1966 Fender Showman (New Cab Pg 2)

HNB · Post by **HNB** » Sun Apr 21, 2013 6:16 pm

Should be done this coming week. I can't wait. I am having Marty at Lamar speaker cabs build me a 1x15 cab for it with a Jensen MOD 15-120 speaker. Black tolex, gold cloth, closed back, birch ply... Should be really nice. He even asked me to send pictures of the head so he could try to match cloth color as best as he could and tolex. Nice guy to talk to. Like the pic below, but gold cloth, not silver.

The cab is smaller than a normal Showman cab, but the head will still sit on it nicely and that should make it a little lighter to carry around.

HNB · Post by **HNB** » Fri May 03, 2013 3:43 pm

Been awhile. It has been at Velvatone getting cleaned up and caps worked on. I got these pictures yesterday. Pretty awesome.

Before

Showman Before by Hentai No Baka, on Flickr

After Cleaning

Showman After by Hentai No Baka, on Flickr

Thomas · Post by **Thomas** » Sat May 04, 2013 12:19 am

Looking swish!

HNB · Post by **HNB** » Wed May 08, 2013 3:54 am

Loads of pics so I will put them in a spoiler.

► Show Spoiler

All finished! I got a vintage red jewel from him, but he also had a small amount of lemon colored ones. He said they are discontinued and kind of hard to find. They look gold with the light on. I like it a lot.

IMG_3266 by Hentai No Baka, on Flickr

IMG_3272 by Hentai No Baka, on Flickr

IMG_3278 by Hentai No Baka, on Flickr

IMG_3279 by Hentai No Baka, on Flickr

IMG_3280 by Hentai No Baka, on Flickr

IMG_3281 by Hentai No Baka, on Flickr

IMG_3283 by Hentai No Baka, on Flickr

taylornutt · Post by **taylornutt** » Wed May 08, 2013 2:06 pm

HNB wrote:Been awhile. It has been at Velvatone getting cleaned up and caps worked on. I got these pictures yesterday. Pretty awesome.

Before

Showman Before by Hentai No Baka, on Flickr

After Cleaning

Showman After by Hentai No Baka, on Flickr

Looks Ace. It' cleaned up really good!

HNB · Post by **HNB** » Wed May 08, 2013 4:19 pm

Jeff said the grime on it was really weird. It looked like rust (a little was), but it wiped off with water. (He also told me he avoids chemical cleaners as much as possible in favor of water and a fine steel wool. Sometimes he uses a little bit of soap, but not often.)

Gabriel · Post by **Gabriel** » Wed May 08, 2013 5:11 pm

It looks amazing, such a sweet amp.

lorez · Post by **lorez** » Wed May 08, 2013 6:37 pm

HNB wrote:Jeff said the grime on it was really weird. It looked like rust (a little was), but it wiped off with water. (He also told me he avoids chemical cleaners as much as possible in favor of water and a fine steel wool. Sometimes he uses a little bit of soap, but not often.)

Looks like rust but isn't? Has someone poured irn bru on it?

HNB · Post by **HNB** » Wed May 08, 2013 9:32 pm

Maybe someone tried to improve it with beer?

Brandon W · Post by **Brandon W** » Wed May 08, 2013 9:37 pm

HNB wrote:Maybe someone tried to improve it with beer?

HAHA! It never works.

Thomas · Post by **Thomas** » Thu May 09, 2013 12:40 am

SLOAN

Seriously tho, it looks great man, I'm simultaneous jealous and totally stoked for you!!

HNB · Post by **HNB** » Thu May 09, 2013 12:45 am

Thanks! I am really happy with it and the work that was done. Nice to have a tech who gets what is important to you.

Thomas · Post by **Thomas** » Thu May 09, 2013 12:56 am

Too true

danelectro · Post by **danelectro** » Fri May 10, 2013 4:39 pm

Nice! I had a blackface showman head that I bought when I was in high school (1977) for $50. I sold it a few years later with two 2 x 12 Jenson loaded cabinets for $250 because I needed money for dating. What a shame.

HNB · Post by **HNB** » Sat May 18, 2013 11:32 pm

Cabinet came! It is awesome! (Aside from the metal corners that came black instead of chrome. I am sure Marty will send me some to swap.) Sounds great too. Once kiddos aren't napping, I will do a demo. VERY nice and warm. Tremolo is nice as well. I have wash cloths between the head and cabinet because the handle on the cab is taller than the head's feet. I will need to find a better way to lift the head up a little. Coasters or something?

IMG_3394 by Hentai No Baka, on Flickr

IMG_3391 by Hentai No Baka, on Flickr

IMG_3390 by Hentai No Baka, on Flickr

IMG_3388 by Hentai No Baka, on Flickr

IMG_3384 by Hentai No Baka, on Flickr

IMG_3382 by Hentai No Baka, on Flickr