Large Ventures model and Mosrite decal?

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Large Ventures model and Mosrite decal?

Postby Hydra19 » Sat Feb 22, 2014 2:21 am

I'm looking for the larger style Ventures model logo for a 1963 reissue. I've found the normal sized ones a new years ago and ordered it but the 1963 reissue deserves the large one. Trouble is I can't find one anywhere. If anyone knows a place or has done this before please let me know. If not, I'll need to go through the custom made route, which isn't too bad.

I guess the Fillmore reissues aren't allowed to have the Ventures model logo because the Ventures don't approve or is there another reason that some if not most of these reissues don't have a Ventures logo?

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Re: Large Ventures model and Mosrite decal?

Postby panther » Sun Mar 02, 2014 2:06 pm

Seems like I've seen them on eBay. Do a Google search.
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Re: Large Ventures model and Mosrite decal?

Postby Hydra19 » Wed Mar 12, 2014 8:22 am

I did, there are none, I contacted all the guys I got the normal size from, no answer, and have tried searching google for a photo, none of quality high enough to make a decal from, and I measure the small logo, it's 35mm long, from V to S, so would like to know if anyone knows the measurements of the large logo? But I assumed no one would so I just measured it to the headstock and have settled for a size for 45mm

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Postby panther » Wed Mar 12, 2014 9:14 am

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Re: Large Ventures model and Mosrite decal?

Postby Nokie » Wed Mar 12, 2014 7:50 pm

Ideally you want a screen of the large logo. Mosrite head-stocks did not use decals. I'm guessing a good screen can be created with the decal as a template. -Marty

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Re: Large Ventures model and Mosrite decal?

Postby Hydra19 » Wed Mar 19, 2014 11:53 am

thanks for the advice, i did search ebay and found the smaller logos, of which I already have 2 in black. I managed to get graphic of the headstock, and found a logo company that can make it slightly larger.

I measured the normal logo and it was 35mm from the V to the S, so will go for 45mm for the large one. I looked at some real 1963 logo placements, measured it on my logo-less Mosrite headstock and wanted to go for 50mm but don't want to overdo it, as I'm prone to do sometimes.

I've used this company once before for a 'Crazy Horse' logo for a black beauty and once put on you could not see the edges, very very thin. When I put the ventures logo on the hallmark you could definitely see the edges so I hope this will look a bit more authentic


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