Peeling The Made In USA Sticker

ric620 · Post by **ric620** » Sat Dec 10, 2005 11:11 am

I put gold guards on my 620 (and shipped the while TRC off to Ric for a swap for a gold one).

I'd like to move the made in usa sticker from the old white upper pickguard to the new gold one.

Any ideas?

jingle_jangle · Post by **jingle_jangle** » Sat Dec 10, 2005 12:23 pm

Sure. Get an Ex Acto knife with the real pointy blade (#11) and work the blade carefully under one corner. Using the blade on one side and a finger on the other, carefully peel enough to get a grip with a pair of tweezers, and finish peeling.

Sometimes a little shot of benzine (rubber cement thinner) works, if you have a particularly stubborn one. Let it soak under the sticker and peel as above. Then let the thinner evaporate a few minutes before re-sticking.

Uh huh. That's right. No problem.

ric620 · Post by **ric620** » Sat Dec 10, 2005 12:32 pm

The exacto method worked great! Thanks!

wayang · Post by **wayang** » Sat Dec 10, 2005 7:02 pm

And the little shot of benzine keeps yer hands from shakin'...

gregga41 · Post by **gregga41** » Sat Dec 10, 2005 10:56 pm

Unfortunately my 2005 360/6FG arrived minus that "made in USA" decal! Anyone know if they are available??? or not??

dead_eye · Post by **dead_eye** » Sun Dec 11, 2005 4:05 am

I just peel them off with my fingernail and restick it to the back of the headstock!! they seem to re-stick pretty good, so far my 360 is 1 yr old and the sticker is holding real good on the back of the headstock, I did the same with my new 620. If you play your Ric alot it seems that the sticker will not last long on the pick guard because of the guitar pick.
Paul

jingle_jangle · Post by **jingle_jangle** » Sun Dec 11, 2005 6:32 am

Fingernails work really well pulling them off, Paul. So do butter knives, sharp twigs, pennies, and even guitar picks. Unfortunately, most methods wrinkle the sticker or damage it in some way.

The Ex Acto trick does not, done properly.

When I was still in college (late '60s), before personal computers were even invented (and the big mainframes were powered by water wheels!), I had a job called "Keyline and Pasteup Artist". The equivalent job today would be "Mac Graphics Weenie".

The focus of the job was actually, physically cutting out blocks of type, pictures, headlines and captions, using an Ex Acto knife, and pasting them down on pieces of illustration board, to be photographed and become printing plates. I learned to hold sticky little pieces of paper with a knife blade and finger, and to lift and reposition them with the same simple tools.

That is where I became an Ex Acto Jockey Second Grade. (Ex Acto Jockeys First Grade have, on average, 7.5 fingers. No thanks.)

Now, of course, the skill is quite useful whenever I get a new Rickenbacker instrument.

So, I've used it twice.

86kubicki · Post by **86kubicki** » Sun Dec 11, 2005 6:35 am

Hmmm... I just peel them off and throw them away.

dead_eye · Post by **dead_eye** » Sun Dec 11, 2005 7:21 am

Hey Paul,
What do you think of the use of a grinder to take off those pesky little stickers? All kidding aside I guess if you bought the guitar as an investment for resale, or just to collect and not play the sticker would be more important, but like Steve I never put much stock in them.
Paul

jingle_jangle · Post by **jingle_jangle** » Sun Dec 11, 2005 7:27 am

A grinder would work fine, if you're not interested in preserving either the sticker or the top pickguard.

You're thinking in narrow little boxes, friend. Maybe Mr. Smith is a player who would like to preserve his sticker. Maybe somebody else just collects the stickers (they're hard to play) and tosses the guitars.

Whatever the combination of owner/player/collector/stickerlover/stickerdumper, the person with a question deserves an earnest and accurate answer. He got one, and the method worked.

dead_eye · Post by **dead_eye** » Sun Dec 11, 2005 7:53 am

Paul,
I've just been kidding around, your right, there is no such thing as a stupid question, and we're all differant what is'nt very important to one my be very important to another, and should be respected. You've given alot of good advice on this forum to me and all the members, and I've always taken your advice and it's always been good. I just have a gruff since of hummer, and because of that many people take what I say the wrong way, I certainly was'nt trying to insult ric620 for wanting to preserve his sticker, or make fun of you for giving him a very good and complete answer to his problem, I was just trying to interject a little hummer on this thread.
Paul

jingle_jangle · Post by **jingle_jangle** » Sun Dec 11, 2005 8:59 am

Gruff, huh?

Well, here's a "little hummer" for ya:

Paul, you sure you didn't mean "a little humor"?

bassman · Post by **bassman** » Sun Dec 11, 2005 11:08 am

Why don't you just call up or email RIC and ask them to send you a couple of new ones. Then you can put them on anything you like.

Seems like a no brainer to me.

And yea, I peel them off and throw them out myself. If they were meant to be a permanent part of the instrument, RIC would etch them into the pickguard.

jps · Post by **jps** » Sun Dec 11, 2005 2:50 pm

Maybe RIC could inlay them into the first fret position for those who want it permanently.

britye · Post by **britye** » Sun Dec 11, 2005 4:15 pm

Here's a little Hummer for you all, The Hummer was Paul. exacto- knife very handy little tool indeed.