Gussied up my beat SVT cabinet

Like most others, my tolex was like maple leaves in the fall; thin and on the ground. My grill cloth was just as miserable and the grill frame was a Pringle. I'm cheap and lazy, I am a bass player after all, so I decided rather than re-tolex I'd give the old Behr Deckover a shot. Cut a new one piece grill frame out of some scrap plywood. Found some nice Guilford of Maine fabric that ATS Acoustics got to me quickly. Made some skids from some cutting board scrap material that I use for making rally car skid plates and made a kick plate from anotherwasted old rally car aluminum skid plate I had laying about. I'm pretty stoked with how it turned out and thought I'd share some pics.

 

Thanks folks. Timing was an issue as I only had a few days to get it done before it needed to go back into service. Definitely pleased with the job so far. We'll see how it holds up.

Jeezy, probably not gonna put the badge back on, i like the clean look of it. Everyone knows what it is.

Oatis, that head is the 800 watt version. It sounds amazing and drives it just fine. My master volume rarely cracks 1/4. That setup is my more portable club gig rig. When I I'm in full tilt mode my full rig is much gnarlier. I run an Ashdown RPM-1 preamp into a Peavey IPR 3000 power amp and biamp the lows to a 15 an 18. This is it in my room at home..

reno88, I am not doing stage rally at this time. My car is set up for multiple things and hillclimbs are my love but mainly it is actually a daily driver. I live in the mountains and drive.... aggressively. It is a fully caged and built race car though....with a plate on it.

 

Similar in effect. It is a deck paint and cheaper than Duratech. Also available in more colors and is at Home Depot so easy to get. I paid 43 bucks for a gallon and used half of it. Gonna also eventually do my 15s and 18s with it and make matching grills as well.

 

For those interested in using the Deckover I had to develop a technique to get the results I desired. For the first coat I actually would apply with a brush and then with a roller in the other hand promptly smooth out what I had just applied until I had covered the entire cabinet. If I just tried to do it with the roller it tended to clump up.

For successive coats (I did 3) I just used a brush.