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Factory stickers on guitars. Leave 'em or not?
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You don't care about the answer to your question. You were just looking for an excuse to post this hilarious video. Nice! Lol . . .
There're stickers on my guitars? I never really looked.
Hold on....
There's a "CE" sticker on my MIM Strat on the neck plate. I'll leave it. Nothing on the G&L Tribute. A few stickers on the case, but I put them there, so they'll stay.
OK Carry on.
Hold on....
There's a "CE" sticker on my MIM Strat on the neck plate. I'll leave it. Nothing on the G&L Tribute. A few stickers on the case, but I put them there, so they'll stay.
OK Carry on.
As soon as I decide it is a keeper, they are all off. The stupid "E" on the Epiphone pickguards come off the first moment though.
One caveat. I have kept the FSR sticker on the back of my tele. Yeah, call me vain.
Oh, I always keep all stickers on amps and pedals. I flip pedals like hamburgers.
Should we open the can of worms about original cardboard boxes again?
One caveat. I have kept the FSR sticker on the back of my tele. Yeah, call me vain.
Oh, I always keep all stickers on amps and pedals. I flip pedals like hamburgers.
Should we open the can of worms about original cardboard boxes again?
That "CE" sticker has got to come off of your strat. Just do it. Not just for me or for you, but for the world at large.
I think you should leave the stickers on your 505s and your underwear. You know in case you want to sell them after proper relicling.
I've never been a bumper sticker fan, whether on my cars, guitars or anything else. When I buy new things I want to keep them looking new. Cars I don't really like aftermarket things...I like to keep them as original as I can. Others can pull off the sticker and mod stuff....I just can't.
BradL
Friend of Leo's
I have a mate who has still these gnarly old stickers on his golf clubs from years back. All peeling slowly off and covered in dirt. Drives (no pun intended) me crazy but he doesn't care/mind. With guitars I'll keep what I think I need for any possible future re-sale (like hang tags, spec sheets, receipts) but them stickers. They die.
jaybones
Friend of Leo's
The one guitar I bought new didn't have any stickers on it, and it was an Epi (no QC sticker on the back of the HS, so...). I ordered it from the factory and it did include the hang tag in with the case candy. I kept all of it (after sending in the warranty card) in a Ziploc freezer bag for posterity.
I do however leave the plastic on the PG until it starts to lift or peel on its own.
If there was any kind of sticker covering part (but not whole) of the guitar that's gotta go. If it's the cool Fender American flag dealie that I'd want to save I'd do my best to take it off carefully and reuse it.
I do however leave the plastic on the PG until it starts to lift or peel on its own.
If there was any kind of sticker covering part (but not whole) of the guitar that's gotta go. If it's the cool Fender American flag dealie that I'd want to save I'd do my best to take it off carefully and reuse it.
stratoman1
Friend of Leo's
I just looked. My Tele has the CE sticker. I never noticed before. It can stay. It's been there since last Thanksgiving without me realizing it
Toronto Tele
Tele-Meister
All of the inspection and CE stickers are long gone. The only sticker on any guitar is this on my BSB CV50 
jvin248
Doctor of Teleocity
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Those "stickers" gotta come off
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Those "stickers" gotta come off
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I never understood why anyone would leave that crap on.
I hate that all the fruit in the grocery store has stickers, that usually cause me to damage the skin when removing. Dammit, it's not your fruit anymore, get your name off there.
Same for guitars, mostly. I leave that Fender "sticker" on the headstock.
I hate that all the fruit in the grocery store has stickers, that usually cause me to damage the skin when removing. Dammit, it's not your fruit anymore, get your name off there.
Same for guitars, mostly. I leave that Fender "sticker" on the headstock.
Nightclub Dwight
Friend of Leo's
Slightly off topic.... We compost everything that we can in our household. Those fruit stickers must be plastic based because they don't break down. Even if I am peeling the fruit I have to pick out all of those little stickers or I find them for years in my garden soil.I never understood why anyone would leave that crap on.
I hate that all the fruit in the grocery store has stickers, that usually cause me to damage the skin when removing. Dammit, it's not your fruit anymore, get your name off there.
Same for guitars, mostly. I leave that Fender "sticker" on the headstock.
Guitars? I usually buy used, but I usually remove stickers and protective plastic if it's there.
I like the suggestion about sticking them to the hang tag. I'm going to start doing that.
modern relic underwear doesn't have the same integrity or value as genuine 1950's mojo that hasn't had a botched refin
'paper in oil' - oh my lord, save us from corksniffers
Take it all off!
Take it all off!
Take it all off!
Take it all off!
Take it all off!
I got thinking about this because I'm buying a used guitar that has all the stickers.
I'll likely flip it, but I'm gonna hafta take the stickers off.
So....when you peel the protective plastic off, do you take the screws out or leave a little hanging out around the screw?
Tell the truth
I'll likely flip it, but I'm gonna hafta take the stickers off.
So....when you peel the protective plastic off, do you take the screws out or leave a little hanging out around the screw?
Tell the truth
MLaVache
TDPRI Member
I take em all off.
Except the back-of-headstock stickers on my Epi Thunderbird bass (QC, Made in Country X, and another I can't remember). Those things are stuck on there so hard I'd need to remove wood — or at least spend more than 10 seconds on it, which has basically the same likelihood of occurring.
At least I cleaned the cat vomit that it came with off the front (not a euphemism — I bought it with literal cat barf crusted on the upper horn. A little wood soap and some lemon oil and you'd never know.)
Except the back-of-headstock stickers on my Epi Thunderbird bass (QC, Made in Country X, and another I can't remember). Those things are stuck on there so hard I'd need to remove wood — or at least spend more than 10 seconds on it, which has basically the same likelihood of occurring.
At least I cleaned the cat vomit that it came with off the front (not a euphemism — I bought it with literal cat barf crusted on the upper horn. A little wood soap and some lemon oil and you'd never know.)
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