Need help finding a custom amp builder...

[Hofnerbacker]

I'm very picky about what I want as far as a head/cab rig. I want a 500 watt head with a 4x12 cab and I want the whole thing to look exactly like this, except brand new. Weight is not an issue with me, I want my rig to look like a fridge.

Does anyone here know a custom amp builder who could make me one of these? I've had no luck searching on the internet and I had to cuss out a Sweetwater "engineer" who tried to interest me in one of those 50 watt toys Vox currently makes. I have zero interest in any other manufacturers or models.

Most modern bass amps/cabs either look like toys or have garish colors/logos that are an instant NO for me.

 

[Redbrangus]

Is your intent to scale the speaker cab up to a more appropriate size for 4 x 12's, or just clone the cab as is, however inadequate it might be?

 

[Hofnerbacker]

Is your intent to scale the speaker cab up to a more appropriate size for 4 x 12's, or just clone the cab as is, however inadequate it might be?

Thank you for your question. I want both the head and the cab cloned on the outside, and the cab the same size as the original (36" tall, 27.4" wide, 14" deep. VOX made a Valvetronix guitar cab back in the 2000s that was 4x12, although it was 160 W RMS in stereo and 320 W in mono. I've tried looking for the VOX AD412 cabs online but no luck. If I could find one, I'd have someone reconfigure it for bass speakers and more power.

 

[6thplanet]

So you want an Ampeg V4B and fridge, but look like a Vox?
Or a nice Mesa amplifier built into a vintage looking head case with matching cab?...that looks like that Vox?
Just trying to get a feel for your request. Like can the modern amp hide in the Vox look a like aesthetics?

 

[Hofnerbacker]

So you want an Ampeg V4B and fridge, but look like a Vox?
Or a nice Mesa amplifier built into a vintage looking head case with matching cab?...that looks like that Vox?
Just trying to get a feel for your request. Like can the modern amp hide in the Vox look a like aesthetics?

Sure! The modern amp could sit inside the cab.

 

[JeezyMcNuggles]

I'm very picky about what I want as far as a head/cab rig. I want a 500 watt head with a 4x12 cab and I want the whole thing to look exactly like this, except brand new. Weight is not an issue with me, I want my rig to look like a fridge.

Does anyone here know a custom amp builder who could make me one of these? I've had no luck searching on the internet and I had to cuss out a Sweetwater "engineer" who tried to interest me in one of those 50 watt toys Vox currently makes. I have zero interest in any other manufacturers or models.

Most modern bass amps/cabs either look like toys or have garish colors/logos that are an instant NO for me. View attachment 4504602

Yeah, there's a bunch of custom cab makers out there. A quick Google search will yield you an array of options

 

[JeezyMcNuggles]

Thank you for your question. I want both the head and the cab cloned on the outside, and the cab the same size as the original (36" tall, 27.4" wide, 14" deep. VOX made a Valvetronix guitar cab back in the 2000s that was 4x12, although it was 160 W RMS in stereo and 320 W in mono. I've tried looking for the VOX AD412 cabs online but no luck. If I could find one, I'd have someone reconfigure it for bass speakers and more power.

You want a 412 Powerhouse cabinet. It's built like a fridge.

Then, buy a Mesa Prodigy amp.

Then, remove the grilles and tolex..

Purchase new grille and tolex material.

Re apholster your new rig.

 

[6thplanet]

The grill cloth looks to be available, shouldn't be to hard to find a builder willing to take your money. Where ya located?

 

[basscooker]

I think the biggest obstacle will be cab physics.

If you could forgo the "4" x12 configuration and work with maybe 2 efficient ones or maybe 3x10 that cab might be ok. Not sure you've got adequate room in there for a quad of good 12 inch bass drivers.

 

[burgerdj]

Verellen?

Edit: Not taking orders.

 

[bgavin]

 

[7bridges]

You want a 412 Powerhouse cabinet. It's built like a fridge.

Then, buy a Mesa Prodigy amp.

Then, remove the grilles and tolex..

Purchase new grille and tolex material.

Re apholster your new rig.

You could also do the same with a Bergantino NV 412T. Another great smaller, fridge-like speaker.

 

[beans-on-toast]

As I recall, johnk_10 once did pretty much exactly what you want. Another amp mounted in a Vox cabinet.

http://johnkvintageguitars.homestead.com/

 

[bigdaddybass12]

Weight is not an issue with me, I want my rig to look like a fridge View attachment 4504602

Sounds & looks good ! That would be cool. Advice from a old dude: Older you get the harder it will be to move!! Plus you will need a station wagon to move it in !!!

 

[Killing Floor]

David Bray maybe.

 

[MultiScaleMale]

What is your budget?

 

[BassFalcon]

I think the biggest obstacle will be cab physics.

If you could forgo the "4" x12 configuration and work with maybe 2 efficient ones or maybe 3x10 that cab might be ok. Not sure you've got adequate room in there for a quad of good 12 inch bass drivers.

I’m not gonna pretend to know how terrible the T/S parameters or whatnot would work out, but if we’re just throwing speakers in a box with reckless abandon, we could take a cue from the Berg HG series and have a rear firing and maybe a down firing driver. We could get all 4 12s crammed in that way.

 

[ThudThudThud]

Budget notwithstanding I'd probably do a fEARful 12/6/(1)? and sub in joined cabinets. That way the size/shape could be approximated without having to work out all the speaker volume requirements for 4x10" speakers into that shape/size cabinet. It would be monstrously loud.
The tolex/face fabric is just dressing.
The head I'd do a light power amp and a SA RPM.
Just 2c worth.

 

[bherman]

Try Low Down Sound, although he might not want to build a cab that he knows won't work well for bass.

 

[jastacey]

There's an amp builder in Houston,Tx , Steamboat Amps, they might entertain building cases & cabinets, to look like a VOX, but I have no idea what it would cost, could be a boat load of $$$$$