Honey Bee clone graphics, which one do you like best?

[ericohman]

Hi!

I've done a honey bee clone using the schematics found over at freestompboxes forum (stripboard by Mike Livesley v1.7)
I've painted a huge box with hammerite silver grey using a roller. Came out pretty nice. I'm going for a vintage/relic look so I boiled an egg, removed the shell then put a brand new dpdt footswitch into the egg yellow. That's a trick I learned from some jewelry website and works really good with jacks, nuts etc Just takes one hour for a light result. I had the switch in for 6 hours and it was maybe a bit too much.

Anyway. I've done some different designs and I can't decide which design I should go with. If you want to give opinion, just type the number shown above each photo... Also, at the bottom of the page I have 3 different text layouts for the knob text in case you'd like to help with that decision as well 

All images in B&W just to add to the vintage feel when looking at the graphic design.
Let me know what you think:
http://djoman.dyndns.org/honeybee/graphics/

[pazuzu]

those all look like the same picture to me.

[blooze_man]

#6 with text #1.

[ericohman]

those all look like the same picture to me.

that's why it's so damn hard to decide

HoneyBEE, honeyBEE, HoneyBee, HONEYBEE, HoneyDrive, HoneyDRIVE.....puhh   

[pazuzu]

yea, i had my backlight all the way down and i am on my 8th beer. i see it now...

#6 and #2 knobs.

[ericohman]

#6 with text #1.

might be mistaken but did you change your mind over the knob text?

need some sleep now, it's 2:30 in sweden...
feels great that 2 people said #6, feels better not to call it "honey bee"...

[kungpow79]

I like the one in black and white with the letters and stuff

[pazuzu]

#6 with text #1.

might be mistaken but did you change your mind over the knob text?

need some sleep now, it's 2:30 in sweden...
feels great that 2 people said #6, feels better not to call it "honey bee"...

yes, "HoneyDrive". most certainly the most aesthetically pleasing font.

[Joe Hart]

2B. Name from #2, knob text from Letter B.
-Joe Hart

[nomorebetts]

#2  and C 

[Skruffyhound]

#6 and A. Strangely I was affected by an optical illusion as I checked through, I thought that on one of the designs the "Honey" was slightly cut out in the bottom, so that the top line of the letters was unaffected (i.e. a straight line) but the letters o,n,e,y got progressively smaller. As if the letters were being squashed between a straight line and a circle, if that makes any sense.
         I was going to suggest that you should continue the effect through "Drive" but I went back and discovered that I had just imagined it 
         Might be interesting to attach the letters to a slightly curved path.

[CynicalMan]

2B.

[ericohman]

Might be interesting to attach the letters to a slightly curved path.

I tried a few path text but never got to a point where it looked good.. though just applying text path to parts of the name might look good.

this was one of the inspiration photos I looked at:

[edvard]

OT...
Cross your eyes on that picture and it's hyper 3-dimensional.
The knobs look like 3 inches tall! 

Back on topic...
6B or 2A, can't decide.