inlays

Is there a way to painlessly put inlays on a guitar that comes stock with no inlays?

This what I'm looking at.

http://guitars.musiciansfriend.com/product/Dean-ML-Phantom-XT-Electric-Guitar?sku=519815

also on that note, is ther a way to turn trapizoid inlays into the rectangle ones, just liek by cutting it wider?

i have i question for you guys why do you want inlays i have always thought they where unnecessary and stupid in way (exception when first learning of course) i don't want them at all.

[however the outcome of the tone of reading this might be i mean it as a sincere question]

i ike the look of rectangle inlays just looks cool. only reason.

fair enough thank you

On certain guitars it looks nice. I'm about an intermediate level [or so I'm told] so how hard would it be converting from actually learning with in;ays to getting an axe without them?

ye i tryed playing w/o inlays on an acoustic, its harder, not like it makes me bad cause i need them/

I think If I adjusted to it though it'd definetley make me a better player overall. It'll let me have more of a feel for tone and sound of the guitar, without going "Well the seventh fret sounds like this". I'll KNOW what frets give whats sounds give what very easily. AHA!! I've just answered myself!! Thank me!!! lol.

if you have a good feeling with your guitar and can move around with out looking there is no need to have inlays after a about a year, give or take a few months is all you need. however there is a problem, guitars differ on by where the joint is. So if you play a guitar with a joint at the 14 fret and pick up a guitar whit it on the 12th fret you will be all messed. up that is what probably happened to you emb

ye i can play with my eyes closed, but whats it gona hurt to have inlays.

ooo I wasn't saying anything ozz asked a question. i already full respect your answer to my question and again thank you

actually there is ozzman, if you look on ebay there is a company that sells sticker inlays and theyre guarented for like 10 years

http://myworld.ebay.com/creative-cuts/

thats the seller, you can get quite a few designs from them

Vibrato won't rip them?

i dont think so... if they have 99.9% feedback on ebay they must be worth it

I stand (sit at the computer chair) corrected then haha.

well thats the easiest way to get them on without ripping the board to me, its probably ass loads cheaper to

I like these ones. Tony Iommi - ish.

http://cgi.ebay.com/DIAMOND-CROSS-VINYL-DECAL-INLAY-SET-HOT_W0QQitemZ110335939469QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item110335939469&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=72%3A1205%7C66%3A2%7C65%3A12%7C39%3A1%7C240%3A1318%7C301%3A0%7C293%3A1%7C294%3A50

id get those in the star of david (im jewish)

i think the answer to your questions about adding or changing inlay's would be no. It can be done don't get me wrong but it will cost you an arm and a leg.

Ahh. Well, I have a lot of yards to mow, before I can even get the guitar anyway.

I've always wanted my Surname on the neck in Mother of pearl.

honestly, a guitar without inlays actually looks like a cheap, crappy guitar, even though it might not be. even if you dont need inlays to play, they give a balance that in my opinion, is what a guitar needs to look professional. but you know what would be an easy fix and would look cool too, put stickers or draw your own inlays :-p. it might look badass, you never know.

I'll just get a set of them off line. If I need them that is. And NO haha, this guitar isn't cheap. Bout $480. A Dean ML Noir XT.

it may not be cheap in sound according to your taste, but my guitar cost $2,089. which is a cheaper les paul than the rest. i know, i hate it to. but OH MY GOD! it sounds to badass!

I've heard those high end ones. A $500 dollar Epiphone LP and match it for a LOT of things.

These guitars ain't crappy at all!

Moffa guitar, costs at least $1800, plus shipping from Italy, where they're made:
http://www.moffaguitars.it/lorraine_eng.html

Parker Fly Mojo guitar, costs $3000:
http://www.parkerguitars.com/code/models/models_fly_mojof_colors.asp

Eastman guitar, costs $2000:
http://www.acousticvibesmusic.com/catalog/images/50028.jpg

However, this is not to say that inlays are automatically bad, since I think that they can often enhance the look of a guitar. But just because a guitar doesn't have them means it looks cheap.

i know! im saying they LOOK cheap!!!

you ever heard a les paul classic? i rest my case.:) trust me, ive been playing epiphones for five years. and the best quality, in sound and manufacturing, would hands down be my gibson les paul classic.

@ FGOTA - 1 - they look cheap to YOU.

2 - They both sound the same to me. idk.

yea i think inlays enhance the look of guitars as well like steve vai's JEM with green inlays. if i ever get a custom shop im gonna do something like that