Now throwing stickers on a guitar is nothing new. Pretty much any genre of music has a guitar player has thrown some stickers on their guitars:
Stevie Ray Vaughn had a 1970's BMX prizm "custom" sticker behind the bridge, as well as his SRV in mailbox letters
Billie Joe Armstrong from Green Day's blue Strat can barely be called blue.
Rivers Quomo of Weezer's strats look the the underside of a skateboard.
Now Im not looking at going this severe, I happen to have a Stickered up First act guitar that I used as a travel guitar, meaning any gigs my band did out of the Boston area. Back then we did a few gigs in New York, Maine New Hampshire and Rhode Island. I had a Seymour Duncan custom in the bridge position, and it sounded great. Overall it's still a great guitar, and I would rather lost this one, rather than my PRS or the Les Paul I used to have at an out of town gig.
I don't need to go this crazy.
To go a bit more subdued, Marty Stuart's "Clarence White" Tele has an American AM sticker
I've seen this cool firebird with the old North American Aviation graphic on it, and it just looks "right" on it:
I'd like it to look a bit weathered too, and recently I found a fellow on the internet that does alot of cool Star Wars models and props. He also has a talent for making things have that used universe look, like this hard shell motorcycle backpack:
Maybe a "Red 5" feel to it would be interesting. Perhaps incorporating some elements from the X wing pilots Helmets and some text in that crazy Aurabuesh font. The Rebel Alliance symbol has some great features and design, as well as having some nice subtle meaning of rebellion and resistance that means a lot outside of the Star Wars universe these days. Might be interesting to blend those concepts with the idea of a "competition stripe" that Fender used to have on their Mustangs and other guitars:
I don't know if I'm going to go with a decal or full hog on a paintjob, but I'm open to suggestions.
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