Members Deadbeat Son Posted January 17, 2011 Members Posted January 17, 2011 I'm about to order some new grill cloth for my Marshall 1936 (the small 212 in the cabinet below). I'm planning to order the checkerboard style similar to what's on the 1960B behind it. Here's my question, I'm undecided on what to do with the JCM 2000 head. Should I replace the standard black cloth with matching checkerboard, or recover that portion in black tolex to evoke similarities with the old JMPs behind it? Opinions?
Members notjonahbutnoah Posted January 17, 2011 Members Posted January 17, 2011 Hmmm, I say if you're gonna do anything, do the checker patter on the DSL. That would look coolest, imo.
Members kayd_mon Posted January 17, 2011 Members Posted January 17, 2011 The checkerboard pattern would be unique and cool. Go for it!
Members Deadbeat Son Posted January 17, 2011 Author Members Posted January 17, 2011 Thanks guys, that's what I was leaning toward, I just didn't know if it might be too much checker. For reference, here's a tolexed front panel (Photo courtesy of FJA Mods): Here's a limited edition check-pattern DSL head (in silver): I saw The Donnas back in 2004 or so, and Alison was playing through brown tolexed DSLs with salt & pepper cloth and matching cabs. It looked great.
Members kayd_mon Posted January 17, 2011 Members Posted January 17, 2011 I personally don't like the check with the silver tolex, but having against black tolex will be a nice contrast.
Members jelloman Posted January 17, 2011 Members Posted January 17, 2011 black tolex would add enough contrast to make the checkered cloth really stand out... ...I'd go for it...
Members notjonahbutnoah Posted January 17, 2011 Members Posted January 17, 2011 You're giving me DSL gas. Damn you, of course I'm sure you're quite happy about this...
Members Fireproof777 Posted January 17, 2011 Members Posted January 17, 2011 Personally if I was going to do are-do, I'd go for the tolex.
Members notjonahbutnoah Posted January 17, 2011 Members Posted January 17, 2011 Personally if I was going to do are-do, I'd go for the tolex. Now that I've seen it. It does look nice. I think it's pretty much a win/win.
Members Deadbeat Son Posted January 17, 2011 Author Members Posted January 17, 2011 I was split pretty evenly between the two options, but leaning a tad toward the tolex. I think I've made up my mind just to go with the checked grill cloth though. Why? Because I'll have enough material out of the one linear yard minimum order to do both pieces and it saves me from having to pony up the extra coin for a yard of tolex as well.
Members Brewski Posted January 18, 2011 Members Posted January 18, 2011 I'd leave it - no one cares if you cabinet and head match - as long as it sounds good. Besides if you decide sell it and since you have those other quality Marshalls my guess you just might.
Members Deadbeat Son Posted January 31, 2011 Author Members Posted January 31, 2011 Finally got it done this evening. The cloth on the cab didn't come out as straight as I hoped. This stuff is pretty tough to stretch tight. Of course it goes without saying the tone has improved immensely with the new cloth. The vintage-check style is the source of the classic 70s Marshall tones.
Members notjonahbutnoah Posted January 31, 2011 Members Posted January 31, 2011 I dig. Man, that would look good underneath my Stiletto. Nice job. Not perfect but who cares, looks titties to me.
Members Deadbeat Son Posted January 31, 2011 Author Members Posted January 31, 2011 I dig. Man, that would look good underneath my Stiletto. Nice job. Not perfect but who cares, looks titties to me. Thanks man! I'm probably going to make another attempt when it warms up a bit. It's frigid today here now.
Members notjonahbutnoah Posted January 31, 2011 Members Posted January 31, 2011 How hard is that to do?
Members fu2jobu Posted January 31, 2011 Members Posted January 31, 2011 The head looks pretty straight. The cab could use another try but isn't horrible IMO.
Members vintage clubber Posted January 31, 2011 Members Posted January 31, 2011 Finally got it done this evening. The cloth on the cab didn't come out as straight as I hoped. This stuff is pretty tough to stretch tight. Of course it goes without saying the tone has improved immensely with the new cloth. The vintage-check style is the source of the classic 70s Marshall tones. tone is in the grill cloth! looks awesome!
Members WRGKMC Posted January 31, 2011 Members Posted January 31, 2011 i did the same thing with my 1960 cab and Valvestate head. The cloth on the cab looked like Burlap and was saggy as hell. I had enough to do the head. In my case, i just put the checkerboard over the black and can restore it to black if I want. I want to fin the small check and redo both eventually. I got a few digs in the checkersand its starting to look a bit ragged out after 10 years. [ATTACH=CONFIG]331162[/ATTACH]
Members unworthy Posted January 31, 2011 Members Posted January 31, 2011 That cloth must be particularly hard to get straight. I've seen brand new Marshall cabs that didn't look a lot better. Where did you source that cloth? D
Members Deadbeat Son Posted February 1, 2011 Author Members Posted February 1, 2011 That cloth must be particularly hard to get straight. I've seen brand new Marshall cabs that didn't look a lot better. Where did you source that cloth?D I got it from Mojotone. The cab actually looks a bit worse in person to me than it does in the photo. The cloth is nice, it's just a PITA to keep the cloth tight while fastening it.
Members notjonahbutnoah Posted February 1, 2011 Members Posted February 1, 2011 Well, you did a nice job sir. I like it. I can see potentially attempting such a feat in the future...
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