#3 Cool... the only reason I stayed away from product icons/images is that I currently build 2 types (the slides an the bars) and will be adding another type of slide next year. I like the color and separation of the 2 syllables in Tribotone. Probably the only safe (hence universal) icons would be a guitar neck... guitar strings or the state of Texas. I say Texas because lots of people from overseas such as yourself like to have T-shirts ans the like from around the world. All my shipping labels read "Made in Texas" for example. Hope this helps!
#1 Not crazy about the font... it would be harder to read from a distance such as a big guitar convention.
#2 I prefer to emphisize the T's more than the B. It's based off the word "tribology" and "Tone" and the B sound goes with the Tribo. Gold color is not my favorite and I'll add this to my specifications.
#4 Pretty cool. One thing you might work with are parallel lines. Guitar strings, and the slides and bars all have parallel lines in common. Maybe as simple as one on top and one on bottom framing TriboTone? I'm not an artist! Just a consumer (and manufacturer). Great start!!!
Hello, here I tried to make a natural-looking picture for the logo - the round metal part on the guitar's sounding board and the strings. Then in some other designs I made the same but in a different style, looking more like a sketch, I think it suits the logo perfectly. Would be glad to read your opinion! Thanks.
#8 is a Dobro brand poinsettia coverplate (round metal part) which is a very specific guitar part. I own and play 2 Dobro's with covers exactly like this. It's too specific to one instrument and style of music and why I shy away from "Icons" relating to guitars in general. About the only thing is common among the instruments where Tribotone is used is a guitar neck and strings. Even then they could have from 6-12 strings (pedal steel). A circle might be ok but no "guitar related" stuff because some type of instrument or style gets left out;-)
#4 Probably may favorite of the group. It's easy to read, and the curved lines are a good start.
#13 #11 All the new ones are a "thinner" font. I like the heavier font from #4 & #3 I think the replacement would be a bolder font and replace the specific Dobro coverplate with something else. Hope this helps! I'm very new to this stuff;-)