Many Thanks to Stingray 65 and the forum

[mresistor]

Hi guys,

A while back I posted to see if anyone had any grill cloth remnants that they wouldn't mind donating to me for a Champ Head build. Well, Stingray 65 came to the rescue and donated some Oxblood and Wheat genuine Fender grill cloth remnants (or small pieces) that were suitable for covering the small area of a Champ Head panel..   here's the results. This is old original Wheat grillcloth. Many many thanks Stingray 65!  

You guys on this forum are all tops in my book!

[simonallaway]

The finish on your cab is very tasty...nice work.

What wood is that?

Simon

[mresistor]

It's supposed to be knotfree pine. I finished it with light oak stain and clear lacquer. Thanks for the compliment.  

[tubenit]

Beautiful work!  I like it.

With respect, Tubenit

[mresistor]

Thanks Tubenit. The amp has two switches, one to turn on/off feedback and the other to select 4 or 8 ohm output impedance.  It also has a 1/4 phone jack for the speaker output. Allen amps TO-08 outpt tranny.

[stingray_65]

WOW!

I love a cab with sexy joinery!

LOL

Glad that cloth found a good home. It is vintage cloth and I can't bear to thow out scraps, for just such projects.

You know I can't recall in any time recently seeing half blind dovetails used to make a cab.

I REALLY like how it turned out and may be using it on my next cab instead of dowels

[Geezer]

VERY nice! 

Thanks for sharing (to BOTH of you)!

[tubenit]

You know I can't recall in any time recently seeing half blind dovetails used to make a cab.

I've seen cabs that use those. They look good and seem to be quite strong.

With respect, Tubenit

[PRR]

> I can't recall in any time recently seeing half blind dovetails used to make a cab.

That's tricky work.

Only worth it when the wood is exposed.

But exposed wood in a traveling musician's world soon looks beat-up.

Much cheaper to slash through-dovetails, then cover the whole thing with the tough tweed cloth they used to use for suitcases (especially since cloth luggage was going out of style and Leo could get cloth cheap).

Of course by now we all know what a ravaged tweed/tolex carcass looks like: dovetails. Doing the tricky cabinetry to blind the dovetails might look "wrong somehow".

If you got the skill, try it.

Me, I can't half-lap a 2x4 for a closet fixture. I faked it with layered 1x4 scraps.

[bluestone]

It's funny you should say that....I do many cabinets a year and they are all Half Blind Dovetails even though I tweed most of them. I feel that this is about the strongest joint you can make.... That being said, I have a router and jig set up just for this task and if anyone touches it.......
Great Job!!

[simonallaway]

I've always wanted to try finishing a nice wood cabinet with something ultra-sturdy like Kleer Koat. Does anyone have any experience with that? All my finishing experience is with sprayed on nitrocellulose, minwax or rustoleum (not all at once) so I'm clueless as to how easy it is to apply to something 3 dimensional like a cab rather than a flat bar top.

Simon

[Steve_P]

Very sharp! Any plans for using oak on the next cab? Pine dents too easily (I used to work for a furniture store).

[tubenit]

I like working with sapele.  It's very easy to work with and finish. I use quarter sawn and it's not expensive. Seems to be a fairly resonant wood as Taylor guitars uses it for guitar bodies. I like the way the cabs sound. I use half blind dovetails also.

http://s28.photobucket.com/albums/c216/tubenit/?action=view&current=LittleWingReverbcombopic.jpg

http://s28.photobucket.com/albums/c216/tubenit/?action=view&current=TweedCBScab.jpg

With respect, Tubenit