Faux White Marshall Cloth Straight cab project

[Scumback Speakers]

I'm back at it...I had Bob Burt (bobburtcabinets.com) make me a 4x12 Marshall straight cab out of old antique pine. I've tolexed it in black Marshall levant, and now I'm going to paint up some faux Marshall white cloth to put on it.

I got the idea from my buddy 89custom (Metro member) who did this to a cab he had custom built by Swanson, so I bought some cloth from him, and got the fabric paint he recommended to use on it.

My plan is to do two cabs, one slant, one straight, with the Handwired metal handles, and gold piping around the cloth and over the top and bottom, too.

Hopefully it will turn out something similar to this one...




Pictures will be uploaded of my progress as I paint the cloth, let it dry, then iron it to make it permanent. Man, what fun!

[MacGaden]

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Pictures will be uploaded of my progress as I paint the cloth, let it dry, then iron it to make it permanent. Man, what fun!

Will you be wearing an apron ? Those are the pics I

[Scumback Speakers]

[quote="MacGaden"]Will you be wearing an apron ? Those are the pics I

[Scumback Speakers]

Well, the first calamity hit already. The fabric got frayed in the washer. Sure not going to put it in the dryer now, so it's hang drying.

So much for following the paint manufacturer directions.

[MacGaden]

[quote="Southbay Ampworks"][quote="MacGaden"]Will you be wearing an apron ? Those are the pics I

[Scumback Speakers]

I'm never living that picture down... One guy on the TGP told me his wife said I had nice legs. Then he said I better watch it around his wife.

Don't even know the guy! LOL

[MacGaden]

The comment I would have a hard time living down is the one where somebody

[Scumback Speakers]

[quote="MacGaden"]The comment I would have a hard time living down is the one where somebody

[bluze81]

UmUH back to the cab/grill cloth thread, Jim The picture of the sample cab is kinda hard to see with my old eyes but is it a simulation of a pinstripe grill cabinet? it looks pretty nice, amazing that the color is painted on.

[Scumback Speakers]

Ok, here's a bunch of pics. They're large, I didn't resize them down from 2048x1524 so you could zoom in on them if you wanted to.

Original cloth next to Marshall book cloth pics: http://southbayampworks.com/pinstripecab/origcloth.jpg

Painted cloth next to Marshal book cloth pics:
http://southbayampworks.com/pinstripeca ... dcloth.jpg

Painted cloth/cab cloth/book pic:
http://southbayampworks.com/pinstripeca ... ookpic.jpg

Almost finished cab. I can't decide on piping, white or gold? Pics ain't working well with the flash, sorry.
http://southbayampworks.com/pinstripecab/fauxcab2.jpg
http://southbayampworks.com/pinstripecab/fauxcab1.jpg

White piping close-up:
http://southbayampworks.com/pinstripeca ... piping.jpg

Gold piping close-up:
http://southbayampworks.com/pinstripeca ... piping.jpg

White and Gold piping close-up:
http://southbayampworks.com/pinstripeca ... iping2.jpg

White and Gold piping close-up (with flash):
http://southbayampworks.com/pinstripeca ... piping.jpg

Front of cab pic, both piping colors shown:

[mwm523]

White piping.

[908ssp]

Grill cloth looks terrific. Both pipings look good but the gold is my choice.

[bluze81]

looks really good, gold piping for shure!

[Scumback Speakers]

I'm thinking the white looks more traditional than the gold. The gold seems to disappear in comparison.

[bluze81]

the white pipe looks like a reissue or something Marshall would try,the gold looks class, to me, more like your work Jim,[hows that for kissin up!]