Thanks!

^really valuable advise. Sourcing parts for projects is a pain, but having the vendor list up there takes the guesswork out.

Dr Tony Balls wrote:I'll add to let me know if you have any questions about anything amp-making. Got plenty of experience to share.Dr. Balls, you are world-class. How wonderful is it to have people like Doc Balls, Nate Dort, DFTR, benadrian, and many others, willing to share years of experience with newbies and enthusiasts.

Just finished one of these:https://www.distortionltd.com/diy-kits/ ... or-diy-kitIt came out looking nice, and does a nice approximation of a Shellac guitar sound. The power jack is kind of spotty though, and hard to get to once everything is together.

Spent the last 3 or 4 weeks remodelling a tired old Simms Watts cab (used to be an Ike Isaacs combo) that someone local to me was looking to dump. I wanted to spruce it up into a matching cab for a Vox AC15 head.Here's how it came to me...Note the opening in the top where the amp chassis used to be mounted. Pulled the stock speakers (a pair of worn but totally functional cast frame fanes), stripped it, patched it up, plugged the chassis slot, cut a new baffle and redid it in Vox livery. New speakers are a Fane Alnico (A90) and a WGS Liberator, so this'll now handle 100-150W easily. Finished this afternoon, so here are a few pics...Really pleased with how it turned out.I posted a build thread up on another forum, which has a lot more in-progress shots. Link is here if anyone's interested.

That looks great. I vaguely remember a time when Vox grill cloth was only being made by the patent holders at Korg, who would only permit sales to authorized repair shops.Any plans for the old Fane speakers?

the letter o wrote:Spent the last 3 or 4 weeks remodelling a tired old Simms Watts cab (used to be an Ike Isaacs combo) that someone local to me was looking to dump. I wanted to spruce it up into a matching cab for a Vox AC15 head.Wow. That looks FANTASTIC. So cool. Well done.

endofanera wrote:Wow. That looks FANTASTIC. So cool. Well done.biscuitdough wrote:That looks great. I vaguely remember a time when Vox grill cloth was only being made by the patent holders at Korg, who would only permit sales to authorized repair shops.Any plans for the old Fane speakers?Thanks.Managed to snag a large enough piece of cloth from an eBay seller, but yeah, official stuff is harder to come by in any kind of volume. You can get Chinese copy stuff now, but no idea how authentic that looks in real life.I've got one of the Fanes in a teeny little 1x12, and it actually sounds great. Was given the cab for free (dude even drove it to my house), so I'll probably end up letting the other one go for enough to cover my shipping/packing costs.

mevermind. was trying to figure out how to post a picture. hit submit instead of preview.

Beautiful as always, Uglysound. Seriously classy.