Pow_22 Posted February 20, 2011 Share Posted February 20, 2011 Im about to take on a 2x15 Laneyt bass cab after chasing a 2x15 for ages. It has the usual black metal grille on the front and my question is.....if i cover this grille in a reto looking silvery speaker cloth will this effect the sound/efficiency of the cab? Was thinking of usuing a spray adhesive onto the grille (obviosuly while off the cab) and pressing it down onto a length of retro speaker cloth before cutting to size etc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
icastle Posted February 20, 2011 Share Posted February 20, 2011 [quote name='Pow_22' post='1134167' date='Feb 20 2011, 11:16 AM']Im about to take on a 2x15 Laneyt bass cab after chasing a 2x15 for ages. It has the usual black metal grille on the front and my question is.....if i cover this grille in a reto looking silvery speaker cloth will this effect the sound/efficiency of the cab? Was thinking of usuing a spray adhesive onto the grille (obviosuly while off the cab) and pressing it down onto a length of retro speaker cloth before cutting to size etc[/quote] It won't have any noticeable effect on the efficiency or sound of the cab. I suspect though that the shape of the metal grille will show through. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beer of the Bass Posted February 20, 2011 Share Posted February 20, 2011 You could always dispense with the metal grille and make a wooden frame to stretch the cloth over like the old Fenders etc. I made a frame and installed silver grille cloth on my old Peavey 1x15", it wasn't too hard and the results look good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pow_22 Posted February 21, 2011 Author Share Posted February 21, 2011 THis was an option i was thinking of too. Can you recomend any places to get the cloth? Im after the silvery grey stuff thats on the vintage fender cabs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jay bass Posted February 21, 2011 Share Posted February 21, 2011 [quote name='Pow_22' post='1135074' date='Feb 21 2011, 08:01 AM']THis was an option i was thinking of too. Can you recomend any places to get the cloth? Im after the silvery grey stuff thats on the vintage fender cabs[/quote] Try These [url="http://www.zillacabs.com/tolex_grill_cloth.php"]http://www.zillacabs.com/tolex_grill_cloth.php[/url] regards Jay Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beer of the Bass Posted February 21, 2011 Share Posted February 21, 2011 Mine was from an eBay seller called solsound_limited. It was a pre-cut piece though, so I don't know if they do big enough pieces for a 2x15" cab. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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