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Would you buy a deck that is:
-american wood (depends on the manufacturer, there's a few shitty American wood shops out there).
-"good" shape
-$35-40 bucks comes with hardware and stickers. Or do you suggest a different price, keep in mind that it would be of a graphic you found appealing.
I left the only 2 things that matter.
Screenprinted as opposed to what? I'm wondering if you're confusing the term "screenprint" because it's not like it's an uncommon thing to do. At all.
Screen-print as in the ink was transferred via screen and not a heat-transfer, the ink smears into the wood. The more colors for the graphic, the more screens and the cost of the board to make, thats why I mentioned a dope graphic, it may not be that colorful but appealing and at least 2-3 colors. All pro boards are heat transfers, its like a buck a sheet and an expensive machine.....I was wondering if a nice hot heatgun would apply it.
I know what screen printing is, I'm just confused about why someone would see screen printed graphics as a negative thing. With one of the companies I worked with, we used a circular 6 color press (drop screen, pull squeegee, raise screen, rotate to next screen/color, repeat), which was commonplace for the time. A lot of companies still screen print, you can see it in the graphics, and for some it's their only method of application, especially with some smaller DIY companies that can't invest in the heat transfer equipment.
The company we get boards from now does the graphics, and they can do screen print or heat transfer. We get them screenprinted with one color (white) over a red bottom ply which provides the second layer to the art (outline, background, etc.). It's simple, and I love the way the boards look.
Point is, there's nothing wrong with screenprinting, which is why the question confused me at first. Someone would have to be pretty retentive to actually have a preference for how the graphics are applied as long as, like you said, they look cool. I personally don't need super detailed and perfect artwork on my board, it's going to get destroyed. If anything I like a good classic color scheme though, so even when the nose/tail/middle are scratched up, the board retains some kind of visual appeal, if that makes sense.