Members Jaymeister Posted August 16, 2008 Members Share Posted August 16, 2008 I wanted to share my latest amp combo conversion project. I built a head shell for my Koch Multitone combo to mate it with my new Port City 2x12 wave cabinet. The head project was quite rewarding and that cabinet sounds stellar, compared to the open back combo. The head shell was built completely from scratch, and I think it turned out pretty good. I ordered the unloaded cabinet directly from Port City, and they sent along extra tolex and grillcloth so I could complete the project. Here's the before... And the after... I used alot of the online resources for rthe construction...box joints, tolex, etc... Anyone else do something similar? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Casey4s Posted August 16, 2008 Members Share Posted August 16, 2008 That is a terrific looking job on that head cabinet, nice work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Jaymeister Posted August 16, 2008 Author Members Share Posted August 16, 2008 That is a terrific looking job on that head cabinet, nice work Thanks alot! Your tutorials were my main reference point for the tolex, and made this way easier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members zenfleshzenbone Posted August 16, 2008 Members Share Posted August 16, 2008 WOW! That looks SIIIICK! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members mikeman Posted August 18, 2008 Members Share Posted August 18, 2008 Nice Job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members mrbrown49 Posted August 18, 2008 Members Share Posted August 18, 2008 Wow. Very nice workmanship there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Chippy Posted August 18, 2008 Members Share Posted August 18, 2008 Great job. It looks really good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members hrcnsfan Posted August 18, 2008 Members Share Posted August 18, 2008 That looks awesome, Jay. Great work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members tedmich Posted August 18, 2008 Members Share Posted August 18, 2008 what did that cost you?? for that $ I'd be tempted to put it in polished hardwood...nice tolex though... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bigjd Posted August 18, 2008 Members Share Posted August 18, 2008 Very Sexy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Jaymeister Posted August 19, 2008 Author Members Share Posted August 19, 2008 Thanks for the comments everyone. It didn't cost a whole bunch. The head is constructed from pine, so $40 plus the tolex $30 and the grillcloth $15 (and I still have enough to do another cabinet) so let's call it $100 or so including screws, shielding foil, contact cement, etc... I re-used all the hardware from the combo so that was free. I wish I would have taken a bunch of pictures throughout the process, but maybe next time... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ThunderSqueak Posted August 19, 2008 Members Share Posted August 19, 2008 I really like that build me one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members tedmich Posted August 19, 2008 Members Share Posted August 19, 2008 Thanks for the comments everyone. It didn't cost a whole bunch. The head is constructed from pine, so $40 plus the tolex $30 and the grillcloth $15 (and I still have enough to do another cabinet) so let's call it $100 or so including screws, shielding foil, contact cement, etc... I re-used all the hardware from the combo so that was free. I wish I would have taken a bunch of pictures throughout the process, but maybe next time... $100... plus $3k for combo and $700 for cab minus resale value on Koch nice DIY but you were not polishing a turd...to say the least! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members onerailunder Posted August 20, 2008 Members Share Posted August 20, 2008 Very, very nice. I rehoused an amp head recently (search: rehoused amp head) if you wanna see it. Your's looks really classy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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