chrome Ampeg logo

You have to drill holes where the studs would go, but that's correct...they press in.

 

I believe beans-on-toast has a template for drilling that logo. Not totally sure but I'm pretty sure I've seen it. Ask in the Portaflex Club thread if nobody answers you in an hour.

 

Phil Leah is like 74 and STILL Layin it down all over the country!!!!! It's never too late!!!!

 

At one time Mark used to put three dots on the vinyl on the cab where you should make the holes for the logo. If you see three dots don't clean them off, see if that's where the logo pins align.

The original logos used to use nails that were imbedded in the pot metal. The modern logos have thicker pins instead of the nails. The position of one of the pins on the modern logo has been relocated a bit. So the drilling positions are different for the vintage and modern logos.

 

To add a logo to my B15 cab I just aligned the logo where it should go and pressed down a bit so that the pins would make indentations in the tolex. I drilled out the holes a bit from there then slowly and carefully pounded the logo in with a hammer (with cloth covering the logo, would be better with a rubber mallet but I didn't have one). If you go slow and do each section a little bit at a time it should go in pretty evenly. I did the same for replacing the old broken logo on my R12R though as Jimmy and David have said the pins don't line up exactly so I did have to make some new starter holes there.

 

Does anyone know where you can get these? I have a B50R and the ampeg symbol broke on mine. Can it be replaced?

 

http://www.tubesandmore.com/products/S-M919 (on sale now) and http://www.fliptops.net both sell the current one that ampeg uses.

 

Thanks!

 

+1 This is the procedure I used after I re-tolexed my '63

 

What if there's already holes from a previous logo on it? My B50R, I assume, had that same chrome/metal logo on it and I would think the holes may get bigger or looser if I take the old one out. What do I do if that happens?

 

toothpicks and glue

 

Check, got it. Thank you.

 

If the pins on the new logo are a bit loose you can use a small amount of rubber cement. The original logos were press fit in and they stayed in place.

 

Word. Mark is awesome.