How to make your amplifier look like a brand new custom shop model | Its Easy! | Tony Mckenzie
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- I recently bought an old favourite amplifier that was tatty and decided to give it a full makeover and you would not believe how good this amp looks now. Its easy if you are shown how to do it and I take you through this TSL100 (JCM 2000) amp from start to finish.
I always wanted to have a red Marshall amp and I have never seen this model in red so I decided to refurbish the amp and replace tubes, knobs, feet, handles, back cover and corners etc. It cost me about £100 ($150) to do it all and the amp looks absolutely as new! Worth the effort check it out.
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Hi! What kind of glue do you use? Can you tell me the brand?
Absolutely THE most important question there is! It's here: www.tubeampdoctor.com/en/tolex-glue-special-glue-for-tolex/tweed-coverings and I hope it helps. Thanks.
An absolute must watch for the in-between-gigs-frugal-musician-looking to enhance their image or for the love of their gear. Thank you very much for your knowledge.
Glad you liked this. Easy enough if you go slow and recommended to all! Thanks for watching.
I got a broken exterior JMD:1 head. This video has given me hope. Thank you a million Tony
I have no intentions of recovering an old amp Tony, but thoroughly enjoyed watching the video. I love your teaching style and
“ you can do it too” encouragement message. Well done...... Thankyou !
I missed this comment at the time... sorry about that, and thanks for the kind words and for watching!
Tony, what a great job you did. You are correct, the correct glue is key to getting it done well and staying put. I've done several and each time you learn something new and get better. The only problem I noticed is that the right vent was lifting from the levant revealing a small gap. It's very nit picky but is distracting to the eye. When, I've encountered that problem I'll add a small piece of levant to the inside edge which creates a tighter interference fit.
Thanks for that tip... seemed the vent also can distort a little on this amp from the heat. But great fix and thanks for mentioning it! Yes that glue really is the secret ingredient.... Thanks.
Looks amazing! Like it came straight from the custom shop. I'll be doing this to a Marshall SV 20watt head and 1x12 Cab I got dirt cheap off a friend after he left it too close to a charcoal BBQ and totally melted the side. Thanks!
Roasted Marsh mellows :) Yes it changes the amp completely and not too hard to do. Thanks for watching.
I've done a few of them,... the speaker bottoms will use up some material,... but they always look good when their done,.... I can't do it as fast as they do it in the Marshall factory,... but I get it done,.... your's looks good Tony,.... especially in red,... a guy can be proud of that for a long time.........
Yes certainly a good thing to do and not really that difficult overall... the glue is IMO critical and the wrong glue will make it hard to solve later problems (I learned form experience the hard way).. Ha Marshall are really good at that stuff agreed and amazing to watch. Thanks for watching...
Hey Tony!
I bought a used JCM 2000 for pretty cheap off Reverb, it had been toured with and painted over, but the faceplate is in pristine condition, so the chassis needs to be recovered. I have some red tolex and all brand new Marshall corners, vents, and handle ready to go. I’ve done several cabinets this year so my tolex skills should be pretty sharp.
I needed this video to see how you take the old pieces off. Thank you as always for your knowledge and guidance. Your channel is a treasure trove of knowledge for these niche topics.
Well I trust it all works for you! Go slow, use the heat gun/hair dryer and it will all be good :). Thanks for watching.
I am with you on this. Every amp I have ever purchased new still looked new 10 years later. When I buy used gear online not so much.
Some guys throw them around... as they do with guitars also. But I tend to be very careful. Even when I used to gig I never knocked the stuff about. I think it is the best way... and later if you want to sell then guys will buy whatever it is. Thanks Richard.
Yep it looks absolutely fantastic and super easy. I think I’m going to just keep plugging into mine and go to work.
Great tutorial thank you.
Ha well that's one way of doing it :). Thanks for watching.
Thanks for taking the time to post this video! It is very informative, and your teaching style is great too. The amp looks badass!
Thanks for the kind words... and for watching....
This was really helpful. I'm building a Marshall clone cab & now I know how to finish it properly.
Great to hear.... ALWAYS use decent and correct glue. Thanks for watching.
Excellent work, the amp looks great! I'm in the middle of making a pedal board with tweed covering, I found a couple ideas based on your work. Cheers!
Good to know it helped a bit :) and thanks for watching.
Best thing I ever watched - what an inspiration - done loads of amps since watching this last xmas
Completed one Sunday morning :) Thanks for the kind words and for watching.
Hey Tony! I watched this whole video, it’s amazing. I’ve got a nasty looking JCM 900 that I’d love to make “new”. Here’s my “want”... I want to “Stealth” it! All black. Here’s the hardest part though, do you know where I can find a black JCM 900 chassis front cover? If you look at the newer jcm800 studio stealth that’s what I’d love to do.
My tech just got the amp up to speed, now it’s time to make it handsome.
That will be hard to find... maybe someone like Zilla could create one... or if you're in the UK ask Marshall themselves... they are not unhelpful in my experience. Glad you liked this. I completed mine in about 5 hours or so... make sure you use the right glue!
@@tonymckenzieofficial yessir! I’m in the states. I actually started yesterday. I’ve pulled off the old tolex, the heat gun helped so much but now I have to remove the glue. I’ve been scraping it and using an Orbital Sander which makes it simple. Once that’s done I’ll use wood filler to clean it up. Then I’ll start the tolex! I ended up getting a dark wine red color. Appreciate the reply!
Hey let me know if you get any problems and post them on here as other guys probably look for answers. Thanks.
@@tonymckenzieofficial I completed it! :) I must say, the hardest and most annoying part was removing the glue from the box. An orbital sander really helped with that though.
As for my Tolex, I really don’t like the job I did on the corners, I might’ve used to much material which made it hard to get the correct cut. I’ve got leftover material so I might practice again on another old amp :) I just wasn’t sure where to really cut the corners, so some of the wood is showing on the bottom lip where the chassis sits.
@@tonymckenzieofficial Hey Tony! Uploaded my video, check it out :) Definitely gave you a shoutout, thanks for all your help!
ua-cam.com/video/3ao38Maw7Rg/v-deo.html
Brilliant Tony! Thats another weekend project for me 🙂
Its worth doing but use the heat gun, a roller AND the right water based glue... Thanks for watching.
@@tonymckenzieofficial Nice one Tony. I will let you know how I get on
Watching this for the third time. Will be attempting this over Xmas.
Right glue? hair dryer? wallpaper roller? and decent knife and vinyl and you'll do it! :) Hope it goers well for you and thanks for watching.
@@tonymckenzieofficial hi Tony. Yes mate, got everything. Same glue as you and everything else. Will be taking my time and fingers crossed a good job
Tony, you silly old bugger! I've dne this in my teens, but at 68 and disabled, no way! Looks grand though! Congratulations!
I can't disagree :) Scarily I am now a little younger than that... but I admit I am not disabled (Don't believe my wife :) Hey Richard... stay safe dude.
I'm "restoring" a 1976 Musicman 112-65....
This video has been a great help....
Thank You kind Sir.
Thank you, I just did this with my dads 1961 fender baseman head!
Hope it came out OK and that my video helped at least a little. Well done for having a go at it... and stay safe.
Sensational job, I'm about to undertake a renovation of an old peavey XXL and this video was exactly what I needed. Thanks Tony.
Great that you are doing an amp too! Listen, be VERY careful what glue you use. I have only ever found that TAD glue works without bubbles or bubbles appearing later... other than that you should come out really cool.... thanks for watching.
I am gathering the courage to do this to my Ultimate Chorus, just a few plays of this video and I will give it a shot, it was a warm video, you make it sound so easy :D Thanks.
Trust me - you CAN do it. But take what I mention carefully - things like 'glue' of the correct type works and the wrong type does not! Note the heat gun, note the 'corners' note the staple gun and that sort of thing and you'll fly it. This was in fact only the second amp I have ever recovered at that time and I did it one Sunday morning starting at 8:00 AM :) and hey thanks for stopping by...
Hey Tony, I have an old Marshall Lead, I want to cover and I was wondering what it would be like to do.... This was great to watch, now I know. thanks again.
Billy B Just get the right glue! The wrong stuff bubbles up when you turn the amp on, or it just lifts. I have used loads of glue and the one on this video is the best I have ever managed to get. Regular glue is a total waste of time... I've seen guys harp on about much of it and tried many types and that is to me the real secret of doing this. Glad it helps and thanks for watching.
Wow this is how to elevate the cheaper finished solid states such a charm my friend!
It makes any amp look pretty cool :) Stay safe.
Thank you Tony. Appreciate your time. Great tips. Will do mine now. Cheers
Do come back and let me know how it all went! and stay safe.
I was thinking at the beginning that the amp didnt look bad enough to need to be redone. But once I saw the finished product I have to admit it looks a hell of a lot better. It looks amazing now.
There was more to it in reality... it looked tatty. And I bought it for really not much money (just £300'ish or $380) so I decided to do this to show guys how. Not expensive and actually the very first full head I ever recovered. Thanks for watching.
That was a steal. Good job.
Nice job. That looks beautiful.
Thank you very much! and thanks for watching too...
That was incredibly helpful. Thanks Tony! I have a white 1960a 4 x 12 cab (Randy Rhoads model) that used to look OK underneath a Hughes and Ketner head. But now Im on the cusp of buying a new Marshall DSL and a black Marshall head on top of a white can is going to look pretty awful. So Ill be buying some tolex and other parts... thank you for your instruction on this video... Im a tad nervous about it but hey so what... gotta try I suppose!
Ha... just ensure you get the RIGHT glue - I tried everything before I got the TAD glue and nothing worked... but this stuff was great. Thanks for watching.
You did it like a pro.Good job sir!
+wheelsdeal Thanks for those kind words!
Awesome video. Going to try this myself!
You should. This was only the second amp I ever covered at that time... and thanks for watching.
Tony! you're a bloody legend, you are! :)
how the hell did I oversee this posting? I'll be doing this on the weekend (planned it all out before I saw this), and you've saved me lots of pain, wailing and gnashing of teeth.
the wee beastie looks grand in red. ...a right looker. my amp's a 30th anniversary which'll be restored to the condition when I bought it in '92. btw, covering the cab is going to be a giggle and a half.
rock on mate.....and thankyou muchly!
Hey Ted did you ever recover that amp? Stay safe.
Beat up gear looks amazing idk maybe just my taste.
Ha... when you say that I think of the wife.... OOPS! only joking of course :) but I do know what you mean. Some stuff could look better a little bashed. Thanks for watching.
Sure does but only when you've done the beating up. I hate those "Road Worn" axes it's dishonest and it makes the owner look ridiculous. You see an eighteen year old with what looks like a battered old '57 Strat or a 1956 Les Paul. It looks ridiculous, just do the math the guitar is 47 years old and it's almost 30 years older than the kid playing it. He couldn't have knocked it around that badly in eight years, assuming he started playing at age 10.
Honestly, I think the 'road worn' guitar stuff is a carbuncle on common sense. It's a marketing idea to charge even more for what are often overpriced guitars in the first place and some brands are simply 'pushing' that idea until it will one day dry up the money tree. Good luck to them but it's unlikely I would EVER buy one of those. As you say, we can knock our own gear around if we want to :) actually though I look after my gear and hate even a scratch.
tonymckenziecom, I so agree.
tonymckenziecom absolutely agree Tony.
That is a thing of Beauty my friend.
greatvanzinni Thanks.
I have NEVER seen or heard of JCM 2000 for roughly $300.........I would buy every time just for the price! Amp looks amazing 😉
It was GBP £ in the UK not $US (so a guess would be $500 USA). The TSL100 had a really bad reputation because of the failures of the motherboard. I got my amp off eBay literally - it was tatty - and hence after replacing the board I moved on to the red Tolex :) and it came out really nice. Watch for the TSL as they do come up... and thanks for watching.
agreed...much cheaper across the pond, I do believe. : )
I have two TSL60 amps. They're my favorite. The DSL50 amps sound good too.
I had a TSL60 also at one stage. I was recording a guy who bought in a TSL100 and it was a slightly different tone and 'feel' to the amp so I bought the TSL and used it for some time. In any case, I have a near finished video showing how to fix the TSL (JCM2000 series) and DSL series with later boards for anyone who get in to problems... I also show the biasing etc. and that video review replaces the main board and shows the reasoning why. All good amps for sure, but if you have an early board they can be trouble as you will see in my review... watch the channel for that. Thanks for watching.
Wow excellent video Tony. Thanks for taking the time to show it.
Thanks Peter
Once I finally fixed the foot switch jack (what a nightmare) - I think the TSL100 is a remarkable sounding amplifier. Running that amp on the Red Channel into Celestion V30s and Celestion G12K-100s just sounds remarkable.
Yes they did have an issue with the footswitch socket on the board. I'm not sure if I ever mentioned that. I used a TSL100 on a track called 'Metropolis' (search for it) and the sounds I achieved match anything out there - one really great amp and they can sell here for so little. I used stock Marshall cabs with GH75 (I think that's what they are called). Thanks for commenting your experience with the TSL100 too - appreciated. Thanks for watching.
I use those speakers too with my Vintage Moderns.
Looks amazing! I have the very same amp and love it! I just need to replace the front grill material due to discoloring. The red looks awesome, though!
Well as you see it's not that hard. Choose decent tolex... and importantly get water based glue! it makes a massive difference. Thanks for watching.
Great video. I and my son going to hook up our jcm 800 with this look. It’s sick 🎸
Glad you liked it. Make sure you get the right glues or it's a pain! Stay safe.
From one Tony to Another, thank you so much for this video! This is exactly what I was search for! Big thanks from my band “The Polyorchids” all the way in California. Keep um coming!
Yes get your amp in some great colour and they really stand out and pop. Not that hard to do and the results are spectacular. Glad you liked it and thanks for watching. California is a really cool place to be BTW ;-)
Excellent video!! Well done, mate!! I will be re-covering my 89 JTM45. Any tips for safely removing the Marshall emblem? It is unbroken, so I would like to get it off without breaking it and reusing it. Cheers!
Yes.... push the plastic dowels from inside the case carefully and slowly. If you prize it from the front they break the plastic mounts. Whatever you do, use the right glue... water based rubbery type stuff as I showed - you can get other brands but get that wrong and it will bubble!. Thanks for watching.
Hope that TSL didn’t have the bias drift issue, after all that hard work.
Ha hreat point... however: ua-cam.com/video/RtFhvYcI6x4/v-deo.html should answer that :) Do what I did in that video and your problems are gone forever :) Thanks for watching...
Awesome amp I have it… nice video and I wanna do the same color
It's not too hard to do - first one I ever did - well almost. Cost me less than £100 here in the UK. On the amp, just check that the bias is good... you can have issues on the TSL100. I fitted a new board to solve mine (issue 20) and it brings that amp right back to being awesome - I agree. Some don't like them, but a brilliant amp for recording :) Thanks for watching.
That came out great. Looks professional. Great job Tony.
+coffeewaldo Yes this amp looks awesome now. Thanks for watching.
Thanks, the best recovering amp video. The first one I see where you show how to put on the pipe in the front. Thanks you are awesome by the way!!!
Thanks for watching this. It just shows how easy it is to do because this is only the second amp I ever covered! You can do it too!
Thanks for those kind words... these videos are made for guys like you. Thanks for watching...
Nice one Tony I`m gonna do the same with a tatty old 1960A cab I just bought cheap. Great video mate I`ll check out your site too. Thanks
They come out great... but just ensure the right glue or it will be bad! Thanks.
Amazing! Great work, friend!
Thank you... appreciated and thanks for watching.
Great content, old boy… keep it up.
Hey Tony. Thanks for showing how to apply tolex. I have an extra challenge to ask you "how to?" I build a JTM45 but didn't buy the cabinet made by Mojo tone. Have you build any cabinets? What wood is good for this model. Those KT66 tubes makes the inside pretty warm. It also looks cool with just chassis, transformers and tubes, but it is fragile. Do you have any cabinet buildings videos? Enjoy your spring across the sea. Steffen Denmark
Honestly I did NOT make the cabinet... Indeed I also made a JTM45 (a cream one you will occasionally see in the videos). I bought the cab from tubeampdoctor who imported it from the USA here: www.tubeampdoctor.com/en/shop_Speakers_Cabinets_Amp_Cabinets/ but they are expensive and I can understand you making the cabinet. They use Baltic Birch plywood usually to make the carcass, strengthen up with 1x1 wood, fit the front and screw the back to the 1x1. Then cover it... I saw Marshall sanding down the cab when I visited them here: ua-cam.com/video/WeerxAO3oRU/v-deo.html so you might pick up some info on that video. Hope it helps.
Hi Tony, I like your reviews, they are really in depth. I was hoping to see this one finished as I was really amazed by the JVM-JS head sound and was hoping to hear TSL as a comparison. Since it isn't, would it be a problem for you to elaborate in few words what it is that is different about TSL 60 from TSL 100? I can't really find that info online. JVM seems to be like a hot rodded 800 platform. How would TSL60 compare?
+Frostensen I had a 60w version some time ago before the 100 watt. It is NOT the volume that bothered me on either amp as there was plenty of that around. The tone was different on the 60w model. It's hard to explain why really... all I can say is that when I had the 60w a friend (great guitarist) told me that the 60w was 'cr*p' and that I should get the 100w version of the TSL. While I still had the 60w he came to the studio with a band to record and bought his 100 TSL with him (it was stock). His sounded really good and mine never did have 'that' sound. So after all of that later I sold the 60w and bought the 100w version. Side by side they are different in tone, feel and shall I say headroom. Strangely enough that 'headroom' bit I mention affected the whole amp (or so it seems to me). Either amp can play at lower volumes so the choice simply became 'did I want to sound like him' or did I wan the 60w ... I chose to change it for the 100w in the end and glad I was in doing that. Many say that the TSL is not very good and sounds this or sounds that... but I can tell you for recording with a decent microphone in the studio I have never achieved a better sound than I did with the TSL100. The JVM-JS head is completely different. The Satch head has the ability to really do it all whereas the TSL100 can do rock and clean (but not as clean as the Satch head). Think of the TSL as the step before the JVM410H (first model) and the Satch head. The Satch head is a JCM800 + + more whereas the TSL is similar to a regular JCM but with more drive. But I make no reservations whatsoever about recording a complete album on the TSL100. It was awesome - hence I bought the one in this video but it was tatty (what did I want for £300 or so?) and I decided to show how to recover one. I still have this amp and it is used often, but you do have to spend a little bit of time getting 'your' tone whereas the Satch amp just has it no matter what you do. Hope it helps.
+tonymckenziecom Thanks for the prompt reply. Very helpful. I was eying a TSL 602 combo since JCM800s are very pricey, hoping it can get those tones, but as it's a bit far away I'm gathering as much info on it. I guess I'll pass, too many people have too many bad things to say about TSL60. Thanks again and rock on :)
+Frostensen Yes the 100 is different.
That looks so good! Great job.
I'm tempted to do my 1960a cabinets like this.
Thanks for the great video.
+Johnny B Make sure you get enough material! Thanks for watching.
Thank you for this video...I am going through this journey as well ....This is so useful !!!!!!
It's a great thing to do and I thoroughly enjoyed doing this. The amp ended up like new!. Just ensure you use the right glue! or you can get issues. Thanks for watching and stay safe.
You did an awesome job !
It's amazing what a few hours on a Sunday morning can achieve :) Thanks for watching and you'll still see this amp around here as I still own it...
Wow Tony, that was incredible. I absolutely love the color too
Rory McCallum Glad you liked it. I always wanted a red one :) if you have some old amp have a go.
19:10 that facial expression is a perfect description of zero alcohol beer
Ha classic Philip :) I did not look that close before …. thanks for making me smile.
a proper right job there, hope to do this to my old amp someday!
Glad you liked it - it was great fun doing this amp too :) Stay safe Bryan...
Hi, nice video, what dit you use to put the white strips on the amp? and would it be viable to do this as a job?
The white piping is simply stapled to the case assembly as indeed Marshall themselves did originally. It's not too hard to complete this work if you use the right glues! and decent tolex. Hope it helps and thanks for watching.
Nice Work Tony!!! BTW, Can you please tell me what is the material that Marshall puts on the faceplate of their heads? Is it actual speaker grill material? I ask because I need to replace the old torn up one on my Marshall(MOSFET) head. I already took off the piping(& it's millions of staples... Yikes!) and removed the old material. I know I could use a diff material but I really want it to look stock. Thanks so much
Great question. I do believe it is a speaker grille cloth as you say, but they have never told me that. Yes they don't mess around with the staple gun! Watch them covering amps here on the video I made from a visit some time ago: ua-cam.com/video/WeerxAO3oRU/v-deo.htmlm41s the videos are long but I covered everything right through Marshall. Hope it helps and thanks for watching. Also watch this bit: ua-cam.com/video/WeerxAO3oRU/v-deo.htmlm8s
What a heck of a nice job Tony! I really enjoyed watching this.👍👍👍
Thanks... and glad you liked it... it was a massive improvement overall. Thanks for watching.
This is funny, I was thinking to give a new look to my amp (mesa boogie triple rect ) and you just show how to do it!!!!!
This is great!
Thanks Tony, always good to see you, love your channel!!
Cheers from Canada
Ha... see strange things indeed... so come on, do it to yours you won't regret it. Thanks for watching.
Oscar Lara did you end up doing it??
Awesome job buddy ... I own a TSL . I think it's an awesome amp . I don't have a problem getting great tones out of it . people are to wrapped up in boutique amps . They're just chasing product names , Jim had it right along time ago . It's amazing how many albums everyone loves are that Marshall sound . Wicked Cool Job Man ...
Yes I had an original that I used to write a track called Metropolis on and it was and remains since 2005 still the best lead guitar tone I have ever recorded... the TSL100 is an incredible amp. When I bought one second user it was tatty, so I made it look nice (at least to me) and created this video.
But also I was chatting with Steve (someone I was discussing amps with) and he was telling me about early amp problems of the TSL100. I checked it all out and saw that amps with early boards really did have pretty major problems with the main board and the bias 'running away' then zapping the tubes.
My amp was made in 2005 so probably OK but I decided to check the latest on those issues so I can make a video about it all. The latest and best revision of the main PCB is revision 20 and that solves basically everything regarding those earlier boards. Indeed, I might even have a revision 20 in my amp, but that matters not, I bought a rev. 20 board and am going to change that in a video on my channel. Now if I have an earlier board then that's OK and I'll upgrade, but even if it's rev.20 I'll swap it out on the video regardless. :)
But for anyone that owns a TSL100 (and I believe the same/similar board was used on some DSL's then the video should be very useful. I won't be selling the TSL any time soon and am glad to get one back while the prices are so low in the second user market.
Thanks for watching and watch for that TSL board change video as it should be interesting (even if I already have the latest board)...
Nice job Tony.
+The Tone King Yes it came out well :) thanks for watching.
+The Tone King Hey Tone King... I never twigged it was you... :) I watch your stuff quite often - you get to the parts that other beers cannot reach :) Just thought I would say hello :) T
he really does a nice job !!!!!
Thanks...
Mr. Perfect.... Thank you for your video 😁
Thanks for watching appreciated.
Congratulations on your "new" amp. You did a nice job. I really love my TSL100. I had one that had the bad main board, but I bought a new board, installed it, and it works great now.
I never saw any that cheap. Wow. That is a deal.
SaintFredrocks They are on the UK eBay all the time. From about £200 to £250 ($350-$425). The TSL100 remains one of my favourite amps for sure. I was playing it just the other night and that sound remains awesome once you get it right. Thanks for watching too.
Love it. If only Marshall had consulted with you before they designed the Astoria.
Ha Marshall don't consult with me for sure :) But a few years ago I did go around the Marshall factory and chatted with Phil Wells (a lovely guy) who knows everything there is to know about Marshall. Here's a link to part one - it was a really interesting visit.: ua-cam.com/video/WeerxAO3oRU/v-deo.html and part two which many seem to miss: ua-cam.com/video/rhe7qXP08qw/v-deo.html and thanks for watching.
This looks fantastic! If I only had the spare time, Tony do you know of anyone who would do this as a service for both amp and Cab?
I don't know anyone sorry... they will be out there but I have no contact. You could do the lot in one day. Thanks for watching.
+tonymckenziecom cheers Tony I'll have a look around!
Thank you very much for such a great video Tony....I never thought that reinstalling Tolex was such an easy job, well you made it look easy I am sure it was not, but is definitely doable.
Yes it was not that hard to do. I would always recommend new corners (if the amp has them) and absolutely the right glue. I tried to buy some more recently from tubeampdoctor.com but it was not available... let's hope it gets restocked, because that is the best tolex glue I have ever seen. It leaves no bubbles or anything like that and keeps the tolex on there really well. I still have the amp in that red. I did this on a Sunday morning and it took about three or four hours but so worth while. Thanks for watching.
Hey! Great job! Not really a fan of the color but man, you gotta respect a well job. Does someone know whats the name of the white plastic around the Marshall Plate thing? Thnx
Thanks for watching. Well it could be any colour... but I wanted to show how to do it really. The white is called 'piping' I believe. Stay safe.
*Nice1 Tony, that's a real beaut!, you made that look easy mate =)*
It was not perfect... and only the second amp I ever covered! But the glue was the secret for sure. Stay safe.
Tony very good job it looks beautiful and i'm like you i dont care if my guitars get aged but i want my amps to look new and match now you should show us all how to re do a 4x12 cabinet
The 4x12 cab probably won't happen because I have no 'tatty' one to recover... but thanks for watching.
Thank you for the great tutorial Tony!
+George S Anytime ... thanks for watching.
Beeee-u-ti-ful job Tony! I really like what you did there. Thanks for the fun video.
+heystarfish100 Glad you liked it. This was an amp that had been kicked around a little, but the result was like Cinderella... underneath the bad stuff was a princess :) thanks for watching.
Very impressive Tony, as always. Looks superb!
+paul day Yes I thought it came out great especially in red and white... thanks Paul for watching.
Tony thanks for another great video! Can you please share the link to the rewiring video that you talked about at the very beginning?
What rewiring? I have done loads - point me to where I said it and I'll give you the link :) Thanks for watching.
Verra nice, Tony. Greetings from Nashville!
+vivanasvegas Yes the red really does it especially with that gold front :) Thank you for watching.
Hey Tony, I was wondering if you are going to do an inside & out review for the tsl100. I'm really Interested in acquiring one but would like to see the built quality etc. Great vids as always, Thanks.
Good question... maybe I will.
WOW! Makes me want to cover one of mine just to get a different look! Haha!! Great job!!!!
Yes I know. It changes the amp and somehow you have a different vibe from it :) Thanks for watching.
Thank you for a great video Tony and for some very good tips that came in handy when I recovered my Cornford Roadhouse 30. Bye the way, what was it that you were going to come back and say about the glue @44:56?
The glue is really the secret to a great amp recovering. I used tube amp doctor glue on this recover. However, since then I have also used a 3M glue the '3M Scotchweld Fastbond 30 1LTR' which appears to be very similar - also water based! My opinion is that they are probably the same glue. Using glues that are regular contact adhesive never worked for me (EVO Stick etc) but this glue is really good. You DO need to have a roller (like I used) to roll the material really flat and also follow the instructions carefully because otherwise it might well not stay down. I recently recovered a Bogner amp in purple (its in one of the videos) and believe it or not I had to recover it again! it lifted. I believe that the tolex I used was not that great and I did not use the roller. I later used USA bronco sort of tolex and that went on perfectly and has stayed on. It all goes to show that ANY short cuts on this stuff absolutely do not work. This amp has remained spot on. Thanks and I hope this all helps.
Thanks. Learned a lot.
I completed it reasonably quickly on a Sunday morning :) Thanks for watching.
Wow now you've got an "Orange". Good for you. Well wishings and all the best furthermore. Have fun👉🏻👍🏻
Ha I guess you could say that :). Thanks for watching.
Buying the full length makes it possible to have only one seam, but this is not necessary. One can make two seams at either end of the bottom. That´s how my Carvin V3 was done from factory. Less waste that way. Gonna make mine Burgundy Python.
Good point. There are many ways you could cover an amp for sure. From experience though, one seam instead of two is one seam less to have lift at some time later! Thanks and stay safe.
what a great informative video Tony , end result is fantastic !
+Thebertski69 Glad you liked it. I think its great too - looks awesome in reality. Thanks for watching.
"And yours will too" he says, when I know for a fact if I had one of these and attempted the same it would mean many hours of swearing and one big pile of sticky Tolex. Yours does look great though!
***** No! it's all down to the glue! if you remove the old stuff, then you probably don't even need to remove the glue leftover I didn't and the result is awesome... but get the right glue and you will walk it. Thanks for watching.
Looks better than fantastic. And no, mine would never look this way because this requires a level of patience and craft that I just don't have! Need a shop that will do this !
But that's what I said :) Stay safe.
Just got one of these amps, and it doesn't have the cover on the back. Where did you get the one you put on? My one is pretty ripped as well so I might actually do what you did.
Go to any authorised Marshall dealer and they can order one...
Tony, great video as always. What did you use to safely clean up the chassis? Did you have any rust spots on the cover over the main board?
There generally are rust spots or what looks like breakdown of the coating that Marshall use to stop the chassis from rusting. I did have some, but I used a simple wire brush to get rid of the worst and I often then clean the chassis itself (very carefully) with some wd40 which seems to stop the rust coming back. Obviously be careful.... T
Ah! I hadn’t thought of WD40! Thanks!
Just don't get it near any power!... and I wipe it down lightly after to remove excessive residue. Works wonders Danny. Have you got it all running yet? Do let me know what you think of that amp after the upgrade. Regards... Tony.
It’s still all apart on the wife’s dining room table. I hoping the board arrives Thursday. The Mercury choke should arrive Tuesday. I did receive a new 1500 watt, dual speed heat gun! I have no idea what that will eventually get used for, do you? *LOL* Thanks again!
Ha Danny... you sound just like me! Heat guns are very useful. I use mine for the heat shrink stuff to tidy up or as a protective shield on joints in the amp. If you ever make something like the Ceriatone HRM (Dumble clone) they tend to use the heat shrink on one end of shielded cable to stop shorts, but the shield the other end goes to ground thus creating a really good reduction in hum from the wiring. You might know this already... but just in case you did not. Careful now... don't sizzle the dining table with it! :) Nearest I got was the cloth :)
Looks brilliant mate, well done.
Thanks for watching.
Hi Tony .
I m thinking to change the corners on my 1960A cab .
Do you need to refill the rivets holes before putting a new one on ? Or just hammer back a new rivets on is fine ?
Thx
I just hammered the new rivets in there and they are fine. They don't come out from what I see. Just remove them like I did and it will be cool. Thanks for watching and stay safe.
@@tonymckenzieofficial hi . Tony . Thx for the advice . Stay safe .
wow very nice! that really steps it up a notch! great vid thanks for sharing!
Shadowsreach1 If you have a tatty amp don't be afraid to try this. Its really not that hard. Thanks for watching.
Looks a lot better, good job man :)
zachary smith Thanks Zak.
So if I dont have a template to trace out, do you reccomend doing basically the same thing, and just figuring out the cuts as I go? I have several amps to do, but just really nervous I wont be able to do the cuts right. Maybe Im overthinking it?
HI James... well I had nothing to work it out from either... just remove the old stuff and preserve it so that it can be a template like I did. Trust me on this it does work! Go very slow on the corners... but if it screws up you can get the corner covers anyway and it would still look good :) The recent Bogner I completed in purple was hard because there are no corner covers whatsoever. James, the biggest secret to it... honestly is two things... a really sharp knife and the correct glue. Wrong glue and you will end up doing it again with the right glue. The first one I ever covered I 'listened to others on forums' and used impact adhesive (you know the sort) and what happens is this. At first its all good and you pat yourself on the back for a great job. Give it about a week and you start to see 'bubbles' appearing... then again, and again and... they keep coming back forever and its the glue. The stuff I showed or other specialised glue is the ONLY proper answer to getting things right. Hope some of this helps... and stay safe and indoors right now.
Hello Tony, I admire your energy. I just turned a whiter shade of pale. Looking forward to seeing how you do it.You ought to open a school. Tony's school of electric guitar technology.
+Anthony Goodlove Ha Hi Anthony... sorry no school here... but it was great fun doing this project - a really cheap amp (at least here in the UK - and second user) turned in to one really nice amp that looks wonderful. Thanks for watching.
Ok Tony,
All my materials to recover my DSL 100 head and 4x12 cab in red levant will be here tuesday, along with a conversion to celestion g12c hendrix greenbacks.
I will report back. I have not forgotten!!!! ;)
+Johnny B Take your time and watch for those corners.... especially where the material is angled to the inside of the cabinet - it can easily be cut at the wrong angle....
+tonymckenziecom
Yes sir. I have a good set of x-acto knives and a lot of patience. Using the same glue as well from mojotone I believe. I have 4 running yards of 54" wide material so it should be plenty. I am also going to cover the baffle like you did. I think that looks much better. I'll be sure to share when complete.
+Johnny B Yes I would love to know how it goes. Do let me know.
Nice job Tony, Looking wicked!
I've seen some guys make head shells for those Orange Tiny Terror amps. So this video got me thinking, When I get the available funds to do so, I might just have a look at getting one of those used, and make a shell for it, and rather then re-covering it in tolex as you've done here, I'll hit the plywood with some primer after sanding it smooth, and give it a white and Orange swirl paint job with a clear coat finish! Not completely unlike the Steve Vai Passion And Warfare Universe, but with the Orange amps colour scheme. Find a way to secure the amp inside without the top cage that comes on those amps, make a front panel in the Marshall Style with some Black piping and a back panel with some vents on the back and top of the shell itself in Marshall Style. Swirl the Front and Back panels attached to the shell to get a continuous swirl paint job. Then get a Handle for it, some Marshall style knobs as the Orange knobs are varying sizes and don't fit in the aesthetic I'm thinking of, and a acrylic Orange amps logo made for the Front panel.
Depending on how long the weather lasts before the dreaded Canadian winter strikes again, this might be my little project for later this year or next spring.
Cheers mate!
Brandon Adams I've got a friend who made an Orange head shell too. They do look good if done right. Your idea on the head sounds cool I never thought of that. Interesting and I know those head cabinets do look cool... my mates was really cool and they can be done. Thanks for watching Brandon... and you have my sympathy on those Canadian snow times :)
Great job, looks fantastic.
hawg427 Thanks.
Thats a sexy amp now you need a matching red 4/12 cab!
***** Not enough material left... but maybe one of these days... thanks for watching. I really thought this one came out wonderful.
Hi....you look it make simple but still think you have a wonderful virtue with a pair of hands made it with gold, I prefer that you do it and pay what those 4 hours of work are worth and not run the risk of it being badly finished....Congratulation you do a great job Mr.McKenzie
Hi Mario (not sure which name :) actually I understand your comments... and you know what, I had only ever refinished one amp previously and it was not a pretty sight!.. The reason that I (or we) failed was so simple. It was by using the wrong glue. When you do that, it will bubble up over and over again even if you get of the bubbles they come back.
But not with the glue I showed on this video. By using that exact glue, everything goes on like a dream. It was the singular biggest thing I learned from this video as I made it. And the result even to this day remains perfect.
Ha I know what you mean and I can do things with my hands - I have always had an ability like that, but this is not beyond the means of most guys. But the right glue will make a wonderful job!
Thanks Mario for watching this... I watched it later and was as surprised as you were when it all worked out :)
How did you put the amp badge on? Did you use adhesive?
Its held on with little plastic nibs behind the badge... thanks
Great job Tony, it's a dirty job but there is nothing quite like a cool coloured Marshall.
Well that's a real compliment from you guys - Zilla Cabs are great stuff. Yes I agree, the difference between a before and after amp (like this one was) is incredible. I did this one on a lazy Sunday morning :). Thanks.
@@tonymckenzieofficial no problem at all mate. I'm a sucker for a good looking Marshall, it is what got me in to this game!
@@ZillaCabs Well you stay with it - you do a very good job far better than anything I could ever do really. I bought this amp pretty tatty, with a problematic main board (I swapped the board for a new latest version) and the refinish makes it look great. Many knock the JCM2000 (TSL100) but I used it extensively some years ago and in the studio it was really a brilliant sound. Thanks...
wow great work, I would love a purple marshall!
It would have been purple :) But I had red :) Thanks for watching and don't forget you could do it.
Too many knobs I'd get confused but as Tony said he likes this TSL100 it's all subjective I guess.. I have a JTM30 2x10. Once you sort out the design faults they are great. The JCM 800 is a great amp some say their last decent amp but I guess it's all about what pleases us the most. Looks nice though the red is great well done.
I have loads of amps from Marshall and many others covering from the early 70's to current stuff. I know what you mean about the knobs, but the JVM410H has even more! My take on the knob thing is its more about how the amp sounds really. The TSL100 of all the amps I have ever recorded with for a released finished piece of music had the best sound I ever achieved from any amp - even now years after the original recording I can't get better tones than from the TSL100 (even using the very same cab). The JCM800 IS a great amp also but Marshall have made very many great amps and a few 'duds' along the way. I was surprised with the silver jubilee reissue head - that has some really great tones just a little different than the JCM800 'sister' (or brother :) amp. I recently reviewed the silver jubilee on an inside and out review - it's on my channel. Thanks for watching.
I was thinking about spraying one with the rhino liner for truck beds.
Now there's a thought! I don't know how that might come out, but I guess if you play 'heavy metal' then that finish would be perfect :)
@@speedforhire :) brilliant...