StandYourGround Posted September 24, 2012 Share Posted September 24, 2012 Does anyone know where to buy the cabs Matt was using at this gig? I really like the look but can't seem to find any online. Would it be possible to just get any 4x12, unface it and spray paint the tolex? If so, whats the most budget way to do this? I'd be spending my money more so on the actual speakers than the cabinet. If I'd to go DIY on it, would the paint attach to the tolex? and would it work well going from black to white? Hopefully, one of you guys knows where to just buy one off the shelf though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phill Posted September 24, 2012 Share Posted September 24, 2012 It's mostly likely a custom job. Buy white tolex instead of paint. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
james90 Posted September 24, 2012 Share Posted September 24, 2012 i think that was a marshall mode 4 cabinet he had modified (tolex stripped, grille removed, and painted white) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StandYourGround Posted September 24, 2012 Author Share Posted September 24, 2012 ah, awesome. Is retolexing a cab a pain or is it relatively straight forward? I imagine it must easier than doing a head. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
james90 Posted September 24, 2012 Share Posted September 24, 2012 ah, awesome. Is retolexing a cab a pain or is it relatively straight forward? I imagine it must easier than doing a head. i tried it once and just ended up leaving the cabinet completely stripped made a big mess and was loads of work just getting the tolex off BUT it seems that his cab was just the cab from the absolution tour (notice the metal logo) with the grille removed and the existing tolex spray painted white. you can see some of the paint coming off and revealing the black tolex Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StandYourGround Posted September 24, 2012 Author Share Posted September 24, 2012 I never noticed that before. Thought it was an entirely new cab. Anybody have any tips on removing the mesh from a cab? Since his was a grill rather than mesh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
james90 Posted September 24, 2012 Share Posted September 24, 2012 It's pretty time consuming, but what I did was unscrew the baffle (the wooden part the speakers are mounted on) remove that from the cabinet, and remove all the staples that kept the mesh on. There are loads of them, so it takes a while to do. Of course, you could just cut and remove the mesh along the back edge and no one would notice, but it's a bit neater the other way removing tolex on the other hand is a nightmare...or at least the way I did it, which I have a feeling was incorrect! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StandYourGround Posted September 24, 2012 Author Share Posted September 24, 2012 haha! I'll bare that in mind. I'll probably go for the stanely quick slash solution. Remove speakers. Mask it and then spray paint it. Need to buy a 4x12 first however. Any decent ones we know of for under £200? Probably going to sit a Line 6 DT 25 head on top (might be situated off stage however) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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