Getting a paint job...

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Getting a paint job...

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 Wendigo
Posted on Tuesday, May 16, 2006 - 01:37 am:   

Here is my newest aquisition:
The 115HD 130 "combo"
Someone made it into a stack and I'm gonna paint it. Anyone got some suggestions as to what might look cool?
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 uposb4
Posted on Tuesday, May 16, 2006 - 04:23 am:   

I think it looks great the way it is.
 Wendigo
Posted on Tuesday, May 16, 2006 - 09:48 am:   

Yeah I think so too....just can't help imagining what it might look like with a psychadelic stain, or with some freaky guitar player cartoons or something really subdued but classy...can't decide...
 Steve Kennedy (admin)
Username: admin
Registered: 03-2002
Posted on Saturday, May 20, 2006 - 09:49 am:   

I like the wood look myself, but there is one thing I would suggest changing.
The grillboard on the front of the head should have cutouts to allow air to flow through the cabinet to keep the output tubes cool. You may wind up cooking your amp over time if you do not improve airflow.
The factory grillboard had two (mirror-image) parallelograms on the board and grill-cloth covering the board.
Steve
 wendigo
Posted on Sunday, May 21, 2006 - 10:39 am:   

Ok man thx for the tip. I will be fixing it up soon, and when I get the cloth/tooley etc I will make the holes. It has survived 29 years how it is so I will not panick right away tho.
 Jim Wagner (jim_wagner)
Username: jim_wagner
Registered: 05-2006
Posted on Saturday, May 27, 2006 - 10:22 am:   

I fourth the motion---I also think the wood finish looks great. My suggestion for ventilation would be to cut a couple of "F" holes (like on violins and some hollow body guitars) put one above the other, running horizontally along the face. That might look kind of cool with the existing "wood motif ".---Just a thought.
Cheers
--Jim
 Dave Register (wornneck)
Username: wornneck
Registered: 08-2006
Posted on Sunday, August 13, 2006 - 06:38 pm:   

A MM badge would look nice on there too!
 Douglas W. Fink (dfink)
Username: dfink
Registered: 06-2007
Posted on Wednesday, July 25, 2007 - 02:20 pm:   

I agree with all of the above. The wood is excellent...but yes, put in some sort of vents.
Nice job othewise...and nice Orange combo next to it!!
 Bill Traylor (bozzy369)
Username: bozzy369
Registered: 02-2008
Posted on Sunday, April 13, 2008 - 03:00 pm:   

i know this is a old post ,but i still would love to put a idea up(even though i'm sure he painted it by now),make some wooden and stained musicman badges and put on it ,now that would have looked really kool,just a thought