Black and silverface cabinets. Plywood or solid?
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Black and silverface cabinets. Plywood or solid?
Pine or birch? I always thought they were solid, but I saw the corner of a BF twin that had the tolex ripped off and the corner was cracked. It sure looked like plywood to me. Anyone know for sure what they were made of? Thanks in advance!
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Re: Black and silverface cabinets. Plywood or solid?
Every BF Fender amp or speaker cabinet I have ever owned/own
had/has solid pine cabinets. Except for the baffle boards and back panels.
had/has solid pine cabinets. Except for the baffle boards and back panels.
Re: Black and silverface cabinets. Plywood or solid?
ampdan wrote:Every BF Fender amp or speaker cabinet I have ever owned/own
had/has solid pine cabinets. Except for the baffle boards and back panels.
Thats what I always thought as well. This one was a 65. Its really odd. It was beat to $hit and you could see where it was cracked that it was ply. You could look right into it and see the layers. If its still at Sam Ash next time I go I will take a pic.
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Re: Black and silverface cabinets. Plywood or solid?
Could it be a reproduction cab? The amp is nearly 50 years old: it could have had a few different cabs in that amount if time.
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Re: Black and silverface cabinets. Plywood or solid?
JazzGuitarGimp wrote:Could it be a reproduction cab? The amp is nearly 50 years old: it could have had a few different cabs in that amount if time.
That all I could come up with as well, but the tube chart was still in there, and it sure looked original. I am tempted to take a hammer to one of the corners of my mint 64 and see what is really under there.
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Use a saw, and make a clean cut. That will show it better.
And all the old cabs were pine, with particle board baffle boards, The thickness and method of attaching the baffle board to the cabinet changed over the years. But that is it.
If plywood, then it is a repro cab. And it deserved to be sawn, lol!
Reminds me of Monty Python and 'if she floats then it is a it is a witch'.
Jelle
And all the old cabs were pine, with particle board baffle boards, The thickness and method of attaching the baffle board to the cabinet changed over the years. But that is it.
If plywood, then it is a repro cab. And it deserved to be sawn, lol!
Reminds me of Monty Python and 'if she floats then it is a it is a witch'.
Jelle
Re: Black and silverface cabinets. Plywood or solid?
jelle wrote:Use a saw, and make a clean cut. That will show it better.
And all the old cabs were pine, with particle board baffle boards, The thickness and method of attaching the baffle board to the cabinet changed over the years. But that is it.
If plywood, then it is a repro cab. And it deserved to be sawn, lol!
Reminds me of Monty Python and 'if she floats then it is a it is a witch'.
Jelle
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Hey, dig the UltraP type amp you made for Brad. Sounded and felt real nice. Great job! Not so crazy about the other experimental one.....A bit more bottom end and gain would do it for me, but what do I know??VERY GOOD VERY GOOD!
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Thanks! The other one is very different. We tried to get more of a Dumbleland/SSS tone from it. And the overall amp has much less gain.