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bigoldron
September 20th, 2011, 08:45 PM
A while back, I got the itch to build a 1x12 cabinet for my Crate head. I had a 4x12, but sometimes that's just too much. Anyway, I recently bought a Crate Vintage Club 20 off Ebay and wasn't super impressed with it's sound. I put some new JJ tubes in it, which helped, but that 10" speaker seemed to be my problem. So, I got the bright idea to build a head cabinet and use the amp guts from the VC 20 and the 1x12 cabinet to build a mini-stack. I finished tonight (except for a set of metal corner protectors, which should be here tomorrow) and wanted to post some pics for you to enjoy. It's not a "great" job, but for my first amp/cab build, I think it turned out OK. Haven't turned it up loud yet - the wife won't let me... lol... Not to worry. I'll catch her gone and crank it up! So far, she sounds pretty good.

Anyway, here's the pics. Enjoy!

http://i226.photobucket.com/albums/dd81/bigoldron/Guitar%20Stuff/GuitarStuff007.jpg

http://i226.photobucket.com/albums/dd81/bigoldron/Guitar%20Stuff/GuitarStuff003.jpg

http://i226.photobucket.com/albums/dd81/bigoldron/Guitar%20Stuff/GuitarStuff005.jpg
Katastrophe
September 22nd, 2011, 08:16 AM
Looks great, Ron! I think I posted in your other thread.

Some metal corners on the cab would work nicely, I think.
marnold
September 22nd, 2011, 11:03 AM
Cool. I like projects like this.
bigoldron
September 22nd, 2011, 07:16 PM
Looks great, Ron! I think I posted in your other thread.

Some metal corners on the cab would work nicely, I think.

Got 'em Kat. I ordered the wrong kind though (3 corner instead of 2), so I had a friend of mine cut off one corner and I touched it up with paint and mounted them. I will post a picture of the final tonight!

Thanks Marnold!
deeaa
September 23rd, 2011, 02:19 AM
The covering material looks like a house cat's dream come true :-) nice matching set!
kiteman
September 23rd, 2011, 07:03 AM
The covering material looks like a house cat's dream come true :-) nice matching set!

No sooner than said. :)

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Katastrophe
September 25th, 2011, 10:39 AM
Got 'em Kat. I ordered the wrong kind though (3 corner instead of 2), so I had a friend of mine cut off one corner and I touched it up with paint and mounted them. I will post a picture of the final tonight!

Thanks Marnold!

Sweet! I like that you improvise to solve the problem with the corners. A little SW Georgia ingenuity!
bigoldron
November 1st, 2011, 06:06 PM
Sweet! I like that you improvise to solve the problem with the corners. A little SW Georgia ingenuity!

We do what we have to do down here.... lol :socool
starskyroth
November 2nd, 2011, 05:25 AM
Mr Big,
Looks great i think I've posted in your other thread,
some Metal corners work nicely i just think so.....
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