How to make clean corners on an amp or speaker cabinet covering
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- Опубліковано 28 лис 2020
- This video demonstrates the process of cutting and applying the corners in tweed or vinyl for a clean look during the covering of guitar amplifier or speaker cabinets.
Tools required:
- Sharp cutting tool (I use Stanley hardware-style razor blades)
- Pair of scissors
- Metal square or ruler
- Heat gun (or hair dryer) with a lower-heat setting
The "tweed" (actually twill) or vinyl is first applied to the cabinet using a brush-on latex contact cement (LePage or other brands). A longer video to be produced later will go into such details.
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Thank you very much! I have to plan ahead and you explained what I want to know in this critical detail.
Great tips!! I've done many tolex recovers but only a couple tweeds - and the corners are quite challenging indeed.
I always liken it to wrapping Christmas presents in hell, but it gets easier with repetition. ;)
Looking forward to the upcoming video.
Thank you!
Nicely done; thanks for the tips.
Thank you!
@@ptwamps3682 ,
I have a request (and I feel guilty about it; I have no right to ask anything). If you ever run short of project ideas, could I ask that you show us how to layout the baffle board for a 3-10" tweed Bandmaster?
@@chokkan7 I haven't built a tweed Bandmaster (yet) but laying out the baffle shouldn't be too difficult. The original cabinet is 22.5 wide X 21 high. If you subtract the thickness of the cab walls and offset 1/8" on each side for the grill cloth and tweed, that would make the baffle 20 3/4" X 19 1/4" (although I always build the cabinet first then measure the baffle for a precise fit). In a 3X10 Bandmaster one speaker is above and the other two are side by side below, in a configuration close to an equilateral triangle. For 10" speakers, the holes should be 8.75 to 9" in diameter. I always find it helpful to draw things to scale on graph paper before beginning to build.
Perfect cut! Which contact cement are you using to attach the tweed/tolex to the wood?
Thanks. I use a product called Lepage Low-Odor Contact Cement. I believe it is only in Canada, but it is a white latex contact glue... a fairly generic product. Avoid regular contact glue -- the toxic stuff -- because it melts some types of tolex.
THIS is the PROPER technique (i.e., the way Fender has always done it) for finishing off the corners on a tweed amp. You'll see several YT videos by guys (who should know better) doing it the improper way - which is cutting the fabric at a 45-degree angle, resulting in a tacky corner that looks just like a wrapped present. Not good! For further reference as an example of the correct way, just pay particular attention to the corners of any new Fender tweed amp. Fender figured out from the get-go how to do this to achieve a very elegant, neat, finished-off look.
This is the more difficult way to do it (because you're cutting right along the narrow curved-over transition between two opposing 90-degree surfaces), and that's why most guys "cheat" and just fold over the fabric like you would on a Christmas present wrapping.
You NEVER want to be gigging with one of these things (esp. with their lack of corner protectors) in anything but a very controlled environment, and that's why they fell out of favor. But they are truly a work of art when done right.
Is this the actual tweed or the vinyl version the reason I ask is I am at the point of covering my Champ clone and the non tweed fabric is much less money and I was wondering if it looks as good. the video is great thank you.
looks nice. do you lacquer your tweeds? I'd love to see that part.
Thank you! Yes, tweed is lacquered. When I get time, I will add more videos on other parts of the cab building process... I've just been busy all winter with commissions. Cheers.
WILL YOU PLEASE SHOW US HOW YOU INSTALL THE CENTER PIECE ON THE FENDER AMP CORRECT. NO ONE SHOW HOW IT IS DONE PROFESSIONALY.
You were a paper hanger in your last life no? Seems the principle is the same for any vynal type cloth on anything. Good video
Actually, no, as far as my past life, but you are right that there are basic techniques involved. Cheers
What is the name of cover sir?
Hello, I'm using replica "tweed" (actually twill) cloth made by Wendell-Mellotone and sold by various amp parts suppliers in the US and Canada.