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| Hi Volks!
This is my first post in this great forum with a question:
My old Ovation sadly needs a neck repair and maybe a new finsh on the headstock - so it could be that the "Ovation" logo will be lost.....
So my question:
Does a source exist where I can buy the old Ovation logo - decal????
Or does anyone now which font this is????
I would need this:
http://www.junkguitars.com/stories/gp3.jpg
Thanks a lot
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Location: South of most, North of few | Get a hold of John or Kim at the factory. I'm sure they can help you out. You can find their email address on the Ovation website somewhere under warranty service. |
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Location: NJ | I don't think they will send you a logo if they did not refin the neck. |
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Location: Tennessee | You should have the factory repair your neck and refinish it, adding a new logo. They do great work at very fair prices.
P.S. Mike Ness fan? |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | The logo decal for the GP might be hard to come by. It's a standard font (Georgia) so you could easily make your own. Dave |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | If you're the guy with the $50 GP, I'd send it back to the factory and have them refinish the neck and do the logo. The investment would be worth it. |
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Location: NJ | The font is a derivative of CLARENDON (Georgia is a generic "computer" font).
A good sign shop should be able to cut it out of gold pressure-sensitive vinyl and you could apply it to the refinished headstock. I just wouldn't put any clear-coat over it, as it could "eat" the vinyl. You could also possibly have 'em make a stencil out of vinyl "computer mask" and spray it on in gold.
You could theoretically screen-print it on, but it'd take a bit of doing, and entail some costs ("Back in the Day", I could knock it off in an hour) . . . |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | Originally posted by cliff:
The font is a derivative of CLARENDON (Georgia is a generic "computer" font). Font Nazi |
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| Hi!
Thanks for your all replies!!! I don't want to ship the guitar to Ovation for the repair - that's to circuitous. The repair will be done by my local luthier and he does great work.
When it's necessary to add a new logo I think I'll go with the font-option!
Georgia comes close but it isn't 100 % correct - and I don't have the Clarendon-font on my PC but I'm searching for it!
Thanks guys - bye
Sickboy |
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NOOO, Not the hoses again; PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
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