I don't know about you guys but I have found myself with several enclosures that I have either made mistakes in drilling or have recycled from other projects. After seeing some of the genius ideas of people covering enclosures with fabric I got a spark of inspiration.
I took these three enclosures and filled the unneeded holes with epoxy and then sanded them flat. I had this old tapestry laying around and sprayed them with adhesive to glue the fabric on.
First I build a two-in-one, Madbean Neutrino with a Red Ranger boost from Tonepad. To make it as impractical as possible :) I used a toggle (instead of a stomp switch) for the bypass of the Red Ranger. I like the way it looks on the outside but it's a mess on the inside!
(https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/71260554/Guitar%20Geek/Photo%20Apr%2007%2C%207%2040%2047%20PM.jpg)
(https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/71260554/Guitar%20Geek/Photo%20Apr%2007%2C%208%2059%2042%20PM.jpg)
The next is a Little Angel Mini Chorus made from mostly recycled parts...
(https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/71260554/Guitar%20Geek/Photo%20Apr%2008%2C%206%2007%2014%20PM.jpg)
The next one is a Tonepad Tube Screamer and the Slambox from Madbean. The boost seems a little unnecessary but it still sounds pretty nice.
(https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/71260554/Guitar%20Geek/Photo%20Apr%2009%2C%208%2005%2056%20PM.jpg)
(https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/71260554/Guitar%20Geek/Photo%20Apr%2009%2C%208%2009%2027%20PM.jpg)
These pedals were meant as an experiment and I had a ton of fun building them thanks to the inspiration of the builds I've seen here!
(https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/71260554/Guitar%20Geek/Photo%20Apr%2009%2C%208%2021%2007%20PM.jpg)
lol, actually those are awesome looking!
Nice recovery. I don't think anybody will notice anything unintentional with those. They look cool.
Really great look! It makes me wonder if you could shellac it with some thinned-out epoxy or something to get the tweed/fabric look of the ol' 50s Fenders. Really cool work!
Quote from: neiloler on April 11, 2013, 05:33:18 PM
Really great look! It makes me wonder if you could shellac it with some thinned-out epoxy or something to get the tweed/fabric look of the ol' 50s Fenders. Really cool work!
That's a good idea! It would look better with some depth to it and would probably wear a lot better. Thanks!
My favourite colour, so its all plus from me. I can see you enjoyed the builds well done. :)
Quote from: joshua_eiler on April 11, 2013, 06:30:20 PM
Quote from: neiloler on April 11, 2013, 05:33:18 PM
Really great look! It makes me wonder if you could shellac it with some thinned-out epoxy or something to get the tweed/fabric look of the ol' 50s Fenders. Really cool work!
That's a good idea! It would look better with some depth to it and would probably wear a lot better. Thanks!
I would try pouring Envirotex over that. It should work great.
Quote from: pickdropper on April 11, 2013, 09:40:40 PM
Quote from: joshua_eiler on April 11, 2013, 06:30:20 PM
Quote from: neiloler on April 11, 2013, 05:33:18 PM
Really great look! It makes me wonder if you could shellac it with some thinned-out epoxy or something to get the tweed/fabric look of the ol' 50s Fenders. Really cool work!
That's a good idea! It would look better with some depth to it and would probably wear a lot better. Thanks!
I would try pouring Envirotex over that. It should work great.
I'll have to read up on Envirotex and give it a go. That would give it some fantastic depth!
That's a cool idea, and anything purple is the bomb in my books.
The Red Ranger is a cool beast and when I was on the road back in the early 80's my standard rig was a 50 watt Marshall JMP and I used a Red Ranger on all the time in the middle setting to get extra grit on the top end and a bit more thump on the bottom end. Very cool effect, but I guess if it's your core sound it isn't really an effect...