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Poor Man's Pearl Inlay Alternative

30 Aug 01 - 05:28 PM (#538435)
Subject: Poor Man's Pearl Inlay Alternative
From: Justa Picker

I stumbled across this today while surfing.
Clicky

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


30 Aug 01 - 05:35 PM (#538444)
Subject: RE: Poor Man's Pearl Inlay Alternative
From: Clinton Hammond

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!!!

:-)


30 Aug 01 - 07:07 PM (#538506)
Subject: RE: Poor Man's Pearl Inlay Alternative
From: JohnInKansas


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

Maybe this is "Mother of Glue?"

John


30 Aug 01 - 07:21 PM (#538519)
Subject: RE: Poor Man's Pearl Inlay Alternative
From: Sorcha

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


30 Aug 01 - 08:13 PM (#538559)
Subject: RE: Poor Man's Pearl Inlay Alternative
From: Justa Picker

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


30 Aug 01 - 08:43 PM (#538578)
Subject: RE: Poor Man's Pearl Inlay Alternative
From: SINSULL

Permanent, yet removable. Can't beat that.


30 Aug 01 - 08:45 PM (#538582)
Subject: RE: Poor Man's Pearl Inlay Alternative
From: catspaw49

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

Spaw


31 Aug 01 - 03:29 AM (#538767)
Subject: RE: Poor Man's Pearl Inlay Alternative
From: Cappuccino

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