Anyone else feel this way about stickers on guitars?

[surfreak]

When I first started playing, it was the late 80s. Hairbands ruled the earth and stickers were common on guitars with my teen generation. Even though everyone else was doing it, I couldn't bring myself to do it. By the way, I am the same with my surfboards. I hate the look of stickers on both.

I must say this though, in 1991-93, when I was sponsored by my local surf shop, THAT sticker looked sooo cool on my board!

[Acidhouse]

I think sponsorship stickers are a little different. It's like saying Nascar drivers are posers/ poseurs/ pozers/ poe's urs/ or whatever is the proper spelling vs. the meaning because they have stickers on their car. I didn't have any of those kinds of stickers on my board because in essence, I was a poseur. Thanks for the correct spelling Hudpucker. : )

Edited because I can't spell when I type fast.

[boobtube21]

Like I said earlier, I think stickers look OK if they're done right. One choice sticker in just the right spot can enhance a guitar's look if you're going for that type of look. It kind of gives the guitar a little of your individual personality.

Covering a guitar in stickers just has a certain look to it that IMHO echos the 80's or 90's punk rock scene. Not really my thing, but it has its place I guess.

4x12's, however, are another story. I have an Ampeg 4x12 I'm still in the process of completely covering in stickers. My old band was also sponsored by a surf shop-Jack's Surfboards in Newport Beach, also Fyasko clothing, Quicksilver Eye Wear, and Brewer surfboards.

All I have left over from that period are the stickers, and it's kind of cool to look at the side of that speaker cab and be reminded of the good times I had in that band.

[bluesjuke]

Don't really care for them myself but.....

When I was jamming one day they lack of shielding on my '57 Strat RI was bothering me so I stuck a "Danger High Voltage" sticker (I'm an electrician) on the pickguard where I touched it as a temporary fix
& it worked well.
Well, it's still on there & is kind of unique among stickers as they go.

[SabuJSE]

Who am I to tell somebody else what they should or should not do to their guitar?

I've had stickers in the past, none currently. It's not something that even blips on my radar.

[powergus6000]

I would rather buy a guitar that I have to take the stickers off than a purposefully reliced guitar