Just wanted to share how I'm putting my logo on headstocks now. I'm building a guitar for the TDPRI challenge and wanted to put my logo on it, so I started doing some research. I know I'm not the only one that does it this way, but I've not seen any small or hobby builders do this. Everyone at TDPRI used waterslide decals, but I couldn't source any locally, so I started down this road...
We have a screen print shop where I work, and the manager helped to get me set up with my own screen print rig. She burned a screen and put it on a frame small enough to fit on the headstock of my telecaster build. She then hooked me up with a squeegee and some ink as well. At first we tried using acrylic paint, but it wouldn't wash out of the screen, so she gave me some of the vinyl ink that they use. It worked perfectly.
I first put on a couple of coats of lacquer (I used Deft satin finish spray lacquer from Lowe's) and then did the screen print. I finished it with about 4 or 5 more coats.
And here's how it looked after all the lacquer was applied
You only need a tiny bit of ink. I put on about a dime sized dollop, and it was way too much. My screen print shop manager said that she'd get me set up if I want to do any multi-color logos as well.
