Building a custom head shell for my 5E3

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Building a custom head shell for my 5E3

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My 5e3 came in a nice wooden head shell (as some of you may remember) however as it was such a nice dove tailed cabinet and I'm not particularly good at keeping stuff New it was enough of an excuse to start building something else.
Got a bit carried away and decided I had enough room to add a couple of 6.5" speakers to make it a handy practice amp as well.
Here's some progress shots

Also trying out this new image hosting site to see how it works. Can anyone guide me through how to post the pics?

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Are you posting from your desktop? If so, when you view one of your photos there's a list of links you can use to the right of the image. Copy the one that says BBCode, not Linked BBCode. Paste it here... et voila!

Great job on the cab/shell... looks rather spiffing!

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codedog wrote:Are you posting from your desktop? If so, when you view one of your photos there's a list of links you can use to the right of the image. Copy the one that says BBCode, not Linked BBCode. Paste it here... et voila!

Great job on the cab/shell... looks rather spiffing!
Just posting from my iphone imgur app, it gives me a copy the link option but can't find anything else.
Do I have to do it from a desktop?

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Not at all, just surround those links you have included above in Image, like below:

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codedog wrote:Not at all, just surround those links you have included above in Image, like below:

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Thanks for the tip!

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Great idea! Looks cool.
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Re: Building a custom head shell for my 5E3

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codedog wrote:... looks rather spiffing!
I think you'll find I have copyright on that. ;-)

Reg. That looks great.

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Great job Reg, another few practice cabs and you could probably go into business! Looks a really tweedy job. Tidy, I meant tidy ;-)

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Nice!

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Sweet job Reg!
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The finished product!!
Including a Master volume and 3 way NFB switch.
If your wondering how the 6" speakers actually sound, there not bad.....not bad at all!
It's a different sound to the 12" Gold I normally run this through but it's still giggable I reckon. It's a bit flatter sounding but has a tight focus that would probably sit well in a mix.
I'd happily take just the head to band practices as it has plenty of volume as well.
Overall very happy with the build and convenient nature of the head/combo idea.
Smallest 5e3 combo I've seen!

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Good work - the rear looks kinda Swart-ish.
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GrantB wrote:Good work - the rear looks kinda Swart-ish.
Tiny box with lotsa stuff jammed in there?
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GrantB wrote:Good work - the rear looks kinda Swart-ish.
Ha, exactly what I thought! Looks great Reg!

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Re: Building a custom head shell for my 5E3

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SimonHirst wrote:
GrantB wrote:Good work - the rear looks kinda Swart-ish.
Ha, exactly what I thought! Looks great Reg!
I actually copied Jackson Ampworks for my Cab and was just trying to keep the theme, gonna go look up Swart now though...

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