Hi all,
As some of you will have seen, I re-covered my old Marshall Valvetstate in red to have some practice playing with vinyl.
I waded in and re-covered my Hot Rod Deluxe including replacing the grille cloth with the one with turquoise flecks.
I used the pieces I peeled off as templates, I also took the ratty chipboard cabinet (shown here with the new grille cloth installed) sanded and filled it to within an inch of it's life using car body filler.
https://i.imgur.com/08yyMmG.jpg?1 I used Everbuild Smart Tack Contact Adhesive from Toolstation- absolutely fantastic, no smell, super easy to use. Complete polar opposite to the standard stuff which has you seeing purple unicorns after 10 minutes.
Amp came out pretty well, used the standard techniques for corners of cutting down the centre and overlaying then cutting through both layers.
https://i.imgur.com/k3YuOTW.jpg?1 https://i.imgur.com/sQ5tH1z.jpg?1 Whole thing took me about an hour and a half with minimal mess.
Thanks for reading.
Comments
It's a bit disappointing to see how poor quality the cabinet is underneath, but at least you can't see it now and the vinyl should hold it together nicely .
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
Completely agree about the cabinet- part of me really wanted to go and order some birch ply and have a go making that too!
Thanks for the kind words.
Stephen.
How about a more exotic wood, left visible? MESA/Boogie used to offer walnut et cetera. Fender, themselves, have used pine under a semi-transparent butterscotch finish.
There was another recent thread on how tricky it is to get grille cloth to align well vertically and horizontally. You’ve done an exemplary job of that. Also nice work on the tolex covering which takes skill when there are no corner protectors to hide behind. Overall a great job and a cool look.
@Funkfingers That's a really intriguing idea! You've got me thinking now *googles Zebrano suppliers*
@Jimbro66 Thank you! I agonised over the thought of it, the actual grille cloth that was on it looked a bit skewed - I think that was probably more stretching from the previous owner but I could see it every time I looked at the amp.
Chromed corner protectors would have been my 'get out of jail almost free' card I tend to run over things a load of times in my head and then have a little play with offcuts or something to try and get the feel for the material.
Totally blown away by the positive reaction, thanks a lot, everyone!
http://www.thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/89942/caspercaster#latest
https://i.imgur.com/uo4bJbD.jpg?1
Adam