new business logo-- what do you think?

[ubertar]

Just got an endorsement from Ben Butler (Spiderman, Paula Cole, George Michael) and needed a logo to put on his endorsements page.
http://www.benbutlermusic.com
He uses one of my pickups on his acoustic, and sends the low E and A strings to an octave pedal.
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[vvv]

I like it, and how it illustrates yer product.
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[Gregg Juke]

Simple, direct, elegant. Very nice indeed!

GJ

[Snarl 12/8]

That's not bad. Those in the know will get it. Those that don't get it wouldn't know what the fuck to do with those pickups anyway.
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[vxboogie]

+1 I like it!
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[ubertar]

Thanks for the feedback!
My wife designed the logo (with input from me).
She's more of a fine artist than a graphic designer, but I think she did a great job. Here's a link to some of her artwork:
http://www.rebeccaprojects.com
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[kslight]

The concept interests me but Ben Butler's website is probably one of the worst websites I have come across in the last ten years...its only a couple animated gifs away from Geocities...

[ubertar]

[kslight]

[vvv]

[Scodiddly]

I'm no graphics expert either, but I've done at least a couple logos for myself and even (back in the day!) software icons.

What I'd do is squeeze the "Ubertar" and the polepiece icons tighter together, the name seems spaced out a bit too far. Let the "Polyphonic pickups" start under the big U, and you'll have a nice tight block of everything.

Maybe put a thin line frame around the polepiece icons if it seems like they're getting lost in the middle, or a dark background so that you have the rough shape of a pickup in the middle.

[Scodiddly]

I'm no graphics expert either, but I've done at least a couple logos for myself and even (back in the day!) software icons.

What I'd do is squeeze the "Ubertar" and the polepiece icons tighter together, the name seems spaced out a bit too far. Let the "Polyphonic pickups" start under the big U, and you'll have a nice tight block of everything.

Maybe put a thin line frame around the polepiece icons if it seems like they're getting lost in the middle, or a dark background so that you have the rough shape of a pickup in the middle.

[ubertar]

The pole pieces (circles) are spaced the same as on a real pickup, proportionate to the size of the poles. The spacing is part of what makes them recognizable as pole pieces and not just circles (or pan pots-- the second meaning, given by the line in each circle). I'm not sure it can be messed with much without obscuring or entirely losing the meaning. Thanks for the suggestion though.
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[chris harris]

If that can't be done, then I'd recommend moving the "U" slightly left, to create a similar gap as that between the other letters, and the move the "U" up slightly so that the top of the "U" lines up with the top of the other letters.
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[Scodiddly]

Is this logo just for the web, or are you expecting to print it on letterheads and such?

EDIT: I have to spend some coffee shop time today working on a flyer anyway (anybody in the northern Chicago 'burbs looking for a gig as a church pianist?), maybe I'll take a crack at it. Got some interesting ideas for making the "pickup" even more recognizable.

[Scodiddly]

Is this logo just for the web, or are you expecting to print it on letterheads and such?

EDIT: I have to spend some coffee shop time today working on a flyer anyway (anybody in the northern Chicago 'burbs looking for a gig as a church pianist?), maybe I'll take a crack at it. Got some interesting ideas for making the "pickup" even more recognizable.

[ubertar]