Poor Man's Pearl Inlay Alternative

Subject: Poor Man's Pearl Inlay Alternative
From: Justa Picker
Date: 30 Aug 01 - 05:28 PM

I stumbled across this today while surfing.
Clicky

(ah.....so THAT'S Grit Laskin's secret. -just kidding.)

Subject: RE: Poor Man's Pearl Inlay Alternative
From: Clinton Hammond
Date: 30 Aug 01 - 05:35 PM

Yuch!

That's disgusting!

Who in their right mind would put STICKERS on their guitar?!?!?!?!

Mind you, I think 99.9% of pearl inlays look horrid as well, so that'll give you some context for my disdain...

I'm so happy my twin A Series Seaguls were born before they started doing the headstock logo in pearl... I woulda hated to have to cut the top of the head off!!!

:-)

Subject: RE: Poor Man's Pearl Inlay Alternative
From: JohnInKansas
Date: 30 Aug 01 - 07:07 PM


A lot of "Mother of Pearl" is actually "Mother of Toilet Seat," isn't it.

Maybe this is "Mother of Glue?"

John

Subject: RE: Poor Man's Pearl Inlay Alternative
From: Sorcha
Date: 30 Aug 01 - 07:21 PM

arrrggh. I always thought mussel shell was the cheap alternative to Mother of Pearl or abalone......

Subject: RE: Poor Man's Pearl Inlay Alternative
From: Justa Picker
Date: 30 Aug 01 - 08:13 PM

Hmmm....maybe I'll order some and re-do the dashboard in my car, and the hubcaps while I'm at it. :-)

Subject: RE: Poor Man's Pearl Inlay Alternative
From: SINSULL
Date: 30 Aug 01 - 08:43 PM

Permanent, yet removable. Can't beat that.

Subject: RE: Poor Man's Pearl Inlay Alternative
From: catspaw49
Date: 30 Aug 01 - 08:45 PM

I figured you'd seen this stuff before JP. I can see you have the right idea for possible uses though.........

Spaw

Subject: RE: Poor Man's Pearl Inlay Alternative
From: Cappuccino
Date: 31 Aug 01 - 03:29 AM

Yes, you wonder whether they keep the custom-made Gibson-logo sticky labels under the counter...! I'm sure that a few years ago it was possible to get a sticky decal of the Fender logo, but I suspect that they took it off the market about the same time that all the copy guitars started coming out.

- Ian B