Tube amp build (s)

[JohnH]

Nice!....I'm definitely going to be following the build-process, if you ever need any help with it, let me know.

Thanks Doc! I'll definitely try to post better progress updates than I did with the 5E3.

[JohnH]

I'm still waiting on corners and feet, but I got impatient and decided to build the rest of the box anyway.

I had read that the ivory and white tolex are hard to do because they show up all your mistakes, and it was v true lol. The corners are pretty dodgy, but they'll get covered. I accidentally tore a bit at the back, and had a whole host of other issues. It's pretty amateur hour up close, but looks good from about 1m away, ha ha

[DrNomis_44]

I'm still waiting on corners and feet, but I got impatient and decided to build the rest of the box anyway.

I had read that the ivory and white tolex are hard to do because they show up all your mistakes, and it was v true lol. The corners are pretty dodgy, but they'll get covered. I accidentally tore a bit at the back, and had a whole host of other issues. It's pretty amateur hour up close, but looks good from about 1m away, ha ha

I think it looks great, the tolex will eventually get a bit dinged, and scratched-up over time anyway, so I wouldn't worry about it too much if I were you, I did all the green pool table felt covering on my tube amp head all by myself, so I know how hard it is to get the corners right, I think you did a pretty good job of it.

[JohnH]

Yeah, I'm not really worried about it, but I did think while i was doing it that I better not give up my dayjob!

[dozymuppet]

Looks very cool so far!

[Rabbitz]

Meh, if anyone asks chalk it up to "battle-damage" or to be trendy "relicing"

[Simon Barden]

It's pretty amateur hour up close, but looks good from about 1m away, ha ha

It looks good from over 10000 miles away!

[McCreed]

Looks good John.
There's a reason I am doing my 1 x 12 cabinet with stain and poly!

I have also publicly stated "I'm going for a rustic look" so that automatically allows me a lot of grace!

[Simon Barden]

Maybe some straw thatch and a few beams?

[JohnH]

Looks good John.
There's a reason I am doing my 1 x 12 cabinet with stain and poly!

I have also publicly stated "I'm going for a rustic look" so that automatically allows me a lot of grace!

We did our kitchen with a 'rustic' aesthetic for the same reason. My dad was helping with the tiling, and kept scoffing when we'd say we were going for rustic, but afterwards he admitted it allowed a lot of leeway and made the whole thing a lot less stressful, ha ha ha