the headstock (btw, it's serial number L12300, making it a 2011 model). I still want the serial number on the guitar, so I reproduced the entirety of the text on the back of the headstock, right down to the accurate fonts (Apparently Excelsior LT in bold makes for a hell of a serial number font when tweaked right). For example, here is the back of the headstock of a 2008 SE Singlecut Trem, displayed on Elderly: NOTE: I AM NOT ATTEMPTING TO COUNTERFEIT A GUITAR. THE ONLY REASON I WANT TO REPRODUCE THIS TEXT IS SO IT WILL NOT BE CONFUSED WITH ANOTHER PRS, AND TO PRESERVE THE SERIAL NUMBER, FOR POTENTIAL RESALE. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members prsguitarman101 Posted February 18, 2013 Members Share Posted February 18, 2013 I am not sure if even that is legal, maybe some others will know for sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members dhenry4eight Posted February 18, 2013 Author Members Share Posted February 18, 2013 I don't know why it wouldn't be ok. I mean, I'm only putting the original serial number (I cannot stress this enough!!) back on after I refinish it, so if I were to sell it, it could be identified as a legitimate PRS SE. It's not like I'm putting a bogus number on one of those Tradetang POS knockoffs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Mo' Cowbell Posted February 18, 2013 Members Share Posted February 18, 2013 Company logos and text are trade marked and copyrighted. It is highly unlikely you could legally reproduce one. I would suggest contacting PRS before going any further. I've heard they're a good company to deal with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members GilmourD Posted February 18, 2013 Members Share Posted February 18, 2013 Why not do it up like EVH did with the 5150 Kramer headstock, except you tape off the boundary and don't sand beyond that. That way you can leave the original decals and whatnot on there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DaveAronow Posted February 19, 2013 Members Share Posted February 19, 2013 I think you should put a Gibson logo on it and post pics back on this forum. Then we can all have a good laugh as the {censored}fest comedy ensues. Trust me on this! It will be a riot and well worth the trouble. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members dhenry4eight Posted February 19, 2013 Author Members Share Posted February 19, 2013 I did a mockup of what it is in PSD format @300dpi, and rendered a jpeg here:http://i1154.photobucket.com/albums/p526/dhenry1988/Project_PRS_serial_decal.jpg I need to drop the black background and change to white text to black (as natural finish headstocks, I've found, have black lettering). And the idea with the Gibby logo on the PRS head is quite a chuckle! I'll photoshop it, haha! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members dhenry4eight Posted February 19, 2013 Author Members Share Posted February 19, 2013 @GilmourD: I like that idea. A forumite at the My Les Paul forum suggested that too, and if at all possible I'm gonna do it. Would save lots of hassle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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