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Aussie Mark

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Pimped my rig
« on: May 23, 2010, 04:36:33 PM »
For my Stones tribute band the chrome grilles on the SWR cabs are a bit too bling, so I bought some Ampeg cloth and made up removable panels using some 3mm hardwood panels, attached with tiny pieces of velcro.  Sorry for the poor quality mobile phone photos, but I hope you get the idea.



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Re: Pimped my rig
« Reply #1 on: May 23, 2010, 04:43:40 PM »
Crafty solution!  :mrgreen:
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Re: Pimped my rig
« Reply #2 on: May 23, 2010, 08:30:56 PM »
I guess I'm just an old fart but I much prefer the grill cloth to the modern barbeque grill ;)  Total transformation!
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Re: Pimped my rig
« Reply #3 on: May 24, 2010, 05:55:56 AM »
Awesome job Mark! Love the retro/vintage look,, Classy!
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Re: Pimped my rig
« Reply #4 on: May 24, 2010, 01:57:57 PM »
Build a barbie out of the old grills and do a permanant solution - definitely looks the part...
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Re: Pimped my rig
« Reply #5 on: May 24, 2010, 02:30:54 PM »
Yeah keep the Ampeg cloth. Looks way better.

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Re: Pimped my rig
« Reply #6 on: May 24, 2010, 03:26:08 PM »
Wow, that looks great! Good thinking!
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Re: Pimped my rig
« Reply #7 on: May 24, 2010, 04:02:26 PM »
Quote from: Kenny Five-O on May 24, 2010, 01:57:57 PM
Build a barbie out of the old grills and do a permanant solution

I'll leave the grills on because they offer solid protection.  That's one of the reasons why I went to SWR cabs in the first place.  At the time, 10 years ago, most cabs available locally had cloth but no metal grills, and at the time I had a van with my PA that was packed tight like a 3D puzzle, so I needed cabs with metal grills.
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Re: Pimped my rig
« Reply #8 on: May 24, 2010, 08:26:48 PM »
I agree - few things are as reassuring as having a highly impact-resistant barrier between your speaker cones and the outside world.  I really like having a stout metal grille there.
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Re: Pimped my rig
« Reply #9 on: May 24, 2010, 09:15:56 PM »
nice.i like the way that looks.
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Re: Pimped my rig
« Reply #10 on: May 24, 2010, 09:27:28 PM »
Looks good Mark, kind of like the old MusicMan cabs.
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Re: Pimped my rig
« Reply #11 on: May 25, 2010, 11:18:22 AM »
Looks very cool!
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