speaker cloth

[slobluesine]

is it OK to replace a metal grill with speaker cloth?

[LawrenceH]

Until you prang the speaker cone with a mic stand or something then it's fine

[Monckyman]

If it`s just for the look of it, why not use thin speaker foam and cloth over the grill itself.
You then get the looks and the protection.

[slobluesine]

it's the orangy MB speaker starting to bug me, why do they do that

[Beer of the Bass]

Be warned that most grille cloth is quite open meshed and you will probably still see the yellow cone. Look at the old Fender cabs where you can see the metal dust caps through the grille. The stretchy hi-fi style cloth is a bit less transparent (I can't see the white cones on my old Wharfedales), but also much less protective than the stiffer stuff.

Edited November 30, 2011 by Beer of the Bass

[4-string-thing]

[sup]I used a layer of the stuff that looks like thin foam, which I think is the hi-fi type stuff, then another layer of open mesh type stuff (from Carlsbro cabs, I think) over the front of it. It looks quite good, You can't see the speakers though it and it looks unique.[/sup]