Alternative uses for my speaker cab?

[jazzyvee]

I have a Mesa boogie Powerhouse 1x15 that I bought new in about 2005. I haven't gigged much with it as I also had a 2x10 and 4x10 that I preferred to use. So whilst this one has probably had at most 10 gigs in that time unfortunately the tolex got torn so it does not look in as good a nick as it sounds.

Anyway over the past 4 or 5 years I have put it up for sale in various places numerous times on, ebay, facebook market, local rehearsal studios and just got a few enquiries but no bids or offers so it is still in the house unsold it although the other two went really easily.

I have now given up trying to sell it now, so in the interest of recycling I wonder what other non musical purposes I could use it for with or without the speaker.

Sensible suggestions only please.
Cheers

[SpondonBassed]

Can you muster the skills needed to make it into a drinks cooler?

[Maude]

A commode. 💩

[T-Bay]

Donate to a local school/ young band/ budding bass player?

Or buy a corsa and stick it in the boot and buy a baseball cap to wear backwards.

[Dan Dare]

Find a local school or youth group that could use it?

[SpondonBassed]

5 minutes ago, Dan Dare said:

Find a local school or youth group that could use it?

A Musical Youth group perhaps...

[jazzyvee]

22 minutes ago, SpondonBassed said:

A Musical Youth group perhaps...

Bass player in that band uses Barefaced Cabs now. 😉

[Pukie]

[jazzyvee]

Still no interest so i'm looking at converting it into an isolation guitar speaker cabinet for recording. I couldn't give it away because no-one wanted such a heavy cab. Cest la vie.

[Downunderwonder]

Cat house.

[chris_b]

How about selling on commission through Bass Direct or The Gallery.

[bassintheface]

I'm pretty sure that there would be a school or college or even community musical group that would love it.

[Cliff Edge]

We had a gig with a couple of other bands, one of which turned up with a couple PA speakers in tatty cardboard boxes. Quite obviously not used in a long time. 

When they removed one of the speakers from its box a large family of mice ran out. 
Do you have any pets?

[TheGreek]

Take the speaker out - they make ideal whelping boxes for pregnant female dogs and puppies.

[ubit]

I too struggled to sell a couple of cabs I had,  An Ampeg 4x10 and a Genz Benz 6 x 10. I couldn't find any interest and Guitar Guitar were offering derisory amounts. I finally sold them both on Facebook market place. It gets to a larger audience.

[WinterMute]

Used my Barefaced Big Twin as a plant stand for a while...

[deepbass5]

On 06/08/2020 at 19:47, jazzyvee said:

I have now given up trying to sell it now, so in the interest of recycling I wonder what other non musical purposes I could use it for with or without the speaker.

I once made a 2 x 12 Cab into a Budgerigar nest box, minus the cones of course. I had taken the grill off and then lifted the cabinet up, putting both knees through each speaker.  "who's a stupid boy then"

[Waddo Soqable]

Unfortunately I've ended up just binning at least two cabs over the years, tho I did mostly re use the speakers for other things...

I'd suggest you offer it as free to take away on your local Freecycle type thing, there's a number of similar "stuff for free" sites too..... I've acquired good stuff like that and indeed donated unwanted things that have been of use to others.

Alternatively you could knock the front off and cut 2 or 3 shelves to fit, screw em in, and it'd be a handy tool / oddments shelf unit for utility room, shed or garage..

Ps If you did the make it into the shelves thing, you might be able to ebay ( or whatever)  the speaker alone a bit easier than a whole big cab ?

Edited May 31, 2021 by Waddo Soqable

[Baxlin]

No disrespect meant, but if you put your location in your profile, might it have prompted some interest in having it from you on this thread?

[jazzyvee]

1 hour ago, Baxlin said:

No disrespect meant, but if you put your location in your profile, might it have prompted some interest in having it from you on this thread?

True and  a good point but it's been on here for a good while and anyone who was interested could always make enquiries. 
If there is an admin person watching this thread can you close it please. 

Cheers

[jazzyvee]

I have recently given it away now to a local council run music service for young people. So it will be well used and i feel good. 👍🏾🎵🎶🔉🔊

[lemmywinks]

Good stuff, should make some youngsters happy knowing they have a great cab to play through. Wish the rehearsal rooms I use had that sort of kit!

[asingardenof]

My Barefaced 2x10 is currently being used as a surface to store Christmas decorations, while my Ashdown 4x10 is performing a similar role for the eleventy billion Amazon boxes containing as-yet-unwrapped presents we have to sort through.