Hello DIYers All,
Here is my last creation, designed and built from scratch, and just finished these days, a 50's-60's styled guitar amplifier : The COMET .
If you don't like that vintage style, it would be better for you to skip... But if (like me) you like it, then enjoy 😀 !
Note that it is a personal, non-commercial production : I have nothing to sell and sell nothing... That must be said to avoid any misundertanding about the aims of my releases.
Let's go :
At the start, plywood and aluminum :
The UTAH AlNiCo restored/reconed 10" speaker form 1957 :
The faceplate and logo, vectorial drawn and laser etched :
The Tolex covering color choice (Ivory White / Surf Green) and grillcloth pattern (Fender BlackFace RI white-silver-black) :
Assembling the cab (nailed-screwed-Vinyl glued, angle-braced) and presenting chassis :
Presenting loudspeaker ans chassis :
Covering and Grillcloth-ing :
Chassis preparation, drilling and surface "bouchonnage" :
Chassis assembly and wiring :
The finished amplifier :
A+!
Here is my last creation, designed and built from scratch, and just finished these days, a 50's-60's styled guitar amplifier : The COMET .
If you don't like that vintage style, it would be better for you to skip... But if (like me) you like it, then enjoy 😀 !
Note that it is a personal, non-commercial production : I have nothing to sell and sell nothing... That must be said to avoid any misundertanding about the aims of my releases.
Let's go :
At the start, plywood and aluminum :
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The UTAH AlNiCo restored/reconed 10" speaker form 1957 :
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An externally hosted image should be here but it was not working when we last tested it.
The faceplate and logo, vectorial drawn and laser etched :
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An externally hosted image should be here but it was not working when we last tested it.
The Tolex covering color choice (Ivory White / Surf Green) and grillcloth pattern (Fender BlackFace RI white-silver-black) :
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Assembling the cab (nailed-screwed-Vinyl glued, angle-braced) and presenting chassis :
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Presenting loudspeaker ans chassis :
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Covering and Grillcloth-ing :
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Chassis preparation, drilling and surface "bouchonnage" :
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Chassis assembly and wiring :
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The finished amplifier :
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I think it is lovely, I love it. The color choice that would not have been my first pick was explained when the guitar came into view, so a perfect choice.
And that you took the time and effort to engine turn the chassis surface is terrific.
And that you took the time and effort to engine turn the chassis surface is terrific.
Thank you, guys !
I work with a small local company specialized in engraving/etching signs, emblems and plates. I design and send them vectorial 1:1 scale drawings that can be directly interpreted for engraving by their machines.
Well, it looks to be intended, but the reality is a bit different : in fact, I wanted to use these colors and consequently built the cab way before the discover and purchase of the guitar...
In the last July 9th, I was called by my local music shop about "a stunning lefty guitar for me, left at the request of the boss (a friend of mine) by the Gretsch/Fender salesman". Indeed, it turned out to become my next acquisition...
So yes, by chance, the color matching - while not so perfect - is satisfactory coincidence :
The French term for this surface finish is "bouchonnage", but do you know if there is a matching English/US term also ?
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I work with a small local company specialized in engraving/etching signs, emblems and plates. I design and send them vectorial 1:1 scale drawings that can be directly interpreted for engraving by their machines.
Well, it looks to be intended, but the reality is a bit different : in fact, I wanted to use these colors and consequently built the cab way before the discover and purchase of the guitar...
In the last July 9th, I was called by my local music shop about "a stunning lefty guitar for me, left at the request of the boss (a friend of mine) by the Gretsch/Fender salesman". Indeed, it turned out to become my next acquisition...
So yes, by chance, the color matching - while not so perfect - is satisfactory coincidence :
An externally hosted image should be here but it was not working when we last tested it.
The French term for this surface finish is "bouchonnage", but do you know if there is a matching English/US term also ?
A+!
I have never heard it referred to an anything but engine turning. If there is another term I am not aware of it. The web site below offers some alternative names though.
Eamonn Keogh's Engine Turning Page
Eamonn Keogh's Engine Turning Page
That's it, Enzo, exactly... Thanks !
For my engine turning, "bouchonnage" in French, I use my small bench column vertical drilling machine and an engine turning rubber pad. To achieve regularity in spacing and alignment of the pattern, I would need a X-Y table, or at least a guide, but my machine is too small for that.
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Here are some samples for the end...
The COMET at different settings. It's better to use a headphone to listen, if available.
With my Gretsch G5622T Surf Green already pictured in the post above :
https://soundcloud.com/tubelectron/r05-0008-rokabe-comet-g5622tmp3
https://soundcloud.com/tubelectron/r05-0025-finque-comet-g5622tmp3
With my GUN Guitars Mosrite Ventures :
https://soundcloud.com/tubelectron/r05-0027-tight-hi-comet-mosritemp3
https://soundcloud.com/tubelectron/r05-0021-caravan-loose-lo-comet-mosritemp3
https://soundcloud.com/tubelectron/r05-0012-chicago-loose-hi-comet-mosritemp3
Enjoy😀 !
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The COMET at different settings. It's better to use a headphone to listen, if available.
With my Gretsch G5622T Surf Green already pictured in the post above :
https://soundcloud.com/tubelectron/r05-0008-rokabe-comet-g5622tmp3
https://soundcloud.com/tubelectron/r05-0025-finque-comet-g5622tmp3
With my GUN Guitars Mosrite Ventures :
https://soundcloud.com/tubelectron/r05-0027-tight-hi-comet-mosritemp3
https://soundcloud.com/tubelectron/r05-0021-caravan-loose-lo-comet-mosritemp3
https://soundcloud.com/tubelectron/r05-0012-chicago-loose-hi-comet-mosritemp3
Enjoy😀 !
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Really nice amp. Gorgeous work and fantastic sound. My wife's uncle has a Mosrite that he got in a trade for some amp repair work he did for Mosely (this was in the early 90s in the small town of Booneville, Arkansas, pop. 4000, where the company was at one point located). They are sweet guitars. I really wish he'd give me that guitar. He doesn't play and it just sits in its case under a bed...
Thanks pdavis68 !
Indeed the Mosrites are cool guitars, leaving it sleep under a bed is really too bad... Mine is a custom Lefty Replica of a Mosrite Ventures Model, made by Eugen Wulff / GUN guitars, Luthier in Haarlem, The Netherlands.
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