Ladies and Gents: The Blowhole

[Tsquared]

I wanted to share the Blowhole Harmonica amp I built for a friend.  It's a Fender 5E3 tweed Deluxe built into a late 40's Bell PA head, and tweeked for harmonica.
It took a lot of body work, welding, hair-pulling, blood, sweat and tears, but it is done and sounds great for harp.
I had it powdercoated and had a custom faceplate made locally. Since I had one extra pot that does nothing, it has a Normal Channel, Abnormal Channel, Tone and Gravy!
I made the tube cage (not shown here) from a surplus server shelf I found in the dumpster. It is mated to an old Bell and Howell projector speaker I found with a 12 inch alnico jensen.
It was a labor of love and obsession.

[John]

Wow!

[LooseChange]

Cool!  Do the knobs turn the dials above?

[plexi50]

That is a lot of work. Looks super nice. Im burned out these days have stopped building for a while
How do the knobs move the needles showing the pot position?

[Tsquared]

Dan,

The knobs do indeed turn the dials above via a wacky pulley setup. I accidentally let one unwind on me, and it took an hour to get it working again. 

[TubeGeek]

 

Nice work!

Can we see more pics? 

Very cool knob controls, never seen that before.

[HotBluePlates]

Now that's pretty fun!! Very nice looking work!

[Tone Junkie]

Looks Kiiller
                    
I love the dials

[archaos]

Wow, very cool rarity !

[spacelabstudio]

Wow!  Amazing work.  I've often fantasized about a powder coated chassis.

[stratele52]

Very very nice

[jjackson7]

Nice! If you ever have it apart I'd like to see the linkage on the knobs. Though, if I were you I would keep that little gem to myself. Cheers!