Paul- I have an idea for merchandise...

Nick Gann · #1 04-15-2002, 09:29 PM

My friend who plays bass told me this. It is kinda long, but good. I think I saw something similar to it on someone's sig, but I'm not sure...

"The drummer can drop his sticks, The guitarist can break his picks, But the bassist can play forever"
(make some changes if you think they will work better)

That on the front of a shirt, and a HUGE bass clef on the back would be sweet. I would buy that in a second. Throw a "Talkbass.com" under the clef, and that would be great IMO.

BTW- somewhere I saw a place to give merchandise suggestions. Where was that?

Hope you like my idea. If you do use it, can I get a complimentary long-sleeve t-shirt with that on it?

j/k. (maybe not kidding....

)
(I have little money...I spent it all on my new bass)

If not, I will save my pennies to get it anyway.

Nick

ZuluFunk · #2 04-16-2002, 05:47 AM

That would be a sweet Tee!!! I'd get one in a heartbeat!

thrash_jazz · #3 04-16-2002, 09:29 AM

Another good one I saw was "Kiss my Bass!"

**paul** · #4 04-16-2002, 09:42 AM

Good suggestions! Anyone else with merchandise logo ideas let me know - remember you get a free shirt if your idea is used

Nick Gann · #5 04-16-2002, 03:16 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by thrash_jazz
Another good one I saw was "Kiss my Bass!"

That would be really cool. It would be funny to make the text black and big, except for the "B" in bass. Make it small and lighter, like grey or something so it looks like "Kiss my..."

(but it doesn't say anything bad)

Nick

jvasquez18 · #6 04-17-2002, 01:55 PM

How about having 3 definitions of "bass". the fish, the sound, and the instrument. the definition would be duplicated as in a dictionary (how to pronounce it, adjective, etc) and it would be written (printed) in front of a *visibly faded* bass clef and "talkbass.com" on the back, like the one already made but a little higher since it's on the back. i got this idea from the "new york" crowd wearing the "playerz" shirts with the definition and such.

*visibly faded*- a name for a band

jvasquez18 · #7 04-17-2002, 02:56 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by thrash_jazz
Another good one I saw was "Kiss my Bass!"

KISS MY bASS, people are gonna read it as "kiss my flat-@#%"

Nick Gann · #8 04-17-2002, 06:09 PM

Gotta love jokes that only a musician would get...

A non-musician would say...

*stupid voice on*
Uhh... Why is that b all little and stuff? And why would I kiss your fish? I think it was supposed to say a$$, not bass... What kinda idiot made that shirt?
*stupid voice off*

-or he'd say this-

*stupid voice on*
huh?.. I don't get it...
*stupid voice off*

Non-musicians. Gotta love them. They make me laugh at their ignorance. They don't understand all the good jokes.

jvasquez18 · #9 04-18-2002, 04:18 AM

[quote]Originally posted by jvasquez18
How about having 3 definitions of "bass". the fish, the sound, and the instrument. the definition would be duplicated as in a dictionary (how to pronounce it, adjective, etc) and it would be written (printed) in front of a *visibly faded* bass clef and "talkbass.com" , like the one already made but a little higher since it's on the back. i got this idea from the "new york" crowd wearing the "playerz" shirts with the definition and such.

or how about doing this but on the back of the already made talkbass.com t-shirt?

thrash_jazz · #10 04-18-2002, 09:46 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by jvasquez18
How about having 3 definitions of "bass". the fish, the sound, and the instrument.

Hey, we could maybe have a picture of rickbass's avatar on it!

MadaboutJermNIB · #11 04-18-2002, 08:57 PM

I think that idea about the three different defintions of "bass" is super sweet, i'm picturing white writting on a black shirt.

all in all it's dope!

joke · #12 04-19-2002, 08:55 AM

How about a picture of a bass beating up a guitar?

thrash_jazz · #13 04-19-2002, 11:10 AM

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Originally posted by joke
How about a picture of a bass beating up a guitar?

Let's take that a bit further and have a cartoon Vic Wooten beating up a cartoon Yngwie Malmsteen!

joke · #14 04-19-2002, 11:22 AM

Or how about a picture of a guy's face, with a bass across his upper lip, and a slogan beneath it saying "GOT BASS"?

Bigfeet · #15 04-20-2002, 01:45 AM

I think coming up with a catchier logo would be better, there's just something about the one you have now that doesn't quite sit well with me. Though I would gladly show my support of talkbass, I doubt it would catch the eye of many people.

Here's an idea (mind you I made it in 30 seconds)

Oysterman · #16 04-20-2002, 05:35 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by thrash_jazz
Let's take that a bit further and have a cartoon Vic Wooten beating up a cartoon Yngwie Malmsteen!

Yes! Beat Yngwie! Beat him to death! Haaah!

...sorry.

Nick Gann · #17 04-23-2002, 06:33 PM

Paul-

Any word on these new ideas? Some of them are great.

**paul** · #18 04-27-2002, 08:44 AM

Yes, a lot of great ideas - thank you all. Hopefully I'll have some time soon to work out some new graphics. Lately I've been too swamped with more critical projects

big daddy cool · #19 04-28-2002, 08:57 AM

I'd quite like to own a shirt with a cartoon picture of jaco stamping on a cartoon picture of fieldys head. I suppose underneath all that you could throw in a talkbass.com and again the cleff on the back might be nice.

mikemulcahy · #20 04-30-2002, 02:25 PM

One thought that I had was a pic of a bass player holding up a stage with the rest of the band on it and the words NUFF SAID under it. Just a thought.

Mike