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6" marshall logo installation ?

Post by leleduke » Fri Dec 08, 2006 4:40 pm

What is the best method for installing a repro 6" marshall logo?
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Post by awangotango » Fri Dec 08, 2006 5:13 pm

option 1) What i do is center the logo on the cab from left to right (if it looks centered, it is). Once it looks dead center, locate the logo just above the 'rope' that runs horizontaly across the middle of the cab front. about an 1/16 to 1/8" inch above the rope. Once the logo is centered horizontally and an 1/8" above the rope, CAREFULLY mark on the cab with a marker or sharp object, the 5 or 6 pins that are on the back of the logo. And drill with the right size bit that matches the thickness of the pins. If you are off with these holes, the logo will tend to look a bit non-linear, various letters will look a little off, so be careful to mark and drill as acurately as you can. Then just carefully press in the logo. If it ends up looking a little off, find what hole is 'off' and drill it slightly bigger either with a bigger bit or reaming with the original sized bit. If you want, you can measure the pins on the logo, relative to each other, and then measure your marks on the cab to make sure they are the same or within spec before you drill.


option 2)
If you want to eliminate some variables. You can use a piece of white paper, quickly mark the back of the pins with a marker or pencil and press the logo on the paper to transefer the pins, then you can lay the paper on the cab and drill through the paper. The only thing you'd have to worry about here is to make sure the holes are in the right vertical position so that the logo ends 1/8 to 1/4 abouve rope, since the logo is not resting on the cab (the paper is) you need to double check to make sure when it's all said and done, the logo ends up 1/16 to 1/8 above rope.
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Post by mightymike » Sat Dec 09, 2006 5:10 am

I mount the logo to a rectangle piece of paper. Then I take the piece of paper
with holes in it, and tape it to the box. Then drill the holes through the pre marked paper.

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Post by Riscchip » Sat Dec 09, 2006 5:45 am

I have a piece of wood that I carefully drilled in such a way that if I feed all of the logo's pins through it, the logo is pulled straight. If you look carefully at the logo, you might see that your logo is very slightly twisted (the three I've installed have been). Using the board as a guide makes sure the pins are positioned such that the logo will mount straight.

I then mask the front of the shell with painter's tape, take measurements, find the center, etc. From there--with the logo still installed in the wooden guide with the pins poking out the back--I touch the pins with a paint pen, and then touch the pins to the masking tape on the head shell. I check the paint marks to make sure they are level and the logo will be centered if mounted at that point. If anything looks wrong, I just pull the masking tape off and try again.

From there, I drill the holes and the logo should mount perfectly. The first logo I installed (without the wooden guide) is a little off--the other two look pretty clean.
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Post by mightymike » Sat Dec 09, 2006 6:01 am

Yeah you have go make sure they're not crooked.

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Post by 908ssp » Sat Dec 09, 2006 10:19 am

Riscchip wrote:I have a piece of wood that I carefully drilled in such a way that if I feed all of the logo's pins through it, the logo is pulled straight. If you look carefully at the logo, you might see that your logo is very slightly twisted (the three I've installed have been). Using the board as a guide makes sure the pins are positioned such that the logo will mount straight.

I then mask the front of the shell with painter's tape, take measurements, find the center, etc. From there--with the logo still installed in the wooden guide with the pins poking out the back--I touch the pins with a paint pen, and then touch the pins to the masking tape on the head shell. I check the paint marks to make sure they are level and the logo will be centered if mounted at that point. If anything looks wrong, I just pull the masking tape off and try again.

From there, I drill the holes and the logo should mount perfectly. The first logo I installed (without the wooden guide) is a little off--the other two look pretty clean.
Why don't you just drill through your wooden guide? :roll:

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Post by Riscchip » Sat Dec 09, 2006 4:40 pm

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Why don't you just drill through your wooden guide? :roll:[/quote]

Good question: Two reasons I haven't done that: First, I don't want to chew the guide up with the drill (it was a bit of a chore getting the holes perfectly aligned in it). Second, I find it much easier to have confidence in the position of the holes when I can see the paint directly on the masking tape next to my measurements / reference lines and hold the logo up to them.

Just my preference, anyway, I'm sure any of the techniques mentioned here are great.

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Post by Scumback Speakers » Sat Dec 09, 2006 5:14 pm

Here's my method, used when I install any logo (Marshall, Gibson, etc.)

1) Get a piece of cardboard, cut it to the size of the outside dimensions of the logo.
2) Place the logo on the cardboard and gently press down on each leg (without breaking it) individually to make an impression.
3) Take a pen, Sharpie or pencil and mark each impression.
4) Tape the cardboard where you need it, allowing for centering, alignment,etc.
5) Drill through the cardboard with the appropriate sized drill for the depth you need. Remove the cardboard.
6) Always use a drill bit the same or one size bigger than the plastic leg. They can be fragile sometimes & break if you're not careful.
7) Use some type of glue on the leg only when you put it in, only on the very tip, and no further down than a 1/4" from the tip end.
8) Press the logo in fully, then tape the logo in place until the glue cures (whatever amount of time needed).
9) Remove the tape, logo is in, doesn't pull out, you're good to go.

There are other methods you can use, but this one has been the most effective for me.
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Re: 6" marshall logo installation ?

Post by jpdesroc » Sat Jun 18, 2022 11:18 am

I just bought a brand new 4x12 cab from Mojotone.
It came out with checkerboard grill cloth but no
Marshall logo installed (bought one separately).
So I had to install it on the cab's front.
I faced the same problem you did.
Here is a precise solution I used:
First, find a transparent stencil sheet a little larger
than the logo to install. Make sure the stencil
is thick enough not to fold. Keep it aside for now.
Now use a piece of paper and scotch tape it on a flat surface
to make sure it won't move.
Place the logo upside down (plastic pins up) and
stick it on the paper surface using a 'both side sticking'
tape or masking tape pieces folded on itself
to secure the logo on the piece of paper.
Make sure the logo is straight when sticking it
on the paper, this is very important.
Then place a transparent stencil sheet over the logo
making it 'float' over the plastic pins that are facing up.
Use a sharpee pen and mark 'approximatively' the end
of each plastic pins. These are temporary marks..
Then remove the transparent sheet from the top of the pins.
Place the sheet on a surface to be able to X-Acto cut around
the sharpee marks a small 1/4" sides square. Do that for each pin marks.
Now you can place back the stencil sheet on the upside down logo
without the pins avoiding to get down to the logo.
Now you have the following layers: paper sheet, both side sticking tape pieces,
upside down taped logo and the transparent stencil sheet on top of all.
Now secure the transparent sheet with some tape around it.
Use a small sharpee pen and draw all the logo edges
on this transparent sheet. The drawing will be upside down.
Now that the logo has been drawn you can precisely adjust
the plastic pins location on the drawing. To do so
cut some square pieces of paper of 3/4" sides and punch
the center of each using a paper punch plier (round holes).
Use a black sharpee pen and 'contrast' the punched holes edges
for each of the paper pieces. Now place each paper punched pieces
by gliding them black side facing down on each plastic pins. Now you can 'precisely'
adjust each of these paper holes around each plastic pins,
down to the logo laying down and secure each of them with a small piece
of tape. These paper holes will precisely show
the logo pins placement positions when drilling the logo holes cabinet.
So now you will only need the stencil drawn logo with
its paper black holes that are now placed correctly.
Now remove the stencil from its securing tapes.
Draw a straight line following the Marshall's bottom lettering.
This will help to adjust and level the logo when drilling.
Flip the stencil over and VOILÀ ! You have the Marshall Logo drawing with all the pin holes
precisely placed to be used on the front cab to drill.
You just need now to correctly align the logo on the cab's front wood plate,
punch at the center of each paper black round holes and finaly
remove the transparent template and drill the logo's holes using
a 1/8" drill.

That's how I done my logo installation.

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