Logos & Brand Names you hate or love

[hazzardzboy]

wow, why are u guys that picky. if it plays good and sounds good, who cares what the headstock looks like. really

 

[K-Funk]

I think "Warwick" is a kick-ass name, but the yellow logo is kind of odd and toy-ish. It's kind of cheap looking, or overly friendly and bubbly.

 

[amimbari]

Jackson is one of those companies where, if looks were everything, I'd buy every Jackson guitar I've seen.

There's something about a white Jackson logo on a green headstock that fills me with joy...

ya dude....me too...

 

[stflbn]

wow, why are u guys that picky. if it plays good and sounds good, who cares what the headstock looks like. really

Because the logo on the headstock helps convince them and others that they're 'worthy' or spent enough on the bass that they should be considered 'worthy'.




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[TLW]

the lakland logo is serious class

 

[madbassplaya]

I like the following names:
Warwick
Fender
Lakland
Sadowsky
Tobias
Jackson

I dislike the following names:
G&L
Ibanez
Steinberger
Schecter
Dean

This really has nothing to do with the quality of the bass, I think G&Ls are awesome, I just don't like the initial thing.

 

[RedCoatMonster]

I love he name Ibanez, Rickenbacker, Warwick, Gallien Krueger, and Mesa.
I hate the names Sadowsky, Lull, Jackson, Charvel, Roscoe

Rickenbacker def. takes the cake with the coolest name AND coolest headstock.

 

[bassplayer8953]

Amen!

How many sales has that awful logo cost them, I wonder?

They went away from that logo about 10 years ago, but have gone back to using it...

...having owned numerous pieces of Peavey equipment over the years, I can't figure that one out either...I always thought that logo made the bass (or amp, or whatever) look 10 years older than it was...

 

[Sterrrling]

LIKE:
Lakland
Schecter
MusicMan
Fender

DISLIKE
Samick
Washburn
Ibanez
Cort

 

[Bongolation]

They went away from that logo about 10 years ago, but have gone back to using it...

As a dog returneth to his vomit, so a fool returneth to his folly.

 

[derelicte]

LIKE:
I really like the MESA/BOOGIE brand. All around solid and high quality!
I also really like Pigtronix. high quality pedals and totally fun to play with!

DISLIKE:
Carvin: all my short experience has led me to believe carvin is just.. good enough or mediocre.
SWR: from my experience they've just not sounded good to me. way colored and not articulate enough. i suppose for rock and heavy sounds, swr's might not be so bad
Rickenbacker. seriously.

 

[Chazzz]

Loves:
Tobias (owned one)
Modulus Graphite (owned one)
Fender (owned one)
F Bass

Hates:
G&L
Fodera (but it's growing on me)
Ken Smith (VERY plain 'S'...)

In general (with the exception of Fender), I'm not excited by headstock logos that are a full name: Rickenbacker, Carvin, Gibson, Squier... even Sadowsky (despite the fact that I own one).

I like Michael Tobias basses, but his "mtd" logo looks like it belongs on a refrigerator, washing machine or other household appliance.

 

[idoru]

The name Rogue frightens me. I've never played one, but I imagine a Rogue woudn't play or sound good.

That's the "Bandit effect" coming in to play.

c-

 

[RobJ]

It's like a reverse Nike swoosh.

No, the Nike swoosh is like a reverse Rickenbacker truss cover...

 

[B String]

wow, why are u guys that picky. if it plays good and sounds good, who cares what the headstock looks like. really

Would someone please put up a picture of a James Tyler
bass headstock. And yet...... Amazing basses

 

[Bongolation]

wow, why are u guys that picky. if it plays good and sounds good, who cares what the headstock looks like. really

Presentation is everything.

 

[Bongolation]

The name Rogue frightens me. I've never played one, but I imagine a Rogue woudn't play or sound good.

It's a stupid name and has a fugly logo and styling, surely, but the actual instruments are often excellently designed and frequently built to a very high standard by Cor-Tek -- which builds contract instruments from Fenders to Gretsches to Ibanezes to Schecters, to G&Ls to Squiers, etc., etc., etc.

 

[IngerAlb]

I hate the Fender logo & all related to the brand itself (including the basses)...but I owned & played a Fender for years.
I love the Dean logo a lot...but I never owned a Dean bass and I'm not even considering one in the near future.
I like a lot Cort basses (good price/quality ratio IMO) and I currently own 2...but I hate the brand name because it sounds stupid in my language (means "tent" - you get alot of laughs on the subject, duh).
I don't like the Ibanez logo too much, but I owned (and still own) a couple of their basses...I trust the brand and I would buy their stuff in the future too.
I kind of like the Warwick logo (seems neat: clean, simple, yet effective) & I love some of their basses/models...I'm currently waiting the delivery of my brand new Thumb BO.

Sooo...after writing all that, I'd say I bought my basses due to their tone & feel, and less because of the brand of the headstock. But yeah, I can see & understand why some logos & brands are more popular than others...

 

[Gard]

I love he name Ibanez, Rickenbacker, Warwick, Gallien Krueger, and Mesa.
I hate the names Sadowsky, Lull, Jackson, Charvel, Roscoe

Rickenbacker def. takes the cake with the coolest name AND coolest headstock.

That's OK, I was just talking to Roger (Sadowsky), Mike (Lull), and Wayne (Charvel), and we all agreed that the name RedCoatMonster was pretty bad...




(...I'm just pullin' your leg man...)

 

[ryco]

me like dis one