Amps with some guys name on them....

[Deleted member 22177]

Diezel is waaaaay too fucking cool of a last name to not put on an amp.

Hell yeah. I was thinking the same thing.

 

[Valtyr]

I never paid attention to it, but most of my gear brand names are based on last names. Probably at least 75%.
Moog, Marshall, Gibson, Parker, Bogner. Anderson....etc.

I have a synth with the designer's first and last name......Dave Smith Prophet 8. That said, he got his old company brand name back a short time ago so his products will probably use the brand name "Sequential" going forward.

I have a few that aren't. Mesa Boogie, Korg.

 

[LanierP]

The one that always got me was the amp company out in Seattle I think it is, the have the 'Meat Smoke' head I think or something like that. Also have the 'SkyHammer'. His new amp head coming out is the 'WeedToke'. A head exclusively for Stoner Rock.

 

[Chris6870]

I used my name because it was a sure bet I could get Henning Amplification trademarked for my company without much trouble and it would be easy to live with over time as my line evolves. It doesn't imply anything about what kind of amps I'm making.

I spent a bunch of money trying to get my Cherry Bomb image and name trademarked and got rejected because of a Peavey harmonica mic design. Now how the hell are you going to confuse a harmonica mic and a guitar amp head? And what did any of that have to do with my completely unique image? Assholes...

Steve

Kind of off topic but did you use an attorney for trademark, or do it yourself? I am going through this now. I was considering Legal Zoom.

 

[Anonymous]

I used my name because it was a sure bet I could get Henning Amplification trademarked for my company without much trouble and it would be easy to live with over time as my line evolves. It doesn't imply anything about what kind of amps I'm making.

I spent a bunch of money trying to get my Cherry Bomb image and name trademarked and got rejected because of a Peavey harmonica mic design. Now how the hell are you going to confuse a harmonica mic and a guitar amp head? And what did any of that have to do with my completely unique image? Assholes...

Steve

Kind of off topic but did you use an attorney for trademark, or do it yourself? I am going through this now. I was considering Legal Zoom.

I used Legal Zoom. If the govt rejects you though, you need an attorney...

Steve

 

[Chris6870]

I used my name because it was a sure bet I could get Henning Amplification trademarked for my company without much trouble and it would be easy to live with over time as my line evolves. It doesn't imply anything about what kind of amps I'm making.

I spent a bunch of money trying to get my Cherry Bomb image and name trademarked and got rejected because of a Peavey harmonica mic design. Now how the hell are you going to confuse a harmonica mic and a guitar amp head? And what did any of that have to do with my completely unique image? Assholes...

Steve

Kind of off topic but did you use an attorney for trademark, or do it yourself? I am going through this now. I was considering Legal Zoom.

I used Legal Zoom. If the govt rejects you though, you need an attorney...

Steve

 

[Oblivion DC]

This is a gag but I completely agree with this. I always like the VHT logo. Voluptuous Hog Tits. I'm down. Had a "Fryette" Sig X earlier this year and couldn't get over how ugly the damn logo looked. You would think people would be a little more creative and artistic with their brand name and logo.

+1!!!
I can't stand the Fryette logo. I keep VHT tags on everything.

 

[kalt]

Wow.

 

[V2a]

This is the pinnacle of surname-branded amplification:

 

[sleewell2]

if I made an amp that I was proud of you damn well bet I would put my name on it.

this is seriously like the last thing I would ever think about when buying an amp.

 

[JamesPeters]

 

[rsm]

I dig the Engl and Vox logos.

 

[Marc_Nitschke221B]

There are ways to address that:

I saw some German artist who cut his Marshall logo so that it just said "arsh", which is almost identical to the German Arsch (ass).

And I saw a picture taken in Metallica HQ where Kirk Hammett had one of his Randall logos cut to say "dull"

yeah, loved the "dull" thing.

kirk also used to have a marshall cab, with some black tape it read asshole...