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Hi there, i'm will, guitarist and Custom Neck Plate Engraver!
Posted: Thu Sep 16, 2010 12:36 pm
by wurlyburly
Great to see a friendly and informative site such as this - sure i'll learn a thing or two.
Might aswel offer out my services aswel - custom plates, all sizes, gold or silver, custom engraved. Just send your artwork or ill even design it for you. Look awesome. Can even engrape images/photograps.
[email protected] any questions! Cheers!
Posted: Thu Sep 16, 2010 12:44 pm
by Olly
Hi Will
Welcome to the forum
Posted: Thu Sep 16, 2010 12:49 pm
by wurlyburly
Cheers Olly! Only been on an hour and found some pretty interesting stuff. I was just reading your post about borrowed chords...cant help you though lol.
I agree with the major then minor effect. Can sound cool.
Posted: Thu Sep 16, 2010 3:52 pm
by Olly
Thanks!
So what kind of music are you into and how long have you been playing?
Is your engraving service your full time job?
Posted: Thu Sep 16, 2010 5:00 pm
by wurlyburly
I'm into folk, blues, rock, acoustic. Generally play folky acoustic type stuff from a few "ultimate acoustic bibley" type books. Just love plugging in and noodling around with the blues scale heh. I also play the banjolele!
No i's just a sideline, but a fun one. I've sent out some gorgeous plates to people. If you type in custom neck plate in ebay you'll see my actual plate on my strat
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Posted: Fri Sep 17, 2010 7:53 am
by Olly
Are you UK based?
Can you post a link to your ebay so I can see what you do?
Posted: Fri Sep 17, 2010 11:29 am
by wurlyburly
Yep I'm based in England. We dont post many designs on ebay as they tend to be customers own designs but here's a couple to look at...
My personal plate....
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/CUSTOM-PERSONALIS ... 5194c4846a
A plate commissioned by a friend....
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/STUNNING-CUSTOM-P ... 5195066965
Like I said you can have anything on there! I love em
Posted: Fri Sep 17, 2010 11:35 am
by Olly
Thanks for the links - looks pretty smart!
Do you get quite a lot of business doing this? And, if you don't mind me asking, is it primarily from eBay?
Posted: Fri Sep 17, 2010 12:58 pm
by wurlyburly
We get quite a bit of business yes, and no ebay is just a small slice really.
A lot of business has been generated word of mouth i.e. i'll get an email "hi, my friend had a neck plate done....i'd like one with so and so on...etc" I think this is mainly because how much better they look in real life. The effect is almost holographic as the light changes on them!
We also offer a serialisation set up for luthiers. I'll see if I can post a couple of pictures on here of some more
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Posted: Fri Sep 17, 2010 1:01 pm
by Olly
Great stuff! Thanks - look forward to seeing them
Posted: Fri Sep 17, 2010 3:03 pm
by wurlyburly
Here's one I have knocking around that was just a test peice. It was for a friend who is welsh (hence dragone) religious (cross) and bought a tribal painted guitar. His initials are in the middle.
They're a bit of a pain to photograph. lol
Posted: Fri Sep 17, 2010 3:10 pm
by wurlyburly
And this one, which was an order from finland, where this is supposedly a famous painting....
Posted: Sat Sep 18, 2010 12:46 am
by i-watermelon john
that's some nice stuff there
Posted: Sat Sep 18, 2010 4:58 am
by mikeyBoab
Impressive stuff wurly. How long does each plate take to make?
Welcome to the forum!
Posted: Sun Sep 19, 2010 1:44 pm
by wurlyburly
Cheers guys,
the actual engraving takes about 10 mins. The design/image processing process can be from a few minutes to quite a few minutes heh! All good fun though, especially when you see them bolted on!