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01-20-2008, 09:44 AM
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Hi,... Ive just started in a band, and all is going "well". Hoewever, to get a "thing" going with like... create some kind of mood arround the band I would like to paint a logo on our bassdrum. Before i do, are there things i need to know about that? Like, do i need to use special paint or something?
my plan was to create a logo with tape and then spraypaint it, remove the tape and voila! there you have a logo!
so the question is, will the paint start to crumble or something with spraypaint? and , how do i paint a bassdrum ?
*im talking about the white skin on the frontside, but you guys knew it right? *just to be shure 
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01-20-2008, 10:24 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Union City, California | | | Hmm, I would discourage this. If your drummer is really serious, I'm sure he/she would already know of a manufacturer that makes drum skins with custom graphics. That's my 2 cents. |
01-21-2008, 03:28 AM
| | | | yeah but like, our drummer already spent a fortune on a used drumkit and were looking for a low-cash-solution :P
so noone knows if the logos on drums are stickers/paint/other kind of material? |
01-21-2008, 09:38 AM
| | | | I know some companies literally print them onto the head.
You can airbrush...and I know that back in the day, they did paint onto the head...mind you, it was calf skin.
I say don't do it...not because of the chance it might screw up, but because it's tacky. |
01-21-2008, 11:32 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Madison, NJ | | | Find a sign shop to print you something in vinyl. This way it's removable in case you screw up, or the band disbands.
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01-21-2008, 12:32 PM
|  | <-- That guy looks like me, but old. | | Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Arlington TX | | | And be aware that new and new-ish bands generally change their names about every other week. You don't want to be stuck with a logo for a band name that you decide is lame a week and a half later.
A kind of random symbol logo with no reference to any actual name would work best. But that just means having a randomly bizarre picture on his kick head. That's not really as cool as it sounds. "Dude. Why does your bass drum have a big old bloodshot eyeball staring at me on the head ?" "Oh. That. It's from a band I used to be in."
See? Lame.
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01-21-2008, 12:45 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Union City, California | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Bard2dbone  A kind of random symbol logo with no reference to any actual name would work best. | One of my favourite bands, the drummer has a custom drum skin. It's a caricature of him. If anything, I would just tell the drummer to get someone to design a cartoon after his/her looks, and go from there. |
01-22-2008, 11:29 AM
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Originally Posted by Bard2dbone "Dude. Why does your bass drum have a big old bloodshot eyeball staring at me on the head ?" "Oh. That. It's from a band I used to be in."
See? Lame. |  love the comments on this one
yeah.. well probably go with something easy like... a racing stripe or something... maybe stars....or some generic symbol... |
01-22-2008, 12:33 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: footballscannotbekickediguess | | there's the old classic initials in a crest with stripes: 
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01-23-2008, 02:00 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Holland, Michigan | | Quote:
Originally Posted by tplyons Find a sign shop to print you something in vinyl. This way it's removable in case you screw up, or the band disbands. | +1
I've had great results with vinyl stickers. And not too costly either. |
01-24-2008, 11:03 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2005 Location: Hangin' at the Jersey Shore! | | Here's a vinyl sticker, the "Flashback" 
Super cheap and easy to apply! |
01-24-2008, 03:52 PM
| | Banned | | Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Ontario, Canada | | | one of my friends has a caricature of stalin and marks boxing. It gets laughs every now and then. And it has no relevance to anything at all, just something he drew up one day.
Random things always are good. |
01-24-2008, 04:18 PM
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Originally Posted by flakeh one of my friends has a caricature of stalin and marks boxing. | now THAT is something I'd want on a bass drum.  |
01-24-2008, 04:48 PM
| | Banned | | Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Maine/Vermont | | Quote:
Originally Posted by flakeh one of my friends has a caricature of stalin and marx boxing. It gets laughs every now and then. And it has no relevance to anything at all, just something he drew up one day. | Learn to spell, ya damn kids!  |
01-24-2008, 04:53 PM
| | Banned | | Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Ontario, Canada | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Deluge Of Sound Learn to spell, ya damn kids! | now get off my lawn! |
01-24-2008, 05:32 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Union City, California | | Quote:
Originally Posted by flakeh now get off my lawn! | I'm on your lawn.
cutting your grass. |
01-24-2008, 05:33 PM
| | Banned | | Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Ontario, Canada | | Quote:
Originally Posted by meev992 I'm on your lawn.
cutting your grass. | How bout you get on my driveway and shovel the snow.
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