So I was thinking of getting an ehx tattoo. Probably just the head logo. What do you guys think? I was also thinking about a moog one, but the ehx seems more interesting.
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electro harmoonix tattoo?
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bongomania
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I see you have excellent taste (i.e. quoting Bill Hicks in your sig), so when decisions like this come up, i'd advise asking 'WWBD'? i.e. What Would Bill Do ? 
I doubt Bill would have chosen to get a corporate logo tattooed on him
ok, Electro Harmonix ain't McDonalds or Microsoft or Enron, but it's still a company logo
I doubt Bill would have chosen to get a corporate logo tattooed on him
ok, Electro Harmonix ain't McDonalds or Microsoft or Enron, but it's still a company logo
Bill was into kick ass music...probably some of it used ehx pedals. But yes what would bill do? Maybe I should get a bill hicks tattoo!
I have a number of tattoos. Every time I get one, I try my best to follow a number of rules for very specific reasons:
1) No words - letters and/or words get jumbled or confused and a misspelling can't just be erased, so anything with words won't work.
2) No logos - a company, band, or other symbol can change their name or logo on the drop of a dime, making a logo/symbol tattoo obsolete.
3) No pictures or people - a photograph never captures a person's likeness very well, so a hand-drawn image on a canvas which will get fat and skinny, then fat again will veer away from being a good likeness very quickly.
4) No stencils - something you can pull off of the internet or out of a book or off of a picture and be duplicated and your art isn't one-of-a-kind.
I'd think about the tattoos you get. I love all of mine because I've thought them through and sat on the ideas for months before getting any of them. It seems to me that you just thought about getting a tattoo and the idea has intrigued you, and you want one and don't care what the tattoo depicts.
You are going to hear your friends and family talk about how tattoos are bad, but that's incorrect. BAD tattoos are bad. Good tattoos are tattoos a person can display for a lifetime and never be ashamed of having.
Think about it before finalize on your headstone.
1) No words - letters and/or words get jumbled or confused and a misspelling can't just be erased, so anything with words won't work.
2) No logos - a company, band, or other symbol can change their name or logo on the drop of a dime, making a logo/symbol tattoo obsolete.
3) No pictures or people - a photograph never captures a person's likeness very well, so a hand-drawn image on a canvas which will get fat and skinny, then fat again will veer away from being a good likeness very quickly.
4) No stencils - something you can pull off of the internet or out of a book or off of a picture and be duplicated and your art isn't one-of-a-kind.
I'd think about the tattoos you get. I love all of mine because I've thought them through and sat on the ideas for months before getting any of them. It seems to me that you just thought about getting a tattoo and the idea has intrigued you, and you want one and don't care what the tattoo depicts.
You are going to hear your friends and family talk about how tattoos are bad, but that's incorrect. BAD tattoos are bad. Good tattoos are tattoos a person can display for a lifetime and never be ashamed of having.
Think about it before finalize on your headstone.
I can't wait to get some tattoos but I've already got some kinda rules set out for myself.
Only ones that I've designed myself or have been designed by someone I know well.
Only ones that mean a lot to me and that I've planned for long enough to know I'm not going to get sick of it.
That being said, I reckon a logo of a music company you respect would be pretty cool.
Only ones that I've designed myself or have been designed by someone I know well.
Only ones that mean a lot to me and that I've planned for long enough to know I'm not going to get sick of it.
That being said, I reckon a logo of a music company you respect would be pretty cool.
moogboy
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you mean the Morley guy right? he had Wah pedals for shoes and in all of the ads, his right foot was on the ground and there was a spark coming off of his foot.
Make sure EHX pays for it...........atleast.
If not just sending you a monthly compensation for your extreme body advertisement.
If not just sending you a monthly compensation for your extreme body advertisement.
I find some of this advice... dubious. be careful who you get your tattoos from, but also be careful who you get tattoo advice from. If they have a tribal tattoo, they are not allowed to give others tattoo advice. They know this, they signed a 'poor taste' clause when they got the armband.
In regards to company logos, it's hit and miss. While the golden arches are obviously not cool, lots of logos are. I have the old Thrush/Claysmith Cams Woody Woodpecker under my arm, and I think it is a fairly cool tattoo, probably one of my favorites. So yeah, if it's something that you're way into... go for it dude.
In regards to company logos, it's hit and miss. While the golden arches are obviously not cool, lots of logos are. I have the old Thrush/Claysmith Cams Woody Woodpecker under my arm, and I think it is a fairly cool tattoo, probably one of my favorites. So yeah, if it's something that you're way into... go for it dude.
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I bet the guys with Ampeg tattoos are scrambling for their cheese graters now that they are moving all production off-shore...
i wouldn't do a company logo unless they agreed to pay for advertising space
+1
call them and see if they'll cover the costs.
"You are going to hear your friends and family talk about how tattoos are bad, but that's incorrect. BAD tattoos are bad. Good tattoos are tattoos a person can display for a lifetime and never be ashamed of having."--stillborn86
Very nice...I'll have to use this next time the aholes at work talk about tats for the millionth time...
My opinion, get what you want. But you sound like you don't know what that is yet (you said ehx or moog tattoo), so I would definitely sit on the idea for a while until you are sure.
Very nice...I'll have to use this next time the aholes at work talk about tats for the millionth time...
My opinion, get what you want. But you sound like you don't know what that is yet (you said ehx or moog tattoo), so I would definitely sit on the idea for a while until you are sure.
Yeah, photoshop the tat on a picture of yourself and send it to E~H, ask if they want a, breathing, grooving advertisement
