Gear logos

[fhm555]

Just follow Bill Monroe's lead and use your pocket knife to scrape the Gibson logo off your mandolin when Gibson refuses to sponsor you.

 

[Low Main]

Bass gear is generally OK, I leave it alone.

But to me, the company graphics on the fronts of keyboards gets to be a bit much.

It's like driving a "Le Car" in the 70's. People don't need to see all that.

Just put your company logo on there and leave it at that. It's not the Soviet space program.

I cover some of that stuff up with black gaffer tape.

Sometimes, I just do a partial cover up, so that YAMAHA reads MAHA.

That's when I find out how many Three Stooges fans are in the house.

 

[eeyorebass]

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

or the ones that just say "yo"

 

[ArenW]

I didn't remove the Fender logo from my Neo Pro 115 grill....but I did order some vintage style Ampeg grill cloth from Fliptops and made a second grill cover to pop on when I take my 70's V4B out.

I just couldn't get past a vintage Ampeg sitting on top of a shiny, new Fender cab. I just looked weird.... and fender seems to be doing just fine with or without my advertising.

Now I just need 50 years of cigarette smoke and spilled beer to match the cloth on my V4B faceplate?!?!

 

[Isaac_James]

I think the closest I ever came to this was when my kid put a sticker on my Bass Big Muff pedal so that it read "Big Mu"

It's since fallen off, but for a while it gave me a chuckle.

I think I'd only obscure a company logo if the company or its owners did something truly odious. But I've got nothing else to say on that matter without veering into politics, so I'll leave it there.

 

[fhm555]

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

I saw an old beat up Dodge van that had the logo letters on the front adjusted to spell DOG. Not quite as cool as the unknown brand of van some local guy converted into a giant stuffed toy. It had sculpted hind and front legs in a laying posture with long floppy ears and a snout fitted to the front, all covered in a light brown shag that had been trimmed to look like a short haired dog. Looked kinda like this, but more doglike, as in rounded rather than just carpet glued on the sides of a cargo van, and a more realistic looking snout.

 

[shoot-r]

Logos don't bother me for the most part unless they're so large they're covering up half the driver or horn.

Also, I don't like the oversized logo's on small cabinets. (Barefaced's new logo on their 110 cab for example.)

 

[Budbear]

Only if it was a Tesla logo. They're a potential fire hazard and I hate dealing with insurance companies.

 

[Ostie]

I don’t care whose logo is on my gear. I only care that it works for me or it doesn’t. If anybody in the audience cares, it’s of no concern to me.

 

[FightMilk]

Mess subway 15. It’s just 2 little screws and I think looks better without it.

 

[Saetia]

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.

My step dad had an old Ford truck he switched the same way. Lol.

 

[ghiggin1079]

sometimes when i mod something past the point of resale, then the logo goes. I also never have anything more than a Glarry or a Squire.

 

[Al Kraft]

I don't mind logos as long as they don't rattle.

 

[Bob_Ross]

I've removed (or covered up) logos on lots of amps and speaker cabinets. Strangely though, never on instruments.

 

[Deleted member 341607]

You’d like Bill Monroe.

 

[JRA]

i've generally liked cabs without logos. i remember removing a few. i've done a lot DIY cabs: none have markings.

however, most of my axes have custom logos (decals and neckplates):

 

[2saddleslab]

I've replaced logos when putting this Ampeg pb112 thru retro recovery.

And I've added a custom logo so as not to mislead.

 

[trevcda]

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

I cover some of that stuff up with black gaffer tape.

A friend of mine runs a local back line business. A crew at a recent show did this to his amps. Spot the Brady Bunch Reference Steelheart’s crew did!

 

[chevaliernoir]

I like to confuse people...
Before :

After :

 

[96tbird]

I didn't remove the Fender logo from my Neo Pro 115 grill....but I did order some vintage style Ampeg grill cloth from Fliptops and made a second grill cover to pop on when I take my 70's V4B out.

I just couldn't get past a vintage Ampeg sitting on top of a shiny, new Fender cab. I just looked weird.... and fender seems to be doing just fine with or without my advertising.

Now I just need 50 years of cigarette smoke and spilled beer to match the cloth on my V4B faceplate?!?!
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The best part of this is how perfectly the v4b fits on top! I grew weary of my v4B overhanging everything I set it atop.

I did remove a Fender badge from my old jazz after I bought it. Does that count?