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fender racing stripe question

Posted: Tue Jun 17, 2008 6:27 am
by markocaster
how wide are the stripes? I want to try to make some just wanna get close to original width. cheers

Posted: Tue Jun 17, 2008 6:33 am
by Ninja Mike 808
Robvonbon should know, that guy could run a survey wit jus his collection...

Posted: Tue Jun 17, 2008 6:36 am
by Sloan
COMPETITION STRIPE.






some shitty old website wrote: The approximate size of the competition stripes is as follows:

center stripe: 1/2" or 12.7mm
thin stripes: 1/4" or 6.35mm
spacing: 1/8" or 3.18mm between stripes

Posted: Tue Jun 17, 2008 6:56 am
by markocaster
sweet thanks

Posted: Wed Jun 18, 2008 9:53 am
by robroe

Posted: Wed Jun 18, 2008 10:21 am
by Doog
robroe wrote:www.stripestore.com
Ask for Mr Pequesso.

Posted: Wed Jun 18, 2008 9:06 pm
by markocaster
THanks for the link. I have a cutter plotter so I just drew up the stripes and cut them from white vinyl . came out pretty cool. Photobucket is down so photo may not show up till later
Image

Posted: Wed Jun 18, 2008 9:13 pm
by Ninja Mike 808
Sweeeeeeeeeeeet. Where'd you get the body from?

Posted: Wed Jun 18, 2008 9:19 pm
by Mike
Very nicely done.

Posted: Wed Jun 18, 2008 9:25 pm
by tribi9
Marko,

Wanna buy a mint (As in color) Mustang style guard that was made for my old deceased refinished cyclone?

See a pic.

Image

Posted: Wed Jun 18, 2008 10:28 pm
by markocaster
The guitar is a Squier Cyclone, that I recently picked up at a great price. I love the blue , So I sanded and painted the headstock to match. I will add photos when it's finally together.

Posted: Wed Jun 18, 2008 10:45 pm
by DGNR8
Dude, you may find yourself some easy income with those things. Can you do any color? How do they stick, and for how long?

Posted: Thu Jun 19, 2008 12:09 am
by Chorlton
i'll confess. i know nothing about guitars. whats the deal with the competition stripe? where does it come from?
noob etcetc.

Posted: Thu Jun 19, 2008 12:20 am
by markocaster
DGNR8 wrote:Dude, you may find yourself some easy income with those things. Can you do any color? How do they stick, and for how long?
I can do any colour Provided I get that colour vinyl .. I only have white now. As far as stick, the stuff I used is cheap stuff, I should be able to get some of the good 3M vinyl next week I hope. I didn't put em on properly as far as the spacing I just eyeballed it.
looks cool.

Posted: Thu Jun 19, 2008 4:59 am
by boyecho
markocaster wrote:
DGNR8 wrote:Dude, you may find yourself some easy income with those things. Can you do any color? How do they stick, and for how long?
I can do any colour Provided I get that colour vinyl .. I only have white now. As far as stick, the stuff I used is cheap stuff, I should be able to get some of the good 3M vinyl next week I hope. I didn't put em on properly as far as the spacing I just eyeballed it.
looks cool.
looks like there is a bigger space between the bottom stripe and middle. i did vinyl graphics for almost 5 years with plotter cut vinyl and i've used vinyl for comp stripes before. but with how i abuse my guitars, it's the first thing to get chewed up playing shows.

3M Vinyl IS better than cheap stuff. and it should stay stuck for years if you dont go picking at it.

it does look good on that cyclone though. cobalt blue with white stripes. my ideal color combo if i were building an old ford falcon.

Posted: Thu Jun 19, 2008 5:30 am
by dodgedartdave
tribi9 wrote:Marko,

Wanna buy a mint (As in color) Mustang style guard that was made for my old deceased refinished cyclone?

See a pic.

Image
WOW! Cool gaurd. Where'd ya get it! :o

Posted: Thu Jun 19, 2008 5:45 am
by tribi9
dodgedartdave wrote:
tribi9 wrote:Marko,

Wanna buy a mint (As in color) Mustang style guard that was made for my old deceased refinished cyclone?

See a pic.

Image
WOW! Cool gaurd. Where'd ya get it! :o
Lolz

It is a cool guard! Too bad I could never get the proper neck for the guitar, so I ended up just getting rid of it. It was the best looking Cyclone ever It was my Fender Tribclone.

Posted: Thu Jun 19, 2008 7:06 am
by James
Squier musicmaster neck? I assume squier cyclones are gibson scale? I had no idea they would fit.

Posted: Thu Jun 19, 2008 7:11 am
by tribi9
James wrote:Squier musicmaster neck? I assume squier cyclones are gibson scale? I had no idea they would fit.

Both 24.75 scale.

Posted: Thu Jun 19, 2008 7:24 am
by dodgedartdave
tribi9 wrote:
James wrote:Squier musicmaster neck? I assume squier cyclones are gibson scale? I had no idea they would fit.

Both 24.75 scale.
yep. Super hard to come by if you need a replacement.