Vintage Marshall cabinet grill replacement pics

[RedPlated]

This is around an 84’ Marshall cab. I bought it all beat up off of Craigslist a couple years back. I stripped it, sanded and stained it. I originally put black grill cloth on it. But I decided checker would look better.

Yesterday I tore the cab down and replaced the cloth. I bought a new electric stapler with was well worth the cost. Made life much easier. The cloth came from Amplified Parts. It’s around $35 or so.

Before:

After. Looks like there’s some weird dark spot around the logo but it’s just the picture:

 

[John4021]

Thoughts on the tone without tolex.
I remember Friedman or was it Scumback did a naked cab.
Supposedly the tone was more alive

 

[RedPlated]

Thoughts on the tone without tolex.
I remember Friedman or was it Scumback did a naked cab.
Supposedly the tone was more alive

When I bought this one it was covered in a camouflage fabric. It was pretty ugly. The tolex was already off but it was still covered in the tolex glue. That’s the worst part to remove.

I don’t have a true A/B with and without tolex. And it doesn’t have an obvious tone difference to me, than most other cabs that would make you think the tolex really makes that much of a difference. It does remind me of Dave’s shop cab in appearance.

 

[FondledDuck]

Looks sick bro!

 

[Beyond Black]

Looks beautiful, nice job!

 

[SpiderWars]

Looks great! I've been wanting to do this but my cabs aren't beat enough, I know I'll find a total basketcase cab as soon as I stripped one of my good condition cabs. What did you use to gloss the cab and what stain was it. That color looks great.

 

[Findthetone1]

That looks a lot better. Very classy!

 

[Markedman]

by John Bazzano, on Flickr
Marshall by John Bazzano, on Flickr
Marshall by John Bazzano, on Flickr

Red Marshall 4x12 by John Bazzano, on Flickr

 

[Racerxrated]

Looks beautiful, nice job!

I concur!

I have a 79 and a 74 cab that could use new grill cloth. But every time I think about doing it, I wonder about ‘taking away the mojo’ lol

 

[ZEEGLER]

I've been thinking about refurbishing my 1960a cab. The tolex is shredded (not as bad as some I've seen), but fortunately the grill cloth is still in good shape.

 

[RedPlated]

Looks great! I've been wanting to do this but my cabs aren't beat enough, I know I'll find a total basketcase cab as soon as I stripped one of my good condition cabs. What did you use to gloss the cab and what stain was it. That color looks great.

I used a polyurethane clear spray. Had to put a ton of it on to build up the thickness. The stain is Minwax. I may still have it in the garage somewhere. I'll try to find the color.

 

[RedPlated]

Here is the stain used on the cabinet in the original post:

 

[sivad]

Good job and nice looking cabinet--Ive stripped down two cabs but no stain or sealer like you did. It was a bugger to get the old glue off...