no more carpeted cabs?

[DrMole]

Many of you seem to be forgetting a massive point about rat fur. It makes for a much more solid and gripping surface for your drinks, where as they will slide off with that plastic garbage.

Very true. Detractable, Porsche-type cupholders are required on the smooth cabs.( To avoid breakage during transport)

(Stock/search photo)

 

[Rip Van Dan]

Ive noticed I don't see any new cabs with carpeted exteriors. I thing they are tougher than the vinyle covering and I like the look better

You can get either the carpeting that's standard with DNA, or they can give it a painted finish with a sort of spray on protective coating. That painted finish instead of the "rat fur" is an extra-cost option. I just got a DNS-210 cab with the rat fur on it about a month ago or so.

Problem with that "rat fur" carpeting is they pick up so much stuff - leaves, thread, cat or dog hair, etc. A simple garment roller will remove most of that. If you get little balls on the carpeting, one of those little tools for de-balling wool sweaters works well. If it stinks, either spray some Febreze Fabric Spray on it, or use some spray on carpet shampoo that you can vacuum off when it dries (cover the speakers so they don't get wet). Carpeting is a far better covering than Tolex in my opinion. Every cab I've had that used Tolex on it got torn and the darn Tolex seems to shrink when it tears, making repairs difficult.

 

[CryingBass]

Kustom

 

[troy mcclure]

haven't owned a Rat Fur cab in 8 years or so.... I took it off my PA cabs and painted them with bedliner.

 

[jmlee]

THIS is the problem with carpeted cabs. I also had a dead mouse blow out the bottom port on an Eden cab, but I don't think the carpet was the problem.

 

[Jason Hollar]

All three of my cabs are carpet - a 20 year old SWR 210 that still kicks butt and two markbass 1x12 cabs in nice condition (one is the combo.)

There’s still the occasional casino or “social” hall gig so thank goodness for Febreze.

 

[Chickenwheels]

*No cover needed to protect carpeted cabs...the carpet is the cover!
*Carpeted cabs handle the knocks and dings better.
*Carpeted cabs do less damage to whatever they knock into.
*”Rat Fur” is a derogatory/jive/hipster term.
*Out of control pets shouldn’t be roaming wild in any civilised environment.

 

[DrMole]

*No cover needed to protect carpeted cabs...the carpet is the cover!
*Carpeted cabs handle the knocks and dings better.
*Carpeted cabs do less damage to whatever they knock into.
*”Rat Fur” is a derogatory/jive/hipster term.
*Out of control pets shouldn’t be roaming wild in any civilised environment.

It is a derogatory term, and purposely so.

 

[MultiScaleMale]

Some rats are cute.

 

[bassplayer9512]

What odors? You can't smoke inside anymore. Only thing I would be worried about is cat pee.

I have played many bars here in PA that still allowing smoking inside. They also payed the best too.

 

[alaskaleftybass]

What-- everyone on a holiday break? LOL! I have three cabs that I love and they all have heavy duty carpet covering. There was a time when I loved the black Tolex with a bass amp head with matching Tolex. Now I realize, people don't notice and my cabs still look new. I don't have cats and don't play in Chicken Wing bars so I think I'll be ok. But seriously, who looks at them besides you when you're playing?

 

[fhm555]

I’ve got a couple of Avatar 126 cabinets, identical except one is tolex and the other is painted with whatever black paint they use. They sound the same but i always put the painted one on the bottom when i stack them. They both have covers and in spite of spending a couple years traveling a lot in a truck and then a van, they both look new when the covers come off.

 

[Rip Van Dan]

Many of you seem to be forgetting a massive point about rat fur. It makes for a much more solid and gripping surface for your drinks, where as they will slide off with that plastic garbage.

My cupholder is on my mic stand. NOBODY and I mean NOBODY is putting any drinks on my amp or cabs!

 

[Hundred proof]

Still using it on my go-to gig cab, not pretty but it has advantages for my porpoises ... Velcro grip for acccessories being one. Whatever type they used doesn’t ball up and has held up well.

 

[Chickenwheels]

For me, that seems more like a case of why plywood is preferable over MDF. When MDF cracks, the sealant properties is lost, and it becomes hydroscopic. It swells, and begins to tear itself apart. More so for the cheap asian MDF.

Tolex and truck bed spray have better sealing properties than rat fur. Some manufacturers of MDF cabs just use the glue for rat fur as the sealant to save $.

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[Chickenwheels]

Carpet hate is crazy talk. Ain’t the carpets fault you and your animals damaged it!
How about this: Bed liner paint is a scam to up-sell padded covers!

 

[DrMole]

Still using it on my go-to gig cab, not pretty but it has advantages for my porpoises ... Velcro grip for acccessories being one. Whatever type they used doesn’t ball up and has held up well.

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Personally think that looks pretty nice. Appears to be of much higher quality than my mixer case or the 4x12 guitar cab left in my garage by a bass player buddy about 15 years past.

If the "carpet" covering on speakers and amps could all reliably maintain that look and be easier to clean, that would address many of the issues mentioned above.

 

[klejst]

I'm glad too, held in odors of bars and venues and got dirty and hard to clean. Tolex for the win!

 

[ole Jason]

On the flip side is stuff like whatever Barefaced uses. The cab I had on loan was almost like sandpaper or something, really abrasive/sharp and not fun to carry more than a block or two.

 

[Humbled]

...Velcro grip for acccessories being one..

The velcro thing is a valid point. I know I have ClearCom stations, RTAs, and probably a few other things that have strips of the hook-half on them so they could be easily stuck to a nearby fuzzy-trunk or side rack. That's a handy thing.