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I don't know shit about finishing and painting and any of that but it bothers me that my strat head stock isn't matching the body. It's like my favorite thing. How would one go about getting it done and maintain the decals, if possible?

What color strat?

Sandpaper, masking tape, rattle cans, decal(s)

GRIMESPACE wrote:Sandpaper, masking tape, rattle cans, decal(s)

Probably the cheapest solution. Also the easiest to do poorly.

Sage green. Kinda metallic. I don't want to do it myself. Who would you bring it to?

RyanDistortion wrote:Sage green. Kinda metallic. I don't want to do it myself. Who would you bring it to?

Find a local Luthier that can show you examples of their finish work. Asked specifically to see a painted headstock, masking a headstock is really hard to do nicely.

Then see if they can match the color.

Anyone who does guitar refinishing should have no problem doing the finish and putting new decals on.

Nice one. I'll start looking.

And if they are good - they can clear over the decal, making it so smooth, you can't even tell it is a decal.

it's tough to match paint , it's always best to shoot the parts all together with the same mix of paint . My go to guy for fine finish work is Pat Wilkins http://www.wilkinsguitars.com/ , and then there is that Nobody guy he is pretty good too

That's why contrasting color is best.