Bare Knuckle Pickups Forum
Forum Ringside => Guitars, Amps and Effects => Topic started by: d1dsj on April 16, 2011, 12:35:35 PM
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A while back I bought an old Orange 4 x 12 and it wasn't exactly what I thought I was getting condition wise. It was pretty rough as you will see from the photo's, painted black and the grille cloth just cut out. Well I decided it was going to be my project cab and then my gigging cab. This is what it looked like when I got it......
(http://i165.photobucket.com/albums/u76/d1dsj/Orange1.jpg)
(http://i165.photobucket.com/albums/u76/d1dsj/Orange2.jpg)
(http://i165.photobucket.com/albums/u76/d1dsj/Orange3.jpg)
(http://i165.photobucket.com/albums/u76/d1dsj/Orange4.jpg)
After many hours and sore fingers here is the end result. New corners, got the old metal handles powder coated and re-chromed and I'm real happy with the end result. So much so I did my amp box to match. Not sure if I would bother doing this again but who knows. Speakers are 2 x G65's and 2 G12-30H anniversaries and an X pattern.
(http://i165.photobucket.com/albums/u76/d1dsj/DSC01065.jpg)
(http://i165.photobucket.com/albums/u76/d1dsj/DSC01064.jpg)
(http://i165.photobucket.com/albums/u76/d1dsj/CornfordOrange4-1.jpg)
(http://i165.photobucket.com/albums/u76/d1dsj/CornfordOrange2.jpg)
(http://i165.photobucket.com/albums/u76/d1dsj/CornfordOrange5.jpg)
(http://i165.photobucket.com/albums/u76/d1dsj/CornfordOrange7-1.jpg)
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What an absolutely fantastic job you've done!!! PDT_003
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Incredibly awesome! Nice work Don!
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Blimey, what a transformation! :D
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Crackin job that!
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:ctf2: WOW !
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That's a first rate job there and like a Phoenix it rises from the over-sprayed ashes. Looks superb.
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Cheers fella's, it was a labour of love for sure. :?
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You did a nice job on the last one and this one looks equally has good. Nicely done.
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Yep, that looks very classy! Great job.
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Looks very very nice indeed, hard to beat a BF Mk50H ;)
From your settings I would say you definitely like gain :lol:
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I bet it sounds as good as it looks too!
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That looks great! Well done.
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Thanks fellas it's always great to have good comments from fellow players. The cab was a little daunting to say the least as it had to be done in one piece and at one stage I thought it was going to be a disaster!
Hunter, I don't normally have the gain quite so high but I was just testing the speakers at lower volumes and I got carried away! Ha ha. When I'm gigging I like a fair bit of crunch, so the pre vol is about 6 and the drive about 5 for heavy tracks / lead breaks. Apart from the fact it can be a little noisy (mains hum) I really love these amps. On a sour note, the cab is not for everyone, with those speakers it weighs an absolute ton.... heaviest cab I've got!
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That looks great :)
I too had an old Orange cab that'd been painted black :lol:
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Hunter, I don't normally have the gain quite so high but I was just testing the speakers at lower volumes and I got carried away! Ha ha. When I'm gigging I like a fair bit of crunch, so the pre vol is about 6 and the drive about 5 for heavy tracks / lead breaks. Apart from the fact it can be a little noisy (mains hum) I really love these amps. On a sour note, the cab is not for everyone, with those speakers it weighs an absolute ton.... heaviest cab I've got!
It's the reason why I got another preamp to go with the Mk50, so I can have the full on drive tone from the Cornford without compromise, and still get stellar cleans and hairy crunch from the Groove Tubes Trio I added to the setup. Best of both worlds.
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You've done a great job on that cab. It looks like it came that way from the factory.
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great job - interesting that its got a bass port like that on the back. never seen one on an Orange cab, but Hiwatt and Sound City both did.
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Yep, impressive work- thumbs aloft from me too.
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Great job!
But white!??
Matters not....good work!
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Great job!
But white!??
Matters not....good work!
could be a new hybrid - 'white metal' :lol:
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Isnt that the name some people give to christian metal :lol:
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Why white? Well for me the best looking half stack was the white one on the front of the Marshall book, for me it's the sexiest amp/ cab out there. I'm real happy with the result and so far the mix of speakers seems to be pretty good, albeit very heavy. Our next gig is the 30th so I'll be able to tell whether they working well with the amp.
Ref the port on the back. The cab was a mid 70's and came with a chipboard back and my '72 came with a ply back. As I was going to have a ply back cut I just thought that I'd try it ported as they have loads bottom end and letting some sound out of the back may benefit the drummer. I've got enough fabric to do another if it doesn't work out.
Again, many thanks as your positive words mean alot as this very nearly didn't happen as my patience was wearing thin. I have just got another mid 70's Marshall checkerboard grille that has loads of mojo but it's not the look I like. It came as part of a trade I did with a mate to help him out, I didn't need any more 4 x 12's but he couldn't raise the cash for one of my guitars so it helped him out. I haven't even picked it up yet and I can't decide whether to sell it or do another refurb.... maybe Red levant? Don't know yet .... not sure I have the desire yet. Lol...
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Isnt that the name some people give to christian metal :lol:
don't know, wouldn't listen to owt like that - I like my metal thoroughly neanderthal and satanic :lol:
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My bad on the thread revival, but that looks fantastic! :D I must locate myself a ratty old Orange 4x12 now...