Which logo looks better?

I like the one with out the lines better. The one with out the lines looks much cleaner. I agree with you that the one with the lines does seem to convey the message a bit more clearly. I think from the name of the company and from the fact that in the cleaner one it still looks like a tack that it will be fine.

tried going half way and having the lines but fading them

the black makes them stand out a lot

I prefer the bottom, but I would lose the red underline below your text.

I would lose the red underline also and maybe make it to look like a real tachometer with a red line area and numbers. Just an idea. Besides that, your on the right track. I just had a poll up to see which one of my watermarks I liked better also.

Top

but IMHO I would make the tach bigger.

Using business cards as a starting point - I would make the tach large enough to fill up the card from top to bottome

IMHO I like the bottom one

Logos need to be simple and I believe the second one is simple and still conveys the message. I also think that you should lose the red line under the words.

Other then the red line I think it looks really good man.

#2 has my vote.

I also agree with the red line.

Thanks for the advice everyone.

I'll edit out the red line and run it by my business partner and see what he says.

I personally like the red line.

top one looks better, with the lines.

second for me,

Knock the transparency of the tach markings down by half and italicize the text to give an impression of speed...

Just tossin' out an idea.

First looks better to me.

FlyingPhotog wrote in post #7393838
Knock the transparency of the tach markings down by half and italicize the text to give an impression of speed...

Just tossin' out an idea.

i like that idea also remove the underlining

Number one with a red line area, and no underlining - I would like to see an italicized version as noted above.