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Re: NAD - this time a combo

Posted: Thu Mar 03, 2022 6:06 pm
by Bg
Jay wrote: Thu Mar 03, 2022 6:05 pm
Bg wrote: Thu Mar 03, 2022 6:01 pm great looking cab :D Nice to see the grille cloth vertical for a change!
I am going to frame this compliment from the cabmeister himself :thumbup:
dude, hard to see the joins so it has to be good

Re: NAD - this time a combo

Posted: Thu Mar 03, 2022 6:38 pm
by Jay
Bg wrote: Thu Mar 03, 2022 6:06 pm
Jay wrote: Thu Mar 03, 2022 6:05 pm
Bg wrote: Thu Mar 03, 2022 6:01 pm great looking cab :D Nice to see the grille cloth vertical for a change!
I am going to frame this compliment from the cabmeister himself :thumbup:
dude, hard to see the joins so it has to be good
What really annoyed me, was the attention to detail I put into cutting the corners' tolex, especially the top two front corners... because they stay visible.
I made sure they overlapped properly before I cut them with the Stanley knife. I glued them and they came out absolutely perfect...

Then after a few months this little gap appeared :evil: Something dried out or I stretched the tolex a bit too much. Nobody would notice unless you have tolexed before, but yeah, perfection is hard to achieve at times. I look at my Fender Princeton and see little imperfections there too :D

Re: NAD - this time a combo

Posted: Thu Mar 03, 2022 9:18 pm
by Marshmallow
Awesome build man! How did you do your faceplate? And the cabinet is absolutely beautiful.

Re: NAD - this time a combo

Posted: Fri Mar 04, 2022 6:11 am
by Jay
Marshmallow wrote: Thu Mar 03, 2022 9:18 pm Awesome build man! How did you do your faceplate? And the cabinet is absolutely beautiful.
Thanks. Fsceplate was done in CAD and then laser cut by a shop. I would have preferred a metal faceplate but the price was prohibitive.

Re: NAD - this time a combo

Posted: Fri Mar 04, 2022 6:45 am
by Bg
Jay wrote: Thu Mar 03, 2022 6:38 pm
Bg wrote: Thu Mar 03, 2022 6:06 pm
Jay wrote: Thu Mar 03, 2022 6:05 pm

I am going to frame this compliment from the cabmeister himself :thumbup:
dude, hard to see the joins so it has to be good
What really annoyed me, was the attention to detail I put into cutting the corners' tolex, especially the top two front corners... because they stay visible.
I made sure they overlapped properly before I cut them with the Stanley knife. I glued them and they came out absolutely perfect...

Then after a few months this little gap appeared :evil: Something dried out or I stretched the tolex a bit too much. Nobody would notice unless you have tolexed before, but yeah, perfection is hard to achieve at times. I look at my Fender Princeton and see little imperfections there too :D
First cab I tolexed shrank when it dried after a month or two, it ended up with wrinkles all over it. At least it was only a quad....

Re: NAD - this time a combo

Posted: Fri Mar 04, 2022 6:50 am
by StrummersOfThunder
Superb work , looks fantastic
You might find it interesting to try a more mid scooped American voiced speaker with it. Also those p90s will drive it pretty hard in terms of break up. Would be interested to hear it with single coils, some spring reverb and a jag/jm. Bet it would sound the business.
Congratulations anyway..your attention to detail from the ground up is why makes your work qute special..
Kee it up

Re: NAD - this time a combo

Posted: Fri Mar 04, 2022 6:55 am
by robthemac
StrummersOfThunder wrote: Fri Mar 04, 2022 6:50 am Would be interested to hear it with single coils, some spring reverb and a jag/jm.
That's news.

Re: NAD - this time a combo

Posted: Fri Mar 04, 2022 7:20 am
by GrantB
Nice work….impressed

Re: NAD - this time a combo

Posted: Fri Mar 04, 2022 7:47 am
by Jay
StrummersOfThunder wrote: Fri Mar 04, 2022 6:50 am Superb work , looks fantastic
You might find it interesting to try a more mid scooped American voiced speaker with it. Also those p90s will drive it pretty hard in terms of break up. Would be interested to hear it with single coils, some spring reverb and a jag/jm. Bet it would sound the business.
Congratulations anyway..your attention to detail from the ground up is why makes your work qute special..
Kee it up
Thank you Sir.
Any speaker model suggestions? I am speaker illiterate...

You are most welcome to try it out with your gear if that would be possible.

Re: NAD - this time a combo

Posted: Fri Mar 04, 2022 9:11 am
by StrummersOfThunder
Jay wrote: Fri Mar 04, 2022 7:47 am
StrummersOfThunder wrote: Fri Mar 04, 2022 6:50 am Superb work , looks fantastic
You might find it interesting to try a more mid scooped American voiced speaker with it. Also those p90s will drive it pretty hard in terms of break up. Would be interested to hear it with single coils, some spring reverb and a jag/jm. Bet it would sound the business.
Congratulations anyway..your attention to detail from the ground up is why makes your work qute special..
Kee it up
Thank you Sir.
Any speaker model suggestions? I am speaker illiterate...

You are most welcome to try it out with your gear if that would be possible.
Anything american voiced such as a jensen c12n etc

Yep would like to try it fore sure

Re: NAD - this time a combo

Posted: Fri Mar 04, 2022 12:07 pm
by Marshmallow
Bg wrote: Fri Mar 04, 2022 6:45 am
Jay wrote: Thu Mar 03, 2022 6:38 pm
Bg wrote: Thu Mar 03, 2022 6:06 pm

dude, hard to see the joins so it has to be good
What really annoyed me, was the attention to detail I put into cutting the corners' tolex, especially the top two front corners... because they stay visible.
I made sure they overlapped properly before I cut them with the Stanley knife. I glued them and they came out absolutely perfect...

Then after a few months this little gap appeared :evil: Something dried out or I stretched the tolex a bit too much. Nobody would notice unless you have tolexed before, but yeah, perfection is hard to achieve at times. I look at my Fender Princeton and see little imperfections there too :D
First cab I tolexed shrank when it dried after a month or two, it ended up with wrinkles all over it. At least it was only a quad....
Might have to get all my amps rehoused when I get back. Where do you source your tolex? Only have a black brown or green in Japan haha

Re: NAD - this time a combo

Posted: Fri Mar 04, 2022 1:07 pm
by Bg
I usually get mine from the states/europe. Locally livesound, expensive though