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No-one has a name on this one yet, had some pine left over from another job, had some tweed left over from another job, had some grille cloth left over from another job... So yeah :)

5E3/Tweed deluxe sized head shell - will be in tweed, maybe reliced, not sure yet.
Usual specs - pine, 5E3 sized cutout, I'm sure lots of other amps would fit - we put a pro junior in the last cab I made! Dovetailed corners.

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Anybody looking for this or something similar, drop me a pm. This will end up on tardme/facebook otherwise.
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Groovy business you’ve got goin on there really
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Dude, you're a fuckin' machine at this stuff. Good work.
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You're inspiring me BG.


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wah.... ran out of tweed, can't finish it till the next batch comes in :(
Gives me time to finally sort my ampeg head though....
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I get the feeling you're really in your happy place when you're on the tools. :thumbup:

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Mmm wonder if a HiWatt head would fit :)

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Post by Danger Mouse »

I've been scouring the internet for a suitable modern high gain mini/micro head just so I can justify getting you to build a 1x12 for me :D

Won't be a while yet (moving house costs etc) but expect an order at some point...
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and a bit more :)

Marshall small box head completed and ready to go to welly...

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Covering 3 heads for a forum member... number 1 is complete :)

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the corners are still damn sexy under the plastic, just saying ;)

2 to go....
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Post by GrantB »

Nice work beeg. Finger joints, or dove tails, or bit of both?
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GrantB wrote:Nice work beeg. Finger joints, or dove tails, or bit of both?
Plywood is always going to be finger joints. The breakout with a router can be spectacular - I made a new jig for my table saw which makes finger joints less problematic :)

Pine can be either, I prefer dovetails for being inherently stronger. The tweed head above is dovetails, I do prefer them, just because they're always going to have that strength added by the wedge aspect. But finger joints give greater gluing surface so... swings and roundabouts ;)
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Great work, and its excellent seeing you getting orders for your wares. Shows what some quality workmanship brings!

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Bg wrote: Image

the corners are still damn sexy under the plastic, just saying ;)

2 to go....

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You give good head Beeg!
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jeremyb wrote:You give good head Beeg!
Your missus told you?

Another one being covered in western tolex and a blackface tweed head has reached tolexing too :)
My diary will be fulfilled by next week I reckon. I'm back to the uk for my dads birthday (and paris and eire) but if you want stuff doing, pm me. I'm happy to do retolexing or just tolexing and at the moment its at hobby prices. It won't stay that way so get in now.
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