Recent content by SouthpawStrat

Got the new grill cloth put on the R115 cab. Installed it 90 deg. from stock, that way if (when) I get an R500 combo and stack it sideways it'll match. Put a pair of vintage USA logos on the cabs. I built the fEARful, so that's USA made, kinda cheating on the Indonesian R115 cab tho... :D Drug...

Adding some info on the R40 ports. I understand that the port diameter is slightly different depending on the age. On mine (indeterminate age) they are staggered diameter with the outside 2.10" and the inside 2.25". the transition occurs half way thru the baffle board. The USPS mailing tubes are...

Mods are all done, I'm really pleased with how it all came out. Here's how it went.... R40 cab speaker cutout needed to be enlarged about 1/16 or so to fit the PA255. Did that in about 15 min. with a Dremel and rotary sander bit. Cut a hole in the back for the jack plate. Removed the existing...

Thanks for the welcome! Rumbler #1844 it is. I enjoy reading through all the posts here. Tons of Rumble info and tips in general as well as some great humor :woot: Keeping the R40 stock was my plan initially but after reading about the mods I decided it was worth the investment, I've only got...

Howdy all, Long time forum reader and Fender user (I'm up to page 84 so far on this thread- so much good info!). For the last 8 years or so I've been using a BXR 200 head into a Rumble V3 115 cab. Great sound but the head weighed more than the cab! My aging back got me to looking at the class...

I believe that everybody on this forum probably has a jazz or strat. chicken picken or tic tac is a forgotten style. it

tic tac rules

I think that there is a large number of players on this forum eminently qualified for bigness and famousness. Does what you do appeal to you? Every time I play, new directions become viable. Great music occurs everywhere, all the time. We play because it feels really good. Fame and fortune are...

I had a great guitar player pull me aside one day and say, "you need to be able to do it with two strings and seven frets. if you can nail the song with that, then everything else is gravy". I took that advice.

Thanks for all the sage advice. I think I'll build a single speaker enclosure of about 3.5 c.f. with a shelf port. Port dimensions are TBD, and I'll try and calculate them using the specific driver parameters based on a target resonant frequency of about 45Hz. Cabinet construction will be...

Thanks, basscooker... I thought about a 2-15" cab but my back protested...:bawl: Yeah, the cab with no head in it is not too heavy. I just think the cab design doesn't get it. It is only about 2 cu. ft. volume, is very shallow (about 12"), and only has two triangular holes for ports. It's also...

OK, they seem to be multiplying... I originally had just one, but the bottom part of the cabinet got water damaged (particle board swelled and disintegrated) so I cut the head off and kept it as a backup. Perusing Craigslist (damn GAS!) I have run across and purchased 2 more, both in decent...

Lefty '89 Bently Series 10 with Eden neck