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The Acoustic Club

Its graduation day....the 371 head has some issues... but the 361's are done, up and running..The better looking cabinet had the worst condition bottom panels..had to dis-assemble it and reglue and screw it.
 

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I used Duratex on my 370 restoration. I wanted to recover it but I'm afraid my skills wouldn't be up to snuff.

It turned out pretty good.

"Pretty, pretty, pretty good!" Larry David
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I used Duratex on my 370 restoration. I wanted to recover it but I'm afraid my skills wouldn't be up to snuff.

It turned out pretty good.

"Pretty, pretty, pretty good!" Larry David
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Ha! I was within hours of doing that a couple of times..as a matter of fact, I did one of the cabinets thinking it would cover more flaws and defects than it did..then I did the other one with good,old contact cement and it shrunk the tolex...I strapped them onto a skid..where they sat for the last 5 years. I was bound and determined to restore the 361's to the best of my ability, and with this much free time...2 boxes might as well be 4 boxes..I'm pretty happy with the way they turned out. The 370 head is up to snuff now as well..just a few old solder joints needed to be reflowed.
 

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The only thing I really did to upgrade the looks of the 361's was to replace the 3/8" bolts sticking out of the sides with stainless steel flat head allens with finish washers...much cleaner I think.
 

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I think the 220 is an excellent amp, its simple but does the job well. The 360 has more controls as it can select the range of mid frequencies to control. Also the fuzz makes it special of course. Make sure you have a footswitch to control the graphic EQ on your 220. If the EQ is bypassed, you have more low end bass
 
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