Best place in the Uk for tolex? (Wine Taurus preferably!)

[guntherbuffalo]

Hi,

re-tolexing a bass cab for a friend. Anyone know where has the best prices in the UK for tolex?

Thanks in advance

Paul

[charic]

Ou7shined did a pretty nice tolex finish on a cab IIRC, it might be worth dropping him a line, he had a build thread somewhere too

[guntherbuffalo]

Awesome. Thanks will give him a try!

[Bigjas]

I use Solsound on Ebay, seems quite reasonable and its good Tolex.

[url="http://stores.ebay.co.uk/Solsound-Limited/Tolex-/_i.html?_fsub=21325583&_sid=59071142&_trksid=p4634.c0.m322"]http://stores.ebay.co.uk/Solsound-Limited/Tolex-/_i.html?_fsub=21325583&_sid=59071142&_trksid=p4634.c0.m322[/url]

Jas

[Monckyman]

That's a good store if you like Marshall and Fender Rolex.
No ampeg,Vox etc.

[Billy Apple]

Give Matamp a call, they've got this...

(erm, it looks wine-y to me)




[url="http://www.matamp.co.uk/contact-us/"]http://www.matamp.co.uk/contact-us/[/url]

[guntherbuffalo]

Oo looks very nice. I shall ask for a sample! Thanks!

[guntherbuffalo]

For anyone else looking - Found a lot of good stuff on ebay that is leatherette, or book covering rexine from fabric stores. It looks just as good and is about £3.99 a metre. I have ordered some samples so I will let you know what they are like. It seems if you call it amp tolex you can charge a tenner more for the stuff!! ;-D

[charic]

Beware... that may be because amp tolex is harder wearing

[6v6]

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Beware... that may be because amp tolex is harder wearing
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This - definitely request a sample before ordering any quantity - I've used tolex from various sources and some of it is tough & hardwearing, whilst some of it is thin and tears/rips as soon as you sneeze at it.

Last time I got black fender style tolex from vyse it was the good stuff, not cheap though (I'm sure it wasn't this expensive last time I ordered!):
http://vyseamps.com/grill_cloth.htm