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yeah, it's a stupid thing to do....but thats me.

hot rod deluxe i use with my 2x12. its too big and heavy to lug around with the 2x12. I thought about making a head to put it in...But then thought nah. just cut bits off and then stick it back together again.

So I did.



it is solid, but it's not a pro job by a long stretch because I had to reuse woood and material. I may order some new black cloth and silver grill and recover it and it should look kool. but for now I am pleased with my efforts.
Oh it is a little tall for a head..but that is as small as I could make it to fit the tubes.

<3 Hurb :D

What happened to the other grille cloth?

BobArsecake wrote:<3 Hurb

What happened to the other grille cloth?

its a little rough looking. The amp I have had for like 10 years at least. never selling. least of all now haha

I love it! What'd you do with the reverb unit, 'cause it's in the bottom isn't it? Just keep it there?

BobArsecake wrote:I love it! What'd you do with the reverb unit, 'cause it's in the bottom isn't it? Just keep it there?

The reverb is out of it at the moment but it could still fit in there. will get on with that tomorrow.
cheers. :P

It was my plan to do this to my squier 10 watt amp, a la doog many years ago. I realised it was quite a useful thing to keep as a combo though. It basically became my pedal test amp (for building). So I recovered it to match my cab. It's a bit rattly now though, I need to open it up and fix a loose speaker connection or something. I think I took pics after doing it, I'll see if I can find some.

I like it.

You'll make people search google for your amp when they see you play through it live somewhere or on youtube.

The pictures aren't that great, but show the idea. I also broke the bass pot when removing the knob to try other ones. It broke in the one position I use it so it's no big deal.

I actually thought yours looked a bit too tall at first, but looking back at it now I like it.

Did you keep the rest of the cab to add some wood to make into another 2x12? or whatever speakers where in there.

James wrote:I actually thought yours looked a bit too tall at first, but looking back at it now I like it.

Did you keep the rest of the cab to add some wood to make into another 2x12? or whatever speakers where in there.

Nah not enough wood. the amp only has 1 12 speaker it it.

i dig

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Nothing wrong with a 40w head to carry around when the venue may have a decent cab to plug into, says me. THEN AGAIN, rewiring your newley-remodeled HRD to conceal a pair of swtchable 150W 6"x9" coaxial Jensens from my dad's Volvo would make a funky stealth head under that grill. Would sound quite nasty when necessary too!

I think it looks good, personally. I've seen people doing this with HRDlxs, and people do it to Marshall JCM800 combos all the time.

Mike wrote:I think it looks good, personally. I've seen people doing this with HRDlxs, and people do it to Marshall JCM800 combos all the time.

I've seen that one before, I am guessing he must of moved the tubes as to have it sitting that way round it would be very wide.
nice job though.

Do you mean wide or deep? I presume the tubes in the combo point the same way as the knobs do, if you were looking down the pot shaft of a knob, that would be the way the tube is sighted?

Either way, he charges a bunch to do it so I think his is an involved mod. Anyway - better than having the bare chassis on your cab.

Mike wrote:I think it looks good, personally. I've seen people doing this with HRDlxs, and people do it to Marshall JCM800 combos all the time.

was looking for that pic. it's a great mod but kind of severe for what you essentially get out of it (i.e. a lighter version of the original amp..) - would rather trade the amp in for a used bassman head...

Mike wrote:Do you mean wide or deep? I presume the tubes in the combo point the same way as the knobs do, if you were looking down the pot shaft of a knob, that would be the way the tube is sighted?

Either way, he charges a bunch to do it so I think his is an involved mod. Anyway - better than having the bare chassis on your cab.

deep.
well if you see the hight of mine well the tubes are the reason it is this hight. so if turned it so the front was the bottom. the thing would be quite deep. and his is not. So he must done quite a bit of twiddling.

thats actually pretty cool looking.