Phoenix Gold Phorum

okay now guys- simmer down!


dont go getting your undies all bunched up...
this is still only my first real attempt at this detailed work...
I have learned tons from doing this one excersise....


1) not going to peace meal it ever again
2) perhaps having that solid line across the amp would 1) have it look better 2) give me a registration point to go/work from so it isnt cock-eyed like it is here and hopefully any one i do from here-on-out doesnt look like it is from the simpsons. No i didnt use the simpsons font, but the alignement issues i had caused it to be a little crooked here/there
3) lastly i would reduce the font size next time. I wanted to go bigger with this project intentionally, as i didnt have / dont have any other writing or text on the cover, so i wanted to phaten up the font a lil- but not ever again- makes it for it to be too crowded.

bottom line is that- while this doesnt look so so bad... i think given my learning expiriences i had with the first one here will only make me better at any in the furture.

I wanted to do one of my own first so i wasnt doing it on someone that had paid money for it... i wanted to get my feet wet and see what the ins/outs were... so granted there are some issues, i think it still looks pretty good.


so there it is... i am happy- if i didnt learn anything that would be the bummer

I have a half of mind to do it over again- My QC threshold is way high, and this just doesnt make the cut...IYAM IMO-
i need to sleep on it...
i do have another 66, but that was gonna be an OEM restore
- but still- i think i would like to do this one over again-
which means stripping/blasting, and coating again-
i dunno need to sleep on it and hear what you guys have to say perhaps

that's some great work imo! it looks really good!

thanks money B / bri! i appreciate it...
it can and will only get better too!

i mean it's not bad... and perhaps i am a lil hard on myself... but seeing it up in person, and with your nose in it, you can see the small miss-alignments, and/or subtle errors like on the x-over icons... one has the center slot shifted to the right too much- just a simple error in/when i designed it up...

but practice makes perfect, and for the first one i guess it's not that bad...

thanks B
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looks great!!!!!!!!!!!!

that looks cooler then the origonal!

Great work Matt! The new fond type gives it a real classy llok!

look's nice i like the classy lettering i bet if a person has never seen a route 66 they would think it was made that way from the factory.

oh and you guys notice that disclaimer on the back

see the last line in there...?

think we might do that for any restored amp that goes through eric and my hands. obviously if just mine then it would state that accordingly, but this rte 66- which is for sale once i get clear coat on it and all back together...but that wont be until tomorrow

but thanks guys!

i wasnt going to go with this font... but seemed to be the most fitting for car, speed, fast, auto type font- isnt it?

magneto it's called i think IIRC

That is not the one I sold you is it? Maybe the 2nd one in the photo? Nice work either way.

Audiophiliac wrote:That is not the one I sold you is it? Maybe the 2nd one in the photo? Nice work either way.

right the one i got from you is the other one I think so anyways...

Yeah mine was not that beat to crap.

Is mine the one you want to restore to OEM?

Audiophiliac wrote:Yeah mine was not that beat to crap.

Is mine the one you want to restore to OEM?

^ yes
yes indeed if i can get the right sized transfer paper.
so far i can only find 8.5 x 14, or maybe it was 11 x 17- i'll have to check, but the OEM artwork is like 13-14" long- so maybe i can get by with the 8.5 x 14" transfer sheets...?
but yeah OEM is next one i am working on.

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looks very clean and i like the fonts you used, very classy

That's baller! I want to see the logo and the text together. I think it would look pretty damn sweet!

well guys...
imma still gonna sleep on it...
BUT i have a half of mind to add in the line
it will (given i used guides in illustrator, the line and the guides help with the alignment issue...

SO i think i might re-do it tomorrow morning before coating it...

any thoughts?

the line there is an improvement- is it not?

>>?

i say yes....seems to give it a little more contrast and balance...i don't really know all the jargon....it seems to break it up a little...the first one just seems to be missing a lil something,and the line just seems to fit! imho!

yeah- think imma gonna re-do it
I concur!

oh snap- i dont have the proper size of transfer media.. might be a couple few days then for it to come in- DARN!

maybe not quite as thick a line? but would deffo break it up a little..

Very very very nice, I like it.


1 small thing.....if you taking suggestions, make the icons for RCA and Gain smaller so that you can fit them all on a single line. I find the gain sitting lower a bit distracting

lookin great!

Those new graphics looks great. Looking at just the artwork it is hard to tell, but I think the original stroke width on that line is good. How does the new one compare to the old one? I also agree with Shaheen in that the font may be a bit large. The words start to blend with one another, so I keep wanting to read it as 'high pass rear'. That may make you need to reevaluate the distance between the top line of text and the bottom. I think you could bring it down slightly. But that is just me nitpicking at it. Keep up the great work!

money-b wrote: that's some great work imo! it looks really good!

DITTO - Looks great and can't wait to have ya do my TI500.4 and TI1200.1.

i would say after going back and lookin at it. its a great concept/outline. the line looks rather bold. if it was a little smaller and you messed around with the font (spacing/lowering) it would be perfect. i think the workmen ship is there from what i see..

hey what do you guys think about including some of the artwork from the enhanced manual ....?

here are some of the images i managed to extract...

If i should use some/all- which ones and where?

my thoughts are the car and woman (hand made in USA) logos/icons...on the cover
perhaps the car to the left and the woman on the right side...

with the Guy & dog and sparky on the flip side???

or am i really pushing it here?

I think with the enhanced/improved artwork for the text on the cover ... lined up real nice like.... and including these may not be such a bad idea...?

what say you guys? lil input would be cool.
not real big or anything... BUT small, like you would see a logo on there or something...? yea or nay?

NOW we're looking to just have fun with this one... next 66 will be "hopefully" an OEM restore...

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