I've noticed that the decal on the front of the headstock of my 56 NOS is starting to show wear and slight flaking around its edges.
It seems to finished differently from other strats in that they seem to have the decal under the varnish finish, whereas the NOS finish seem to have the decal on top of the finish without any apparent protection.
So does the team have any suggestions in how to protect the decal from eventually coming away altogether?.
Second query (really a "that sound" issue.)
How is Hank getting that, for want of a better phrase, mellow tone on his newer work?
I see from the videos that he still uses the bridge pickup but the treble content is greatly reduced (more than maybe just use of the tone control??).
is it clever EQ or is it differetn pickups.
I cant get anywhere near this mellowness (is that a word?) by just adjusting the tone on guitar or amp. Any ideas?
Equipment - NOS strat with stock pickups, Vox AC15, alesis Q2 with eftp patches.
John M.