Piping and beading source?

[Willabe]

I'm trying to find a source for piping and beading in different colors than what is the standard that mojo sells.

Would need beading to go with the piping. I'd really like to find some different shades/tones in brown/tan and blues, even greens.

It seems after searching the web some piping is used in upholstery coverings. But I can't seem to find a large variety of colors and no beading to go with it.

Anybody know of any sources? Thank you in advance for any help with this!


                Brad     

[shortfuse]

I am interested in the replies to this post also I have a few 412's I am looking to redo in something a little different.

[Willabe]

Will do.    

I've found (IMO) some very good options for tolex, piping and beading. I'm still gathering sources, but I have a few coming in the mail and have a few more to request samples from.


                   Brad      

[Ed_Chambley]

I have a friend who owns an auto upholstery shop.  He can make the beads with no problem out of anything you can dream up.  Might check with some upholstery guys in the area.  I take all my cabs to his shop to cover them.  Like I said he is a friend and a great drummer.  Those dudes have what you need from spraying glue to cutting reliefs for welts and beads.  Covering cabs is very similar to customizing door skins.

[Willabe]

Thanks Ed, I've been noticing when searching for beading that it's used in upholstery. I'll look around in my area and see what I find.

I did find something to use for beading. They make round leather string in almost any color you can think of. I'm also looking at leather bolo cord. It's what they use for bolo string ties. It comes in many colors and I think it looks real good.

As far as face/back plates Johnsons plastics is a great source for engraving plastics. They have both front and reverse engrave types in lots of colors. I'm a little worried about the front engrave type as the thickest film (that I can find) on the front is only .012 thick.

I'm going to try the reverse engrave type as if it gets scratched it would be in the clear front and not the colored film.


              Brad      

[Ed_Chambley]

What my car guy does is puts plastic bead into any material I want to use and runs it through his sewing machine.  Like the edge of a old vinyl seat car.  He then sews that into 2 pieces of tolex as we measure and cut each part.  He is good at it and can cover a 2, 12 cab 2 tone in a=bout 45 minutes or at least less than an hour.

For a joke, I built a bassman for a friend in a 1 12 cabinet with a vintage 30.  We diamond tufted, padded and put buttons on every place the diamonds intersect.  Not a lot of padding like Kustom does, just about 1/4 inch high.  I had a sign engraver make the faceplate out of 3/16 inch white plexiglass.  We filled the engraving with bright red acrylic paint and added a thin 1/8 clear cover.  Back lit that baby with yellow LED and attached it with brass thumbscrews.  White cane grill with a leather red bead.  All the stitching was done using dual threading.  White and metallic red together.  Looks sort of like a baseball.

It turned out so nice, for 2 days I told him I was keeping it as a joke.  When he began to get upset I apologized and gave it to him.  He said he knew I was not the type of guy who would do that and that is why he was upset.  He thought I was mad at him.  We laugh about that all the time.  I wish I had some photos of it.  I will get some next time he comes over with it.

It looks like it should have wheels and side-pipes.

I get most of my faceplates from a company that makes desk signs.  They are made of metal.  Southern Stamp and Stencil.  www.southernstamp.com.  Check it out.  They also sell a stencil cutting machine.  Check them out when you get time.  They sell Marsh inks which will dry on plastic, metal and glass.  All you have to do is fill the engraving and wipe off the excess.  Using a bondo scraper will remove all the ink except what is in the engraving.  Really easy and cheap.

The amps are like out babys, aren't they.  I tell people that each one contains some of my soul and lots of my mojo.  Might aught to quit doing that because they may not want my mojo.

[Willabe]

Yeah you gotta show us some pictures of that amp!  

And thanks for the link. I think I would fell better about a metal face/back plate. I'll check them out.

What my car guy does is puts plastic bead into any material I want to use and runs it through his sewing machine.  Like the edge of a old vinyl seat car.  He then sews that into 2 pieces of tolex as we measure and cut each part.  He is good at it and can cover a 2, 12 cab 2 tone in a=bout 45 minutes or at least less than an hour.

I gotta do some more research.

The amps are like out babys, aren't they.

The house I live in I gutted down to the rough framing myself. I know every inch of this house inside and outside of the walls, floors and ceiling. It not a big house but it's very comforting to me that there will be NO surprizes and if any thing goes wrong or fails I'll know even before I open up the wall.

I tell people that each one contains some of my soul and lots of my mojo.  Might aught to quit doing that because they may not want my mojo.

Your mojos fine.    



                   Brad      

[Ed_Chambley]

The house I live in I gutted down to the rough framing myself. I know every inch of this house inside and outside of the walls, floors and ceiling. It not a big house but it's very comforting to me that there will be NO surprizes and if any thing goes wrong or fails I'll know even before I open up the wall.



                   Brad      
[/quote]
Man, we are similar.  I did the same thing with my house.  One day I will get a nice strat, I promise, but it has to be refretted at least 4 times.

[Willabe]

The house I live in I gutted down to the rough framing myself. I know every inch of this house inside and outside of the walls, floors and ceiling. It not a big house but it's very comforting to me that there will be NO surprizes and if any thing goes wrong or fails I'll know even before I open up the wall.



                   Brad      

Man, we are similar.  I did the same thing with my house.  One day I will get a nice strat, I promise, but it has to be refretted at least 4 times.[/quote]

 

[sluckey]

The house I live in I gutted down to the rough framing myself. I know every inch of this house inside and outside of the walls, floors and ceiling. It not a big house but it's very comforting to me that there will be NO surprizes and if any thing goes wrong or fails I'll know even before I open up the wall.

Hang on to that comfort as long as you can. I promise, one day, there will be surprises. And you will have forgotten that you ever found comfort in that knowledge. And that's OK. That day is already here for me! 

[Willabe]

Hang on to that comfort as long as you can. I promise, one day, there will be surprises. And you will have forgotten that you ever found comfort in that knowledge. And that's OK. That day is already here for me! 

I will and I'm starting to forget things already.     

I've seen too many houses where we gutted at least parts of them and it was frightening what we'd find. Wood studs/beams that were so rotted and/or carpenter ants that it was a miracle the house was still standing, electrical fire hazards, shoddy pluming. Things where somebody "fixed" something incorrectly, closed up the wall, took the money and ran.           

These are things I don't have to worry about.


                       Brad