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Post subject: Sealing an autograph
Posted: Thu Jul 16, 2015 4:56 am
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Back over the winter I was lucky enoug to get Andy Summers to sign the pickguard of my Telecaster. Back when I was deployed to Iraq, I was luck enough to get the Zac Brown Band to sign another guitar. Sadly, Zac's signature was signed right where I play and most of it rubbed off.

For Andy's signature, I sprayed a dupli-color clear coat over it, but it's still wearing away. How do I protect the signature and get to play my guitar (which I haven't touched since I noticed the signature getting smeared a bit)?


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Post subject: Re: Sealing an autograph
Posted: Thu Jul 16, 2015 6:44 am
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I can't think of anything that wouldn't eventually wear off, so maybe the best way is to replace the signed pick guard with a "working" one. Depending on where you play, that might also prevent a grab and run.


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Post subject: Re: Sealing an autograph
Posted: Thu Jul 16, 2015 8:48 am
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I'm thinking that I might put a clear film on it or something.


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Post subject: Re: Sealing an autograph
Posted: Sat Jul 18, 2015 6:07 pm
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I'd try covering the whole pickguard with another DIY thin clear lexan pickguard. No adhesives or anything. You may need a bit longer screws for it. What I like about this scheme is that it is totally reversible.

I see that Home Depot has this: "Polycarbonate Sheet - .093 Inch x 18 Inch x 24 Inch" for Cdn$40.95, but it must be possible to get it way cheaper and in a smaller size. Maybe at a framing store, sold as a shatter-proof picture glazing.

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Post subject: Re: Sealing an autograph
Posted: Sun Aug 02, 2015 6:42 pm
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Don't know if this will work but just tryin' to help a brother out.

How about that 3m clearcoat protection that you can put on your car? Tons of vendors out there. You can keep replacing it. Although don't know if it will pull the autograph off when you peel it off.

Id go with the working pick guard if all else fails.

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Post subject: Re: Sealing an autograph
Posted: Fri Aug 28, 2015 10:40 am
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This is just my own personal opinion and I suspect that in this case, it's probably going to sound a bit jaded as well, but...

Right off the bat, I have to say that I really just don't get the significance of having your guitar signed by "so and so"...if autographs and signatures are that important to a person, it seems that a scrapbook of some kind is a more appropriate medium. I'll admit that I'd -LOVE- to meet some folks like Eric Clapton or David Gilmore or Pete Townsend and hell...I'd even love it if they PLAYED one of my own guitars (maybe some of that awesome mojo would rub off, LOL), but I really can't see having any of them sign the guitar itself...it's not like the signature of any famous person is going to make ME play any better!

Now that said, before he passed away, my father was something of a sports memorabilia collector and one of his most prized pieces was a basketball signed by Wilt Chamberlain...at the time Dad had it, it was worth somewhere around $350 (for a basketball that would have otherwise cost around $15 at Walmart). The comparison I would make here is simply this; would you really take that basketball out to your local court and shoot some hoops with it?? Of course not...it sits in a nice, sealed, dust free acrylic display case. It may have been a very fine basketball...as far as basketballs go...but the moment it's signed by someone famous, it becomes something else...it's a collectible...a piece of memorabilia. You'd go to the store and buy a regular basketball to shoot hoops with.

Very simply if these autographs are THAT important to you, then don't play the guitar...get another instrument for playing and keep your signed instruments as memorabilia (and make sure to get the signatures authenticated so as not to loose any degree of collector's value). Just lock them in a nice case, display them proudly in your home, show them off to your friends and forget that they were once musical instruments.


Again I'm sure that sounds terribly jaded, but that's my opinion.


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Post subject: Re: Sealing an autograph
Posted: Sun Aug 30, 2015 4:35 pm
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lomitus wrote:
This is just my own personal opinion and I suspect that in this case, it's probably going to sound a bit jaded as well, but...

Right off the bat, I have to say that I really just don't get the significance of having your guitar signed by "so and so"...if autographs and signatures are that important to a person, it seems that a scrapbook of some kind is a more appropriate medium. I'll admit that I'd -LOVE- to meet some folks like Eric Clapton or David Gilmore or Pete Townsend and hell...I'd even love it if they PLAYED one of my own guitars (maybe some of that awesome mojo would rub off, LOL), but I really can't see having any of them sign the guitar itself...it's not like the signature of any famous person is going to make ME play any better!

Now that said, before he passed away, my father was something of a sports memorabilia collector and one of his most prized pieces was a basketball signed by Wilt Chamberlain...at the time Dad had it, it was worth somewhere around $350 (for a basketball that would have otherwise cost around $15 at Walmart). The comparison I would make here is simply this; would you really take that basketball out to your local court and shoot some hoops with it?? Of course not...it sits in a nice, sealed, dust free acrylic display case. It may have been a very fine basketball...as far as basketballs go...but the moment it's signed by someone famous, it becomes something else...it's a collectible...a piece of memorabilia. You'd go to the store and buy a regular basketball to shoot hoops with.

Very simply if these autographs are THAT important to you, then don't play the guitar...get another instrument for playing and keep your signed instruments as memorabilia (and make sure to get the signatures authenticated so as not to loose any degree of collector's value). Just lock them in a nice case, display them proudly in your home, show them off to your friends and forget that they were once musical instruments.


Again I'm sure that sounds terribly jaded, but that's my opinion.


It doesn't sound jaded at all. I really enjoy playing the guitar, and mostlikely, I'll just swap out the pickguard. Thanks for your perspective.


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