Those were great cabs. I used to have 2 of them. You could feel the ground shake under you.
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Janky-A Rigs of Doom
- Thread starter S.Harrison
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I decided it would be easier to transport my pre- and power amp if they were mounted in some kind of box structure. Both units have these protruding flanges on each front corner with holes already drilled and everything, so I got to thinking: I could put some metal angle with tapped holes in the front of the box and screw the preamp and power amp to those metal pieces.
That is a slick idea. Here are a couple of pics showing what happens when I (not a carpenter) get turned loose with scrap wood and a bag full of Ryobi cordless tools I got for Christmas last year.
Pic 1: Eyeballin'
Pic 2: basic box with rack rails installed
Pic 3: after trying my cordless router with a 1/2" radius round over bit. Sawdust explosion!
I tore a big long chip out of one edge with the router (no technique, and this is not void-free fancy plywood. This plywood is void-rich). The chip is glued back in, fingers crossed, while the cordless batteries recharge prior to sanding.
Then I need to get a handle, corner protectors and feet, and decide if I want to order some Duratex to match my cab or just slop on whatever the hell I find in the basement. Cherry stain and leftover floor poly? Rattle can primer flames or scallops like a rat rod? Black spray paint then floor poly? Hmm.
That is a slick idea. Here are a couple of pics showing what happens when I (not a carpenter) get turned loose with scrap wood and a bag full of Ryobi cordless tools I got for Christmas last year.
Pic 1: Eyeballin'
Pic 2: basic box with rack rails installed
Pic 3: after trying my cordless router with a 1/2" radius round over bit. Sawdust explosion!
I tore a big long chip out of one edge with the router (no technique, and this is not void-free fancy plywood. This plywood is void-rich). The chip is glued back in, fingers crossed, while the cordless batteries recharge prior to sanding.
Then I need to get a handle, corner protectors and feet, and decide if I want to order some Duratex to match my cab or just slop on whatever the hell I find in the basement. Cherry stain and leftover floor poly? Rattle can primer flames or scallops like a rat rod? Black spray paint then floor poly? Hmm.
Use of Router, -2 Jank Points, otherwise full noise janky rack case until you paint it, then it's just a rack case.
It must be covered in purple fur. +10 Jank points if you do. You're welcome.
Once the filler dries and I can sand it, I'll see how it looks and how much finish-applying inspiration I can muster.
And corner protectors, and feet. My plan is to use some scrungy hardware I've been unable to toss. Some combination of stuff from an old Peavey 2 x 10 PA column, a Dean Markley K20 practice amp and a SS Acoustic 1xx (?) guitar combo.
I am not much of a planner and tend to let circumstances and availability shape my course when I make stuff, so the combination of
1. Nonexistent budget;
2. low-grade scrap plywood, some of it painted; and
3. Scrungy take-off hardware
Has led me to consider a) keep the multi-color sanded junker look and just seal it under some leftover poly (not a rack case so much as a rat case)
or
b) go the obvious fast-cheap DIY route and rattle-can it.
Honestly I'm kind of leaning towards sealing the lightly-sanded scrap wood look. I equate this with driving a rusty brown Cavalier and parking very close to those shopping mall a-holes who park their Mercedes diagonally across three spaces at peak shopping time.
I am not much of a planner and tend to let circumstances and availability shape my course when I make stuff, so the combination of
1. Nonexistent budget;
2. low-grade scrap plywood, some of it painted; and
3. Scrungy take-off hardware
Has led me to consider a) keep the multi-color sanded junker look and just seal it under some leftover poly (not a rack case so much as a rat case)
or
b) go the obvious fast-cheap DIY route and rattle-can it.
Honestly I'm kind of leaning towards sealing the lightly-sanded scrap wood look. I equate this with driving a rusty brown Cavalier and parking very close to those shopping mall a-holes who park their Mercedes diagonally across three spaces at peak shopping time.
Just screw a drawer handle on top [crooked] - let your beers spills be your stain / sealer.
You leave-it-as-is contingent will be pleased to know that I popped the lid on a gallon of Minwax Cherry floor stain that had been in the basement since we did our floors, like, almost 15 years ago. There was about an inch of dark, oily fluid in the bottom with crust around the edge. I stirred for a bit and discovered that the pigment was trapped in the crust. But by gum I had a head of steam going and I just brushed that fluid on as fast as the wood would soak it up.
I'm saying what I did was apply some jank stain.
It now has a light amber satin finish which does not hide any of the sanded brown paint/bare wood/green-dipped lumber ends look at all. Just darkens it a bit, so it looks more Danish.
I hope it dries and doesn't stay tacky.
Off to Home Depot for some screws so I can install the feet and corners. Stay tuned...
I'm saying what I did was apply some jank stain.
It now has a light amber satin finish which does not hide any of the sanded brown paint/bare wood/green-dipped lumber ends look at all. Just darkens it a bit, so it looks more Danish.
I hope it dries and doesn't stay tacky.
Off to Home Depot for some screws so I can install the feet and corners. Stay tuned...
If it stays tacky and you add the kitty litter you will break the Jankometer. Leaving it sticky to accumulate random jank over time would take us there too.
"C'mon, man, you don't expect anybody to believe your rack picked up all that elbow macaroni just from gigging!"
Briefcase-carry underside detail, with feet and corner protectors salvaged from a gutted 1970s Acoustic 1 x 12 guitar amp.
Just needs some janked up screws and it could pass for 70's original jank.
Briefcase-carry topside detail, with more Acoustic amp corners and a cramptastic handle from a Dean Markley K20.
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