An honest question.. Please explain how you feel after a Squier logo "upgrade"

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Re: An honest question.. Please explain how you feel after a Squier logo "upgrade"

Post by MattK » Sun Aug 19, 2018 3:15 am

Two of my absolute best guitars:
1982 JV:
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1983 SQ:
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Change the logos, over my dead body.

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Re: An honest question.. Please explain how you feel after a Squier logo "upgrade"

Post by TeenageShutdown! » Sun Aug 19, 2018 3:25 am

Another perspective of this, has anyone had a snooty person play your mislabelled guitar in which they were quite impressed & you then came transparent with what they were actually playing?
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Re: An honest question.. Please explain how you feel after a Squier logo "upgrade"

Post by Fiddy » Sun Aug 19, 2018 11:32 am

What if you simply don't like the logo but want to replace it?

Like, i hate the Waza logo on Boss pedals and always secretly wish to replace the pads with standard looking pads.. :squint:

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Re: An honest question.. Please explain how you feel after a Squier logo "upgrade"

Post by HNB » Sun Aug 19, 2018 12:27 pm

I don't like the Waza logo either. I have been known to swap logos and make custom ones also. I don't feel like I am doing this to make the guitar something it isn't, but more to make it look the way I feel like it is supposed to look in my head. For example, the first headstocks I messed with were Blacktop Jazzmasters. I wanted the cool swirly logo, not the dumb plain font Jazzmaster one they put on it. (Same with the Squier HH Jazzmaster.) I like Jazzy's to have the swirl logo and when they don't like to make them have it. :) I have a bunch of Squiers and I like them a lot. I tend to go for the Indonesian Squier necks when I am not looking to spend more on an Allparts or Warmoth neck. Most of the time the sellers already took off the silk screened logo and I am not a fan of nude headstocks. Since it isn't a Squier or a Fender when I make a partscaster, the most honest thing to do is put a custom decal on that is your own... but I have seen that people shy away from buying a guitar with a custom logo on it. They would rather it have something familiar on it I guess.
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Re: An honest question.. Please explain how you feel after a Squier logo "upgrade"

Post by mackerelmint » Sun Aug 19, 2018 7:46 pm

Well, I'm sold on Acme guitars now. ;D
This is an excellent rectangle

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Post by parry » Sat Aug 25, 2018 7:54 am

All finished

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Re: An honest question.. Please explain how you feel after a Squier logo "upgrade"

Post by HNB » Sat Aug 25, 2018 11:39 am

Nice!!
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Re: An honest question.. Please explain how you feel after a Squier logo "upgrade"

Post by Fiddy » Mon Aug 27, 2018 3:29 pm

Looking good Parry 8)

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Re: An honest question.. Please explain how you feel after a Squier logo "upgrade"

Post by sunburster » Sat Sep 08, 2018 9:08 pm

I had a Squier Jag bass that was pretty nice. Played well, sounded OK. Only cost me $120. I sold it because I wasn't playing bass much anymore, but if I kept a Squier I would never sand off the decal and put a Fender one on. Seems to me a dumb thing to do for several reasons, not to mention a big waste of time and money.

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Re: An honest question.. Please explain how you feel after a Squier logo "upgrade"

Post by Fiddy » Thu Sep 13, 2018 6:41 pm

I i put Fender decal on an All Parts licensed neck... Just remembered that.. :ph34r:

I felt like a fraud after a bit.

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Re: An honest question.. Please explain how you feel after a Squier logo "upgrade"

Post by postpostrock » Wed Oct 10, 2018 11:50 am

I'm going to have it done on my J Mascis neck. Only one reason, really. I have a matching headstock on my Fender Jazzmaster. The J Mascis is a backup, though I enjoy it just as much, and I want them to sorta match. Just OCD, I guess.

All the info will still be present on the rear of the neck, so no one will be fooled by it. It'll just have matching decals and a painted headstock.

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Re: An honest question.. Please explain how you feel after a Squier logo "upgrade"

Post by mackerelmint » Thu Oct 11, 2018 4:39 pm

tribi9 wrote:
Thu Sep 13, 2018 6:41 pm
I i put Fender decal on an All Parts licensed neck... Just remembered that.. :ph34r:

I felt like a fraud after a bit.
Don't CIJs and allparts offset parts come from the same factory? I think it's a distinction without a difference.
This is an excellent rectangle

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Re: An honest question.. Please explain how you feel after a Squier logo "upgrade"

Post by Fiddy » Thu Oct 11, 2018 5:01 pm

mackerelmint wrote:
Thu Oct 11, 2018 4:39 pm
tribi9 wrote:
Thu Sep 13, 2018 6:41 pm
I i put Fender decal on an All Parts licensed neck... Just remembered that.. :ph34r:

I felt like a fraud after a bit.
Don't CIJs and allparts offset parts come from the same factory? I think it's a distinction without a difference.
Good point. I guess if its licensed, shouldn't matter anyway ha :D

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Re: An honest question.. Please explain how you feel after a Squier logo "upgrade"

Post by HNB » Thu Oct 11, 2018 7:30 pm

Yeah Fender already got some money for that license. :D
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