Members pimphat22 Posted December 20, 2007 Members Share Posted December 20, 2007 Hey all, i had a thread about my speaker cab project a little while ago. Well, i started last weekend and here's where i'm at tonight. I took some more "in progress" pics with my camera phone but i can't load them on to the computer yet. Anyway, it's 3/4" birch and i made it 13" deep. It fits my carvin head perfect. I wanted this for home use since i have the 412 at our rehearsal space. I have ordered vintage 30's (my christmas present) for it. Still needs the back panel covered and installed but i'm done till i get my speakers. I got all of the tolex and hardware from ebay. Just wanted to share some pics w/ y'all :thu:My new home rig.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members BobbaFret Posted December 20, 2007 Members Share Posted December 20, 2007 looks good:thu: how hard was it to wrap the tolex? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members pimphat22 Posted December 20, 2007 Author Members Share Posted December 20, 2007 looks good:thu:how hard was it to wrap the tolex? it was actually quite simple. It really is workable. i started on the bottom with one piece, then wraped the sides and top in one long run. I used 3m contact adhesive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members BobbaFret Posted December 20, 2007 Members Share Posted December 20, 2007 it was actually quite simple. It really is workable. i started on the bottom with one piece, then wraped the sides and top in one long run. I used 3m contact adhesive. i tried once,i couldnt roll the corners the way i wanted to. that looks good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Prages Posted December 20, 2007 Members Share Posted December 20, 2007 That looks really good. Getting the grill cloth even is the hardest part IMO. In the DIY forum, there's a thread I started over a year ago called "Step by step head cab build" or something like that, and it was bumped just this week. Somebody there posted a great link to how to do the corners on tolex (because I half assed mine, but they were covered by the metal corners anyway, so I wasn't worried too much about it). Anyway, the link he posted made it look really easy, and his corners turned out great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members pimphat22 Posted December 20, 2007 Author Members Share Posted December 20, 2007 Yeah...i really hacked up two of the corners in the back but then i got the hang of it. Besides, The corners cover it anyway. The hardest part for me was sanding. I dont have a router so i actually used a belt sander to shape all of roundover edges and corners...what a pain in the ass! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members BobbaFret Posted December 20, 2007 Members Share Posted December 20, 2007 That looks really good. Getting the grill cloth even is the hardest part IMO.In the DIY forum, there's a thread I started over a year ago called "Step by step head cab build" or something like that, and it was bumped just this week. Somebody there posted a great link to how to do the corners on tolex (because I half assed mine, but they were covered by the metal corners anyway, so I wasn't worried too much about it). Anyway, the link he posted made it look really easy, and his corners turned out great. i found that. cool link,thanks:thu: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members EMG_GUY Posted December 20, 2007 Members Share Posted December 20, 2007 looks awesome, always wanted to make one. is it cheaper to build than buy? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members pimphat22 Posted December 20, 2007 Author Members Share Posted December 20, 2007 looks awesome, always wanted to make one. is it cheaper to build than buy? Absolutely. I spent around 120 bucks for everything but the speakers. And it's custom made to the size i wanted. i LIKE IT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members EMG_GUY Posted December 20, 2007 Members Share Posted December 20, 2007 Absolutely. I spent around 120 bucks for everything but the speakers. And it's custom made to the size i wanted. i LIKE IT sweet. Im not really good with speaker prices or know how to find em. new, used? probably looking for some 12 inchers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members dcindc Posted December 20, 2007 Members Share Posted December 20, 2007 That looks great! Wanna sell that Force? PM me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members pimphat22 Posted December 20, 2007 Author Members Share Posted December 20, 2007 sweet. Im not really good with speaker prices or know how to find em.new, used?probably looking for some 12 inchers. well, i bought a pair of celestion vintage 30's from a fellow guitar player i know for $150. You can probably get them even cheaper on ebay but with shipping it will be around the same or more. I also have heard good things about "warehouse guitar speakers" which are supposed to be pretty nice for the price but i have not heard them. Ebay always has a few good deals on there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members book_of_lies777 Posted December 20, 2007 Members Share Posted December 20, 2007 looks good! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members pimphat22 Posted December 20, 2007 Author Members Share Posted December 20, 2007 That looks great! Wanna sell that Force? PM me. PM'd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members book_of_lies777 Posted December 20, 2007 Members Share Posted December 20, 2007 what's that Ibanez pedal next to the Small Clone? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members BAXANDALL Posted December 20, 2007 Members Share Posted December 20, 2007 Nice job! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members pimphat22 Posted December 20, 2007 Author Members Share Posted December 20, 2007 what's that Ibanez pedal next to the Small Clone? it's a tone lok delay.....i hate it though....lol. I don't use much delay so i thought i'd go the cheap route...boy don't i regret it. I'll upgrade soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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