Members thisISjoel Posted February 4, 2009 Members Share Posted February 4, 2009 To either cover or replace this metal grill with cloth? Thanx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members -Assy- Posted February 4, 2009 Members Share Posted February 4, 2009 pretty easy if you are crafty and patient. you just gotta build a frame, wrap the clothe around the front, and make sure it is a tight fit and doesn't rattle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members thisISjoel Posted February 4, 2009 Author Members Share Posted February 4, 2009 pretty easy if you are crafty and patient. you just gotta build a frame, wrap the clothe around the front, and make sure it is a tight fit and doesn't rattle. I figured fram building would be involved. Not sure I posses either the patience or crafty-ness. Either way can't hurt to try. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members WRGKMC Posted February 4, 2009 Members Share Posted February 4, 2009 What I would do is go to parts express, pick out some grill cloth, remove the metal grill, spray it with the 3M spray glue, stick the cloth to it and put it back in the amp. You coyls add some piping if you want to make it fancy. Using your old metal grill will assure the things fits plus you have the protection of the grill. Just pull the cloth tight when gluing so you dont see multiple holed from the grill. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members thisISjoel Posted February 4, 2009 Author Members Share Posted February 4, 2009 What I would do is go to parts express, pick out some grill cloth, remove the metal grill, spray it with the 3M spray glue, stick the cloth to it and put it back in the amp. You coyls add some piping if you want to make it fancy. Using your old metal grill will assure the things fits plus you have the protection of the grill. Just pull the cloth tight when gluing so you dont see multiple holed from the grill. I think that would probably work ok. My only concern is the metal grill screws on from the front and that would mean putting holes in the cloth for the screws which could potentially lead to fraying. Still I think that's a good idea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members WRGKMC Posted February 4, 2009 Members Share Posted February 4, 2009 That grill cloth ids pretty tough stuff depending on what you buy. You can put some washers in back of the screws so when you tighten down the cloth wont twist. You could also put a frame over it if you wanted but why bother. If you get black cloth you wont see the screws very well. If you get a tweed fender type cloth might look cool too. The good thing is you could strip the cloth off and repaint the grill if needed. You can do the frame and streached clothe like guitarzan mentioned. Glue and staple the cloth on, maybe some gold piping. Hold the frame on with velcro in the corners stapled to the amp and frame. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members radonballoon Posted February 4, 2009 Members Share Posted February 4, 2009 the frame isn't that hard to build. just some thin (1/4" or 1/2" max) wood and make the square around the edge, drill holes where you'll affix it to the cab, then brace it with a cross. it should basically look like 4 squares. then just spray a small amount of elmers spray glue around the outside edges and wrap the cloth tight. throw 2 or 3 staples on each side and trim. done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members theDogger Posted February 4, 2009 Members Share Posted February 4, 2009 Ok where can I find some honeycomn brill material like is on the chimp. Looks like KRANK grill....tried searching on goggle but only found stuff for car grills.... thanksB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Belva Posted February 4, 2009 Members Share Posted February 4, 2009 Could remove the baffle & put the grill cloth directly to it. Wrap it around & staple to the backside. Then put the baffle back on. Then it's a pain in the butt to replace speakers & you might have to trim a little off the baffle to make it fit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members katillac Posted February 5, 2009 Members Share Posted February 5, 2009 If you build the frame for the cloth where it fits tight enough, you won't need anything to hold it in. Otherwise, there also is the velcro route. I really dig the honeycomb grille that's on there now, but it does look odd against the tweed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jimosity Posted February 5, 2009 Members Share Posted February 5, 2009 Could remove the baffle & put the grill cloth directly to it. Wrap it around & staple to the backside. Then put the baffle back on. Then it's a pain in the butt to replace speakers & you might have to trim a little off the baffle to make it fit. I did this sort of thing with some Genz-Benz 2x12's...but I didn't staple them.I used that black super strong electrical tape (gorilla tape?) and it's been holding for a couple years now. I didn't have to trim anything off the baffle at all, just wrapped the cloth and taped it down tight. I just used white fabric that I got at a fabric store in a roll, then took it to my T-Shirt guy and had him silkscreen our logo on it and we used it on all of our cabinets.We wanted white, but I'd say your only limitation is to what the fabric store has. Here's a bad pic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members thisISjoel Posted February 5, 2009 Author Members Share Posted February 5, 2009 If you build the frame for the cloth where it fits tight enough, you won't need anything to hold it in. Otherwise, there also is the velcro route. I really dig the honeycomb grille that's on there now, but it does look odd against the tweed. The camera flash really exaggerates it. In a normally lit room you can only just notice the honeycomb shape. I'd still prefer cloth though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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