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06-26-2009, 06:04 AM
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I though this could be a fun thread, I've got a no name cab in need of refinishing, Likely to be redone in tweed at this stage. Just thought I would ask talkbass what they have done with there cabs in the same situation? Be it differently coloured tolex or different material entirely. Keen to see whats out there!  |
06-26-2009, 06:26 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Wausau, WI | | Nothing with the outside, but I changed the baffle color and the grills...
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06-26-2009, 06:35 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Mississippi Coast | | | Sundogue....Those look a lot like some custom cabs I had years ago. JBL K140 loaded and made by a sound company out of Jackson Ms.
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06-26-2009, 06:46 AM
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Endorsing Artist: see profile | | Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: toms_river.nj.us | | I didn't do any mods myself... but here is how I ordered my cab direct from Bag End  |
06-26-2009, 06:50 AM
| | | | James that natural wood looks awesome! I'm not really worried who did the refinish, or if it was a custom order from the factory. Just want to see something beyond the black tolex that is the norm...
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06-26-2009, 07:25 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Wausau, WI | | Quote:
Originally Posted by lbwdog  Sundogue....Those look a lot like some custom cabs I had years ago. JBL K140 loaded and made by a sound company out of Jackson Ms. | Those are custom cabs...mine. 
115 neos. Each one only weighs 29 lbs., loud as hell and sound great.
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06-26-2009, 08:13 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Wellington, New Zealand | | | Poor man's Tolex: PlastiDip!
I bought a very tired, tweeter-missing Peavey 2x10 on the cheap. A new tweeter and 12 layers of PlastiDip and it looks quite allright (my unbiased opinion of course). The FEEL is totally different though, people are surprised when they touch the 3mm thick rubbery skin! Another advantage: any scratch repairs will become invisible.
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06-26-2009, 09:08 AM
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I didn't do any mods myself... but here is how I ordered my cab direct from Bag End
| Is that the oiled finish Bag End uses or a clear coat/urethane or something more of a varnish? I'm just about to sit down to build a pair of 115s to house some JBLs I have and am pretty sure I'm going to use the same box dimensions as the BE s15 B-D and finish them natural. I worry about the durability of a plain oiled finish.
The cab in the pic is a Karlson design 115 I used to have. It came basically trashed in torn, filthy grey rat fur and needed stripping and adhesive removed. Once the crap was off the wood, it took a little stain and urethane pretty nicely. |
06-26-2009, 09:23 AM
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Originally Posted by bassman10096 Is that the oiled finish Bag End uses or a clear coat/urethane or something more of a varnish? I'm just about to sit down to build a pair of 115s to house some JBLs I have and am pretty sure I'm going to use the same box dimensions as the BE s15 B-D and finish them natural. I worry about the durability of a plain oiled finish. | It's the standard 13 ply oiled Birch. I hit it with some Orange oil wax & feed stuff I got from Home Depot. |
06-26-2009, 10:28 AM
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Originally Posted by jbourke I bought a very tired, tweeter-missing Peavey 2x10 on the cheap. A new tweeter and 12 layers of PlastiDip and it looks quite allright (my unbiased opinion of course). The FEEL is totally different though, people are surprised when they touch the 3mm thick rubbery skin! Another advantage: any scratch repairs will become invisible.
Cheers,
John | That Yammy head looks interesting; is it new? Or is it from the 80's? Thanks...
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06-26-2009, 11:51 PM
| | | | Bassman, whats the pupose of the baffles on the front of your cab? are they added or factory? |
06-27-2009, 12:00 AM
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Owner & speaker designer, AudioKinesis | | Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Preston, Idaho | | | Very interesting, Bassman! So, in your opinion, what were the strengths and weaknesses of the Karlson as a bass cab? |
06-27-2009, 04:29 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Wellington, New Zealand | | Quote:
Originally Posted by GreaserMatt That Yammy head looks interesting; is it new? Or is it from the 80's? Thanks... | It's the one and only Yamaha class D bass amplifier,
the BBT 500H. It was launched in 2004. Don't know why it wasn't successful as the sound is sweet. Funny enough TC Electronic, well known and respected for their effects, has recently launched a class D bass amplifier (Rebelhed 450) with almost the same specs. |
08-18-2009, 10:07 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: NNJ/NYC | | I just "defaced" my cabs w/some brocade fabric today... hence the bump to this thread.   
I have the recone kit for the 10... I just need to get the glue and do it. Then it's onto the 18's. |
08-19-2009, 08:54 AM
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Owner, Bill Fitzmaurice Loudspeaker Design | | Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: New Hampshire | | Quote:
Originally Posted by DukeLeJeune Very interesting, Bassman! So, in your opinion, what were the strengths and weaknesses of the Karlson as a bass cab? | Duke, it's a 6th order series tuned bandpass box, you can model them in WinISD. |
08-19-2009, 08:48 PM
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Originally Posted by paradigm_shift James that natural wood looks awesome! I'm not really worried who did the refinish, or if it was a custom order from the factory. Just want to see something beyond the black tolex that is the norm... |  
Details on both cabs are in my profile. |
08-19-2009, 10:55 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Providence RI | | ok I'll play   
Blue checked blueline SVT I also have a matching 810 |
02-02-2013, 07:52 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: California | | | '81-84 Ampeg SVT-810e redone with red Plasti Dip, new kickplate, slide-rails, and new corner adornments. |
02-02-2013, 07:53 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: California | | | 2 more of the SVT, aptly nicknamed "Red Devil" |
02-02-2013, 07:58 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: Texas, USA | | | These are awesome. Let's see some more! | | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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