BASSMAN WITH VERY LITTLE VOLUME

[ViperDoc]

WELL, when you're in the woods, you're in the mother fricking woods.

So after all that, now as I was putting my chassis into my cabinet, I've got this to deal with: the power transformer housing comes within a 16-of-an-inch of one of the speaker magnets.


And if that wasn't enough, my filter doghouse collides with the speaker on the other side. I've relocated the box as far down as I can, it is now directly in contact with the cabinet plywood.


NOW I'M LOOKING FOR MY GARBAGE CAN. FOR THE LOVE OF PETE!!!

I know, it's not good. I could beat the snot out of the filter doghouse sheet metal but then it just won't fit well onto the chassis. Is there anything wrong with leaving it off?

[martin manning]

The speaker clearance was always tight. In fact on the original the magnet covers had to be removed from the upper two. Shock hazard is the problem with leaving the cap board cover off. Original cap covers had rounded corners, which would help in your case. With modern caps under there, maybe the cover doesn’t need to be that deep? Perhaps you could cut a small section out of that edge, or make some small cuts and bend it out of the way?

[ViperDoc]

The speaker clearance was always tight. In fact on the original the magnet covers had to be removed from the upper two. Shock hazard is the problem with leaving the cap board cover off. Original cap covers had rounded corners, which would help in your case. With modern caps under there, maybe the cover doesn’t need to be that deep? Perhaps you could cut a small section out of that edge, or make some small cuts and bend it out of the way?

That's genius. That's what I think I'll do: make three barn door cuts and beat the "door panel" away from the speaker. It'll probably be ugly, but then I can always turn the lights off. HELLO!!!

[ViperDoc]

THE FIX IS IN.

I didn’t perform the best surgery here, but it worked. I door-slotted the doghouse, removed a small section of the side and used a heavy hammer and punch to bend it inward.





It gave me the clearance I needed. I stripped the self-tapping screws I originally used by taking them in and out, but because I used a turret board and placed the holes for access, I was able to re-secure the doghouse with keps nuts. Mucho better.



I plugged in the guitar and then my family got home so I haven’t even had time to play around with it, but it works! Many thanks for all of your kind support.

[martin manning]

Nice work! Is everything from a prepackaged kit? If so it seems like these issues should have been worked out.

[ViperDoc]

Nice work! Is everything from a prepackaged kit? If so it seems like these issues should have been worked out.

Yes, it was all from a kit. I don't know why it didn't all fit in properly, either, but hey. Thanks to y'all and some selective bludgeoning, all is well.