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Re: peg-head decal for a Martin 00-17

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Posted by pogwa (from: ) on May 09, 2004 at 20:00:47:

In Reply to: peg-head decal for a Martin 00-17 posted by Carl Clark on April 29, 2004 at 01:58:05:

: I purchased a 1947 Martin 00-17 in bad shape ,,been stripped,,the peg-head decal has been sanded off,,anybody know where I can get one????

Here is a possible fix for your Martin. I found this on Stewmac.com, however it is no longer available,But here is the technique as described by Tony Nobles of Presion guitarworks, Austin Twexas.
A logo was made by hving KINKO scan a picture of the logo artwork, (use a picture of the Martin logo for this),which was simply the logo torn from a magazine, and transferred to the same clear Mylar film used for overhead projectiors. The logo is printed with the ink on top, lay the Mylar logo into the wet finish early in the finishing stage. Spray several light coats of lacquer over the inked side to lock in the ink, before building up successive coats of lacquer on and around the .004" Mylar. Eventually the Mylar/s outline disappears into the clear lacquer coat. Another option is to have the decal printed on self-adhesive Mylar. Then you can lay the decal on top of the final rubbed out finish. www.music123.com sells Martin guitars and americanmusal.com you could request a free catalog and use a logo from the advertisement. Or you may be able to find a book at the library that has a picture you could have scanned.
hope this helps. I did this once on a guitar that I made, it works great. I used an adhesive backed mylar sheet, the kind that peels off of a sheet of paper, to type the logo I wanted, then cut out the logo with about a 1/4" margin and taped this to the peghead and painted several coats of lacquer over it.

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: : I purchased a 1947 Martin 00-17 in bad shape ,,been stripped,,the peg-head decal has been sanded off,,anybody know where I can get one???? : Here is a possible fix for your Martin. I found this on Stewmac.com, however it is no longer available,But here is the technique as described by Tony Nobles of Presion guitarworks, Austin Twexas. : A logo was made by hving KINKO scan a picture of the logo artwork, (use a picture of the Martin logo for this),which was simply the logo torn from a magazine, and transferred to the same clear Mylar film used for overhead projectiors. The logo is printed with the ink on top, lay the Mylar logo into the wet finish early in the finishing stage. Spray several light coats of lacquer over the inked side to lock in the ink, before building up successive coats of lacquer on and around the .004" Mylar. Eventually the Mylar/s outline disappears into the clear lacquer coat. Another option is to have the decal printed on self-adhesive Mylar. Then you can lay the decal on top of the final rubbed out finish. www.music123.com sells Martin guitars and americanmusal.com you could request a free catalog and use a logo from the advertisement. Or you may be able to find a book at the library that has a picture you could have scanned. : hope this helps. I did this once on a guitar that I made, it works great. I used an adhesive backed mylar sheet, the kind that peels off of a sheet of paper, to type the logo I wanted, then cut out the logo with about a 1/4" margin and taped this to the peghead and painted several coats of lacquer over it.

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