Switching grill cloth on current Ampeg SVT cabs

[SwitchGear]

Anybody ever change out to 60's or 70's grill cloth on modern black grilled SVT cabs for a different, retro look?

I'm thing of doing this to my cabs for a more 'personalized' rig.

Post pics if you have them.

Thanks

 

[JimmyM]

Jeez, who was it that posted an HLF that they redid in old school grill? I want to say it was Johnk 10 but I'm not positive.

 

[johnk_10]

yeah, it was me. i replaced the black cloth with vintage ampeg grill cloth on both my SVT410HLF and my SVT610HLF cabs:

 

[Waspinators]

Whoa, that looks incredible

 

[<faultsthanCali]

I've been thinking about this for weeks now. I have a 6x10..
Where did you get the material and How much did it cost to change?

 

[Ampeg SVT]

Check out Fliptops.com

tons of ampeg related stuff, i actually plan on doing the same when i get my new cab.

johnk_10 your rig is so amazing i am going to save that picture and put it as my background.

 

[JimmyM]

Beautiful work, John! That looks a million times better than the black.

 

[Ampeg SVT]

Actually i was thinking since I know a buddy of mine who has his speaker cloth grill rip in transport and wreck a speaker, is it possible to get a metal grill like the ones on Mesas? I have seen it, the guy from Dragonforce had one on his SVT cab during the pink pop concert.

 

[<faultsthanCali]

Check out Fliptops.com

tons of ampeg related stuff, i actually plan on doing the same when i get my new cab.

johnk_10 your rig is so amazing i am going to save that picture and put it as my background.

Looks like fliptops.com has gone the way of the dinosaur. any other suggestions?

those amps look exactly how I imagined.. Beautiful.. I can't wait to do mine.

 

[Ampeg SVT]

Huh?
OHHHH

woops my bad its fliptops.NET

http://www.fliptops.net/

Oh my god I feel like a nerd now, I feel like completely making my cab retro with an older style logo and silver grill cloth!!

Edit: AWWW they dont have the vintage cab logo!!

 

[johnk_10]

thanks guys.
i got mine from antique electronics supply:

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[MellowTone]

yeah, it was me. i replaced the black cloth with vintage ampeg grill cloth on both my SVT410HLF and my SVT610HLF cabs:

Wow I have to agree, that is a beautiful rig. And I bet it's damn loud to boot.

 

[SwitchGear]

johnk_10, that is what I like, the retro 70's cloth on Ampeg SVT cabs. Nice job, btw. Thanks for posting your pics.

 

[jarrod cunningham]

i wanted to buy a silver face plate for my svt classic cl .... cant find anything ... emailed ampeg and they wouldnt help ......

 

[sedan_dad]

I recovered a 350h head and a 410he cab in old style Ampeg grill cloth.
I was tired of the black. I did keep the pipeing though.

 

[sedan_dad]

Here's the cab.

 

[sleepy_monkey]

thanks guys.
i got mine from antique electronics supply:

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Hmm..do you recall the price? I don't see anything on their site related to $$.

 

[johnk_10]

it goes for $26.95 per yard and its the real ampeg stuff. its the first one on this page. (i previously got some from mojomusicalsupply too but it wasn't as nice of stuff (too blue with uneven hrizontal black lines running thru it.)
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[EricF]

johnk - What did it take to change out the fabric? I've never tried to remove the original grill. Any mistakes to avoid, or is it a pretty straightforward job?

 

[johnk_10]

ofcourse you have to remove all of the staples and the piping to regrill it.

on the 410 i made a new grill board, but on the 610 i added a 1/8" thick strip of spruce on two sides (one vertical and one horizontal) (the spruce was purchased from the local from a hobby shop) to make up the difference of regrilling it without the piping so there wouldn't be a gap between the grill cloth and the cabinet. then i just used a staple gun to mount the new stuff keeping it as tight as straight as possible. its actually a very simple procedure.