So, I read this before I went to bed, and sat on it for a bit before replying. If it was my project, and I was lucky enough to have the same thoughts you've had about the idea of both Gandalf The White *and* Gandalf The Grey, I'd do a headstock decal referencing the Grey, and a pickguard decal referencing the White. The pickguard being smaller than the body, you could almost say that the potential of Gandalf The White was always inside him. Like, maybe the big gray hat and pipe as the headstock decal (instead of any words), and his staff as a pickguard decal?MayTheFuzzBeWithYou wrote: ↑Thu Jan 11, 2024 5:34 amThank you.
I thought about it a lot yesterday night and I also clearly prefer Gandalf/Mithrandir.
And as it has this worn parchment guard... it could possibly cover both Gandalf the Grey and the White - if I'd like to go extreme: I could even work on the vibrato arm tip so it would resemble his staff (the white one, not one of the wooden ones). Probably 3D printing would be easier in this case.
I like the idea of the staff as the vibrato arm tip, but for it to be 3D-printed might be tricky. I don't think (I don't know for sure) that PLA would hold up to the force of using the vibrato over a long period. What would be cool would be to have the threads (or just as a push-on!) near the top of the staff, and have the lower staff be a big hole that pushes almost all the way to the vibrato/base of the arm. That way, it would look cool and maybe be a bit stronger. I can draw up what I'm thinking if I described it weird, haha.
But, if you like the idea of 2 decals (one on the head, one on the guard) AND the staff for the vibrato arm, what decal would you pick for the guard instead? The sword? Shadowfax? A simple drawing of his face with no details except the outline of his hair/head and beard? The eagles?!
Too bad you couldn't get a 12th fret inlay of the One Ring... Or find a bolt-on PRS neck and just say that the bird inlays are the eagles
What about the One Ring inscription around one of the pickup holes on the guard?! Or, you could do like HNB sometimes does, and get a custom engraved neck plate with the ring on it...
Idea for a custom neckplate:
EDIT: several, for random cool ideas Seriously, this whole thing is giving me awesome ideas.