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Spector Thunderbird
« on: August 17, 2013, 02:10:06 PM »
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Re: Spector Thunderbird
« Reply #1 on: August 17, 2013, 02:16:24 PM »
It took me a remarkably long time to actually see a face in that finish! Yeah I like them ho's to Mark.
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Re: Spector Thunderbird
« Reply #2 on: August 17, 2013, 02:43:36 PM »
Not a finish - vinyl car wrap.  This is a semi - permanent deal.  This stuff is done on sticky back car wrap vinyl with an inkjet plotter.  This bass cost them about $2.00 in material - the plotter put them back 15 to 40K and took about 3 minutes to print.  A good installer would take about 20 minutes to install and trim it.  I have to hand to these guys for finding a secondary market for a fairly common technology.  The adhesive is fairly aggressive but I think on modern finish you'd be able to clean it off and be back to stock in about an hours time. 

If anyone wants to do this just save your image as a PDF and find any sign or graphic shop - bass sized piece should be less than $20.00.  I wouldn't stick this on a nitro finish but a modern poly would fair OK.
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Re: Spector Thunderbird
« Reply #3 on: August 17, 2013, 02:51:58 PM »


 Good to know.........

I'd love to change my Greco into something more visually appealing than the stock 'burst.
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Re: Spector Thunderbird
« Reply #4 on: August 17, 2013, 03:10:19 PM »
Just think of it as high class contact paper.  Seriously, if you have something you like just figure out how big you need it have and have it printed.  You would trim the out line and roll it on from one side - the rest you could cut after the fact.
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Re: Spector Thunderbird
« Reply #5 on: August 17, 2013, 04:25:49 PM »
hmmmmmmmmmmm in my world contact paper is not a decorating option.
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Re: Spector Thunderbird
« Reply #6 on: August 17, 2013, 04:41:25 PM »
On their Facebook page they show one with a Creature from the Black Lagoon movie poster as the top. I think that's pretty cool, but I've always loved those old Creature movies since I was a kid.
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Re: Spector Thunderbird
« Reply #7 on: August 17, 2013, 05:12:44 PM »
Decaled or not, $700 for a low-end Korean Spector is way too much.
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Re: Spector Thunderbird
« Reply #8 on: August 17, 2013, 05:30:21 PM »
If vinyl wrap makes it a "custom 1 off" then pretty soon anything with a decal will suddenly become a "custom" instrument.
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Re: Spector Thunderbird
« Reply #9 on: August 18, 2013, 01:56:25 AM »
Does it make a difference to the tone...?
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Re: Spector Thunderbird
« Reply #10 on: August 18, 2013, 12:19:00 PM »
Quote from: CAR-54 on August 18, 2013, 01:56:25 AM
Does it make a difference to the tone...?

Certainly, if you use the old school, hard to procure, cellulose based vinyl from the fifties the sound would would be much better  :P ;)
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Re: Spector Thunderbird
« Reply #11 on: August 18, 2013, 02:24:58 PM »
[Kilgore] I love the smell of vinyl in the morning... [/Kilgore]
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Re: Spector Thunderbird
« Reply #12 on: August 18, 2013, 07:55:40 PM »
Is this the same stuff Fender Japan used on those Foto Flame guitars years ago? That was some kind of vinyl wrap with a photo image of flame maple on it.
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Re: Spector Thunderbird
« Reply #13 on: August 19, 2013, 10:26:38 AM »
Foto Flame was much thinner than this stuff. It had an almost water decal-like thickness and texture.
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Re: Spector Thunderbird
« Reply #14 on: August 19, 2013, 11:35:31 AM »
Quote from: Psycho Bass Guy on August 19, 2013, 10:26:38 AM
Foto Flame was much thinner than this stuff. It had an almost water decal-like thickness and texture.

It was almost like the mfd covered console stereos in the 60's
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