choose my new logo

[line6man]

how about this one?

Nope.

Looks like a poor photocopy of an image that was resized until it distorted or something. :dontknow:

 

[Justinginn]

Well he'd clean it up some...  :sign13:

 

[Cagey]

how about this one?

I like that one the best so far, but it needs some serious clean-up work. Far too much aliasing on the "Warmoth" font, and the "Stratocaster" font needs to be just a tad taller or narrower so you can make out what the letters are without squinting at it for 2 minutes.

 

[warcripp]

a little work later...

 

[Super Turbo Deluxe Custom]

All the fuss that was made about the "F" logo and misrepresentation, the word "Stratocaster," among others, is the property of Fender.  ...just sayin'.

 

[Superlizard]

how about this one?

That's classy... the font, spacing etc are great, but the quality of course is rough.

Anti-aliasing to fix the jaggies?  :icon_biggrin:

 

[line6man]

All the fuss that was made about the "F" logo and misrepresentation, the word "Stratocaster," among others, is the property of Fender.  ...just sayin'.

Stratocaster is the name of an instrument design, not the name of a specific company.

Anyone can build a Stratocaster, but only Fender can build a Fender instrument.

 

[Super Turbo Deluxe Custom]

Stratocaster, Strat, Telecaster, Tele, J Bass, and P Bass are all registered trademarks that Fender owns.  Everytime it is listed on the W website, there is the little circle R.  USACG goes so far as to call their basses a Pea and a Jay.  The guitars are S style and T style.  In the Warmoth Gallery, they are even edited to to have the word "style" added after those registered trademarked words.  If an "F" logo can't legally be applied, a logo denoting it as one of Fender's trademarked words also can't.  But like the "F" logo, Fender is not concerned with the individual altering their private property if isn't resold to turn a buck and effect their market.  I'm not for sure, but the font that Fender used and uses is also trademarked.

 

[Cagey]

All the fuss that was made about the "F" logo and misrepresentation, the word "Stratocaster," among others, is the property of Fender.  ...just sayin'.

Trademark status denied for fender body shapes: trademark board calls Strat, Tele, and P-Bass "Generic"

Music Trades  -  May, 2009

FENDER MUSICAL Instruments' efforts to trademark the body shape outlines of its Stratocaster, Telecaster, and Precision bass models were rejected by the United States Trademark Trial and Appeal Board in a decision handed down on March 25, 2009. The Board concluded that after more than 50 years in the market, the guitar body shapes had become generic because consumers did not solely associate them with the Fender brand.

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So, anybody can build the bodies now. However, the names FENDER®, STRATOCASTER®, STRAT®, TELECASTER®, TELE®, P BASS®, PRECISION BASS®, and the distinctive headstock designs of those guitars are registered trademarks of Fender Musical Instruments Corporation. So, you can't legally use them. However, unless you're doing something commercial with them, it's highly unlikely they'd ever come after you.

 

[line6man]

The Board concluded that after more than 50 years in the market, the guitar body shapes had become generic because consumers did not solely associate them with the Fender brand.

That's what I've been saying all along!

Christ people! Just because it looks like something we commonly associate with Fender does not mean that it had to have been made by Fender.
When you go referencing Fender directly by name with a logo on the headstock, you are incorrectly identifying that the instrument was manufactured by Fender, but the headstock shape, body shape, name of the model of guitar etc. is generic though, any company can use it and there is nothing that would indicate exactly what company is producing the instrument, only that it is a design that originated from Fender.

 

[Super Turbo Deluxe Custom]

That's what I've been saying all along!

Right, but you implied "Stratocaster" on the logo was okay.  If that's okay, then we'd all know the Telecaster as the Broadcaster.

Stratocaster is the name of an instrument design, not the name of a specific company.

Anyone can build a Stratocaster, but only Fender can build a Fender instrument.

Only Fender can call it a Stratocaster.

 

[line6man]

Stratocaster is the name of an instrument design, not the name of a specific company.

Anyone can build a Stratocaster, but only Fender can build a Fender instrument.

Only Fender can call it a Stratocaster.

Maybe that is true, but only Fender can legally put Fender logos on headstocks as well...

When you put your own logo on an instrument, "Stratocaster" or whatever model of guitar is fine. It indicates that the guitar is in the style reminiscent of an instrument originating from Fender. It does not, however, give any false information as to the manufacturer of the instrument.

 

[Cagey]

No, "Stratocaster" is as limited as "Fender". Also, the Strat body shape isn't trademarked, but the headstock shape is. Go back up a few messages and read my last post. I looked up the information I put in there; it's not opinion or understanding. It's fact.

 

[Patrick]

when was the last time fender sued someone for putting their logo on a warmoth and not selling it?

 

[Super Turbo Deluxe Custom]

They don't, and that's why I put a Fender logo on 2 of my builds. 

 

[Patrick]

exactly so lets all stop worrying about it and leave it to personal taste

 

[line6man]

exactly so lets all stop worrying about it and leave it to personal taste

Try saying that when you get OCD to the point of near insanity over certain things...  :sad:

 

[Super Turbo Deluxe Custom]

I have conversations like this with my wife all the time.  She makes up all these little rules for herself that make sense to her.  She then gets mad when others don't follow them.

I've had bouts with OCD in the past, haven't been medicated for it in 8 years.  With OCD, nothing is rational.

 

[AGWAN]

how about he just calls it WARMOTH Non-infringentonanycopyrightsatallisware Noisestick?

"hey dude, what kind of guitar is that?"

"this is my Warmoth Noisestick, Brah"

 

[warcripp]

some days you just can't get rid of a bomb. jeeze.