Gear logos

[EricOnTheBass]

No, because I always assume I’m going to sell what I buy at some point.

I’ve seen artists cover up logos, but usually that’s because they are using backline gear from a company that competes with the one they endorse.

 

[Crater]

Guitarist here - I have a Music Man HD-212 combo amp, basically a Fender Twin style amp on steroids. I disliked the "stripey pants" logo - stylized as two guys playing guitars, with their legs forming a capital "M" . Something about it annoyed me to the point that I removed it, and I also ended up replacing the Fender-style silvery grill cloth with the plain black grille cloth that was so in vogue in the early 90s when I started playing seriously. I had to wear stripey pants in the 70s as a kid, that must have had something to do with it.

[Photo stolen from Reverb DOT com]

 

[drpepper]

I've found I prefer blacked out looks on some things...no logo, black corners and handle hardware. Did a Carvin MBE115. I didn't think I had anything against yellow, but I didn't like it on the front of my Schroeder cabs. I was defeated by Hartke though...HD500. I did the corners and the handle...but just Danny Glovered the rest of it...

 

[HardNHeavy]

yes ..sort of...i have a Hartke 4x10 "ass module".....fun with sharpies!

 

[Axtman]

Back in the 70's my dad switched the "F" and "D" around on his Pinto car. So he was the only guy in town driving a DORF.

He also added "Coupe De Ville" he got from a Cadillac dealer.

He was a strange man. People either got his humor or not.

 

[Thunderthumbs73]

Over the years I've seen bands take "Marshall", etc., offa their cabs, or alter the logo - I'm sure you have, also

I once (it's on here somewhere) hadda Hartke 1x15" I altered the logo on to say, "Hack"

Anywhat, recently bought a TCE 2x8" cab to go with a DG M200 for a mini-rig

that bloody TCE logo, white on the black cab, is akin to neon, so I made the effort (need a star drive, BTW) to take the advertising sign offa the cab's grill, much happier with it

anyone else do similar?

No.

 

[Deleted member 394181]

Back in the 70's my dad switched the "F" and "D" around on his Pinto car. So he was the only guy in town driving a DORF.

He also added "Coupe De Ville" he got from a Cadillac dealer.

He was a strange man. People either got his humor or not.

 

[Hypocrite]

I once took a black Sharpie to my Ashdown James LoMenzo Hyperdrive so it just said "Omen"

 

[mrjim123]

I voted no, but I've always wanted to add "Oldsmobile" to a cab; I think that would "go" over well (especially if cab has casters).

Or, "Frigidaire" would be "cool".

 

[Peteyboy]

I have removed a Crate logo before. Who among us hasn't suffered from Crateshame now & again?

 

[mrjim123]

Think we may need some carrot logos to add to our gear.

A bunch of them!

 

[eeyorebass]

I can't remember who, but there was a guitar player many years ago that changed all his HiWatt amps to say "Hi Y'all".

For myself, logos don't bother me. I wouldn't buy a markbass, but that's for the yellow cones, not the logo.

 

[bassfran]

Yes, I have more than once. And I remember Ministry playing through some ‘Marsha’ cabs a time or two.

 

[Discount Bassy]

I was a fan of slapping modified Flowmaster bumper stickers on friends' cars that read "Mofaster."

 

[pfschim]

I'm kind of ambivalent about logos on my gear. But the Bergantino logos on some of my cabs just seem to fall off. Bergantino just glues them on and it seems like the glue just gives up after a while. For that cab 1I reached out to Rodger for a replacement logo for a CN112 that fell off several years ago. He very graciously sent me one and I put it back on. But I just realized on a gig last week that the dang thing fell off again. This time its just going to stay that way.

not a big deal to me either way

 

[DougSlug66]

Back in the 80's I changed knobs and installed silver Fender grill cloth on a Peavey combo for a guy - stopped short of putting a fender logo on it, lol.
But he was in a touring blues band and wanted folks to think he had fender and if you didn't pay too much attention to the backline, it worked,
Personally, I just leave everything intact (and love my old trace with the UV lamp)

 

[JazznFunk]

If I don't like the logo on an amp or cab, I just don't buy or use it. Aesthetics do matter to me, and there are plenty of pieces of gear I look past because of their looks. That said, I'm one of those weird people who doesn't mind the yellow MarkBass drivers or their logo. Before that, I was an SWR and Eden guy. I'm not going to buy something and then alter it, tanking its potential resale value down the line. Don't spend your money on it if you're not going to be okay with being associated with the product. Easy.

 

[ThinCrappyTone2]

Over the years I've seen bands take "Marshall", etc., offa their cabs, or alter the logo - I'm sure you have, also

I once (it's on here somewhere) hadda Hartke 1x15" I altered the logo on to say, "Hack"

Anywhat, recently bought a TCE 2x8" cab to go with a DG M200 for a mini-rig

that bloody TCE logo, white on the black cab, is akin to neon, so I made the effort (need a star drive, BTW) to take the advertising sign offa the cab's grill, much happier with it

anyone else do similar?

I popped the Egnator logos off my cabs. The logo was huge and dorky, and the word itself bothers me for inexplicable reasons But usually I don’t bother.

 

[Bar Band Bassman]

Not on purpose... I do get a kick out of Toyota trucks the owner has modded to "TOY" or, once, "TONKA", which really tickled me.

BBB

 

[Clark Westfield]

I want the logo on my gear, so people if interested, can drool over my I’m using to create my beautiful music