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AudioKinesis Cabs Part VI...

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lo-freq said:
I think a Birdhaus 68 would make a great cab!
Four 8's vertical on front + one 8 on each side.
Maybe 2 48's would be better!
Flip the top one upside down.
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I would like to try that very thing; my thinking was that way the side woofers would be closer together (better coupling?).

In keeping with my “lateral overhang” aesthetic such a stack would have to have a pair of CS800s on top; each bridged and driving one of the cabinets.
 
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Got to show this pic. I find the birdhouse 4x6 can get really loud and send the sound all over. I have used it to as monitor for my upright on stage with the TC12 sending sound out front, or use it in more improvisational setting to get sound to all the band mates (weither they want to hear it or not).
 

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H1506 arrived this morning and she's a beauty. tornado proof packaging, too, as usual. i'm an AK vet, currently running a pair of 1203 + d800. took some pics but unable to post 'till i renew my subscription. i've been cutting corners & something had to give. this stuff's expensive. so sue me. living room impressions:
no lack of bottom end! holy crap.
easy one hand lift.
very responsive to eq. this should be an extremely versatile cab for rock, r&b, blues, rockabilly, etc. cries out for a wd800 or even a sticky tube preamp like an f2b.
sounds killer with my passive p. with a j bass this thing will CLANG.
have covers gig tomorrow night. i'll be back...
 
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slagheap said:
H1506 arrived this morning and she's a beauty. tornado proof packaging, too, as usual. i'm an AK vet, currently running a pair of 1203 + d800. took some pics but unable to post 'till i renew my subscription. i've been cutting corners & something had to give. this stuff's expensive. so sue me. living room impressions:
no lack of bottom end! holy crap.
easy one hand lift.
very responsive to eq. this should be an extremely versatile cab for rock, r&b, blues, rockabilly, etc. cries out for a wd800 or even a sticky tube preamp like an f2b.
sounds killer with my passive p. with a j bass this thing will CLANG.
have covers gig tomorrow night. i'll be back...
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I very much want to try one of those. That sounds cool AF.
 
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sent Tuki Covers measurements for H1506, expect quote back next week. just a basic black padded slip cover. if price is right i'll order and advise regarding fit, value, etc. if everything is good, they will keep the pattern on file.
still too early for comprehensive review of my 1506. need more live playing, there are lots of tones inside.
 
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You’ve just reminded me.

Who’s had a cover made for their AK? I seem to remember bookmarking one that had a cover for a CN112T but I can’t find it or remember the company.

Any recommendations? Note I’m in Australia so international shipping will be a thing
 
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been_effected said:
You’ve just reminded me.

Who’s had a cover made for their AK? I seem to remember bookmarking one that had a cover for a CN112T but I can’t find it or remember the company.

Any recommendations? Note I’m in Australia so international shipping will be a thing
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Around here people who work in soft goods for the board sports industries (windsurfing, kiteboarding, SUPs, snowboarding, etc.) are very good at making things like that. At least some of those industries are fairly big in OZ, so maybe that'd be a viable option? Sail makers or upholstery joints have worked for some of my friends as well.

But even though there are many people like that here I could've hit up, I just used Tuki. Everything they do is to order, so whether they've done one before for your particular model is pretty much moot. They do keep a data base for past build specs though.
 
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been_effected said:
You’ve just reminded me.

Who’s had a cover made for their AK? I seem to remember bookmarking one that had a cover for a CN112T but I can’t find it or remember the company.

Any recommendations? Note I’m in Australia so international shipping will be a thing
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LeCover did the cover for my Changeling 112T, I provided him with the measurements. International shipping, I don't know.

I've also gotten covers for other cabs/amps from Tuki, Studio Slips, and Custom Amp Covers and all were fine as well.

Keep in mind it looks a LOT better now, as the creases have flattened out. This was straight out of the box and unfolded. Need to get some updated pictures of it :)

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been_effected said:
You’ve just reminded me.

Who’s had a cover made for their AK? I seem to remember bookmarking one that had a cover for a CN112T but I can’t find it or remember the company.

Any recommendations? Note I’m in Australia so international shipping will be a thing
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Passinwind said:
Around here people who work in soft goods for the board sports industries (windsurfing, kiteboarding, SUPs, snowboarding, etc.) are very good at making things like that. At least some of those industries are fairly big in OZ, so maybe that'd be a viable option? Sail makers or upholstery joints have worked for some of my friends as well.

But even though there are many people like that here I could've hit up, I just used Tuki. Everything they do is to order, so whether they've done one before for your particular model is pretty much moot. They do keep a data base for past build specs though.
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It’s long gone now, but in my dark past of guitar playing I had a smallish Fender 4 x 12 that came with a very nice slip cover the prior owner had made locally by an auto upholsterer. It was stitched in a heavy but flexible black vinyl, just like a pickup truck bench seat.

Worth asking about in your area if international shipping seems too steep. That vinyl cover was great...I carried that 4 x 12 to gigs in the open back of a CJ-5 with a half-cab, in Midwest winters. Road salt wiped right off, 4 x 12 stayed dry, and still looked new when I sold it after a year or two of gigging with it.
 
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mexicanyella said:
It’s long gone now, but in my dark past of guitar playing I had a smallish Fender 4 x 12 that came with a very nice slip cover the prior owner had made locally by an auto upholsterer. It was stitched in a heavy but flexible black vinyl, just like a pickup truck bench seat.

Worth asking about in your area if international shipping seems too steep. That vinyl cover was great...I carried that 4 x 12 to gigs in the open back of a CJ-5 with a half-cab, in Midwest winters. Road salt wiped right off, 4 x 12 stayed dry, and still looked new when I sold it after a year or two of gigging with it.
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I do know an auto upholsterer actually who is also a bass playing friend. Might explore that option too.

Question for those with Studio Slips - what's the difference between standard and double padding, in the scheme of things? Studio Slips looks like a winner at this point, shipping isn't too bad via FedEx.
 
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been_effected said:
I do know an auto upholsterer actually who is also a bass playing friend. Might explore that option too.

Question for those with Studio Slips - what's the difference between standard and double padding, in the scheme of things? Studio Slips looks like a winner at this point, shipping isn't too bad via FedEx.
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I'm pretty sure I got the standard padding on my C112T cover and it's as deluxe as any cover I've ever seen. I'm very pleased and impressed with Studio Slips products and thy are great folks to do business with on top of that.
 
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I've used Studio Slips half a dozen times. Ordering is easy, quality product, good options.

I've never ordered the double padding. Single's been enough.

Other things I've done with them:
I always get the bottom closing strap. Keeps the cover from sliding up.

Everyone else that I gig with seems to have black covers. The brown ones help mine stand out in a pile of covers. Especially late at night after a long gig.

I had a custom cover made for a Crazy8. Wanted to keep the cab, amp and cables all together. They made the cover perfectly and with two pockets; one for the cables and a second larger one, for the amp. Works perfectly. Only change I would make is that I had them both unpadded. If all you're going to keep in the pocket is cables, unpadded is fine. For the amp pocket, I should have had it padded.

And, don't add extra length to your measurements as a fudge factor. The cover will be too big. Don't ask how I know. :eyebrow:
 
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LeonD said:
And, don't add extra length to your measurements as a fudge factor. The cover will be too big. Don't ask how I know.
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I almost made that same mistake because they didn't already have my particular cab's dimensions already on file when I went to order. So I called them to double check on how to measure and what extra margins they leave for seams and what not. They talked me through it and my cover came out perfect.
 

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