Rawcab from ebay

[Milkmansound]

I just received one of these - I am going to cover it and re-house one of my personal amps. I have to say, the quality is pretty damn good for the money.

Has anyone else tried one? The ebay user is sorrycharly. I was originally nervous about the typos in his listings and correspondence however the cab is pretty great.

Next step - tolex learning curve. I will try and post some pics when its done

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[M Fowler]

Looks good, I have a Trainwreck cab from that ebay seller and it is well made.

[mhartman]

I've got a 5E3 cab from him that I'm just going to stain/lacquer. It is great quality for the price.

[ampgeek]

Sweet!
Check out Taylor's tolex tutorial here (sticky in the Speaker/Cab section) for some excellent hints if you need them.

https://tubeamparchive.com/viewtopic.php?t=17822

Cheers,
Dave O.

[Structo]

Can you post an ebay link?

I can't find the seller.

Thanks!

[mhartman]

Can you post an ebay link?

I can't find the seller.

Thanks!

Here you go:

http://stores.ebay.com/Pine-guitar-spea ... et-builder

[Phil_S]

Looks like the corners are done with a half-blind dovetail and a roundover bit. Is that right? Looks like a really nice cab.

Tolex isn't that hard. Taylor's video is "required" reading. Like anything, it's 80% planning and 20% doing.

For a 1st attempt, be sure to get the right kind of covering. Not all vinyl is the same. The stuff with the heavy cottony lining is all wrong (don't ask me how I know.)

The other thing is the adhesive. The best stuff isn't available or hard to find in small, affordable quantities. The last one I tried, I used the 3M Super 77 spray on adhesive. It was way better than ordinary contact cement and it worked out very well.

Because it is pine and fairly porous, you may want to prime it with a light coat of polyurthane. This will fill the pores some and keep the adhesive on the surface where you want it. Of course, it may raise the grain, but a light sanding after priming is in order anyway.

Enjoy the project!

[Milkmansound]

Been chipping away at it all week at night. Finally got it just about done - just needs hardware and an amp/speakers.

Tolexing was far from fun, but very rewarding to have it come out remotely well. I spent about 3 hours on it - next time will be much much faster. I was more nervous about that first tolex cut than I was on prom night

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[statorvane]

That came out great. Speaker grill is perfectly straight. Sure you haven't done this before

[M Fowler]

I think Tim is a perfectionist so naturally it is going to come out perfect.

Great job

[dorrisant]

I've been watching that seller for a while now... gonna sorting for a cab fit sure now...

Great looking Tolex job!!

Tony.

[Milkmansound]

installed the hardware this morning - and she's just about done!

Definitely give this raw cabs guy a shot. This was a very cool thing to learn, and is just as essential to the history of amplifiers as the circuits themselves. I am not going to cover every cab, but its nice to know that I can knock out a Fender tolex job when I need to. The whole thing, from ebay purchase to today was about a week and a half. No one else can get you a cabinet that fast - Mojotone takes like 90 days! (and honestly the woodwork on this is higher quality)

I will post pics in a few weeks when I get a chance to build up my chassis (weird that I have the cab first, and no amp to install into it!)

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[Phil_S]

Hey, that looks great, especially for a 1st time. No will be looking at it any closer than we see it in the pics. Don't go pointing out where you "messed up" and folks won't know. Congratulations on a job well done!

[mhartman]

Damn! That looks great! Nice work!

[Structo]

Good job!

Looks great!