MOP logo, vintage font

Vintage Gibson logos were cut by (free-)hand at Gibson´s plant, resulting in a variety of "fonts" when observed in detail as no template was used for cutting, there were a few skilled and experienced women who did this job.
Regarding the glue that was used for gluing the logo into the cavity it seems that fish-glue was used that was colored black using something like charcoal dust.
If you do not have access to charcoal you can use a wooden match that was burnt down and grined (or use activated carbon powder/Aktivkohle from your local pharmacy).

For serious repairs of vintage LPs we offer this well known logo:
- vintage end-of-50s style
- material: solid MOP (no veneer)
- thickness: 1.0 - 1.2mm (approx. 0.04 - 0.05")
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This logo fits of course perfectly into the cavity that was routed using our headstock routing template.