Author Topic: Knievel's Guitar Hero Cabinet (Read 48974 times)

Jetson · « **Reply #40 on:** October 16, 2007, 11:07:12 am »

Knievel you are an inspiration to many...your work is amazing!!!

Knievel · « **Reply #41 on:** October 16, 2007, 11:46:32 am »

Quote from: Loki on October 16, 2007, 06:28:44 am

Another great creation Knievel!
There's a post about it here and it also got posted on games.fok.nl (dutch)

Cool, thanks for the link. Jeff's the man!

Loadman that guitar is cool, definitely function over form.

More Cowbell · « **Reply #42 on:** October 16, 2007, 05:30:02 pm »

Always thinking. Nice work, Knievel.

Crafty · « **Reply #43 on:** October 16, 2007, 08:07:53 pm »

As always simply amazing....

Cornchip · « **Reply #44 on:** October 16, 2007, 09:42:13 pm »

Completely not what I expected you to build. Looks great in the room. Great work again with this leading edge project.

Cornchip.

Knievel · « **Reply #45 on:** October 16, 2007, 10:13:00 pm »

I like to keep everyone guessing.

Mirickle · « **Reply #46 on:** October 17, 2007, 01:43:25 am »

Your efforts have not gone unnoticed; came across this page on a Dutch gaming site: http://games.fok.nl/news.php?newsid=21183

Knievel · « **Reply #47 on:** October 17, 2007, 10:06:59 am »

Yes that's cool.
Now I need to drag my Father-In-Law over here to translate.

He grew up in Haarlem.

Here's a pic I took last night of the GH cabinet, the Metal Station finally has a head-banging buddy!

bleargh · « **Reply #48 on:** October 17, 2007, 01:09:03 pm »

Quote from: Knievel on October 17, 2007, 10:06:59 am

Here's a pic I took last night of the GH cabinet, the Metal Station finally has a head-banging buddy!

Ok... that just makes me wish I still had hair down to ---my bottom---.

theCoder · « **Reply #49 on:** October 17, 2007, 08:51:56 pm »

Very nice. Those Marshall boxes must have set you back a bit. Great look. It looks right at home next to the Guns-N-Roses poster.

What Pinball game is that in the lower left? Does it take a lot of maintenance?

Knievel · « **Reply #50 on:** October 17, 2007, 10:15:55 pm »

Oh not too much $. The boxes are just MDF wrapped in vinyl, the piping and the little detail pieces did add up though.

The pinball is an Ice Fever. It has a cool hockey theme with all the sounds, and if you score a goal a miniature puck shoots across the backglass. There's a couple of pictures on my site under 'Other Games'.

Light bulbs are about the only maintenance it ever asks for.

javeryh · « **Reply #51 on:** October 17, 2007, 10:25:26 pm »

Quote from: Knievel on October 17, 2007, 10:15:55 pm

The boxes are just MDF wrapped in vinyl, the piping and the little detail pieces did add up though.

Can you explain how you did this? Where are the seams?

Knievel · « **Reply #52 on:** October 17, 2007, 11:53:58 pm »

Sorry about that, read your earlier question but forgot to respond..

I put the vinyl seams on the bottom of each box so they wouldn't show. Although they actually turned out to be almost invisible.

Where the corners fold around the front of the cabinet I had to make cuts too. Those ones didn't turn out quite as nice but hey, that's what the corner protectors are for.

The vinyl was attached to the MDF boxes using water-based contact cement..great stuff!

Darth Nuno · « **Reply #53 on:** October 18, 2007, 02:39:33 pm »

Impressive

Very good job

Knievel · « **Reply #54 on:** October 19, 2007, 10:39:09 am »

Thanks.

I found a few build pics last night.
Seems some people don't believe these aren't actual Marshall cabinets, even with the interior picture I posted.

So here are the boxes in their naked state. The last pic shows how I beefed up the front edges to make them look thicker. 3/4" MDF box + a strip of 1/4" thick MDF left me with a nice 1" thick profile. Then I routed the corners off with a 1/2 roundover bit..

javeryh · « **Reply #55 on:** October 19, 2007, 04:08:13 pm »

Yay! Build pics! Very cool. Did you base each cabinet off of the dimensions of actual Marshall speakers or did you just wing it? I've got the sudden urge to play some GH...

Level42 · « **Reply #56 on:** October 19, 2007, 05:07:55 pm »

Looks boring.

Knievel · « **Reply #57 on:** October 19, 2007, 06:12:57 pm »

Yea...well

No the dimensions weren't to Marshall specs..I'm not that obsessed.

The TV pretty much determined everything. The width is exactly the same as the TV width, plus the cabinet sides of course. And the height of the bottom cabinet (TV stand) was determined by finding a comfortable viewing height.

Then I sized the height of the center box so the screen would have an even border all the way around. And the top box height was determined by the marquee I'd already made.

Neilyboy · « **Reply #58 on:** October 19, 2007, 10:45:59 pm »

man i love build pics.... i know you don't want to give away all of your build secrets haha.. but you really do need some garage paparazzi!! haha. Very nice work again Knievel!!

Neil

Akuma · « **Reply #59 on:** October 20, 2007, 03:38:20 pm »

AWSOME! In other words - IT ROCKS!

I would really like to learn how you created the monitor bezel and mounted the glass to it. Any build pics of that?

So, what's Knievel gonna build next? A hydraulic, R360 like, sit-down flight cab? : )

Knievel · « **Reply #60 on:** October 20, 2007, 04:32:13 pm »

The 'monitor bezel' is just paint.

I taped off the screen area on the back of the glass and then sprayed it black.
Easy and it looks amazing. I've done it on a few arcade cabinets too.

Not sure what I'll build next but I'm refurbing a Ms Pacman right now. I'll be posting it soon.

M37R01D · « **Reply #61 on:** October 20, 2007, 11:09:00 pm »

That is sick
im very jelous

BULL · « **Reply #62 on:** October 21, 2007, 02:17:36 am »

Quote from: Knievel on October 19, 2007, 06:12:57 pm

No the dimensions weren't to Marshall specs..I'm not that obsessed.

This comes from the man who color coordinated his power cord on the Evolution cab.

The Guitar Hero cab is amasing, I just got to build me someting like that for my FoF, GZ and Karaoke.

I don´t know how you come up with all these amasing consepts for your cabs but I´m seriously impressed.

Level42 · « **Reply #63 on:** October 21, 2007, 04:54:48 am »

Quote from: Knievel on October 19, 2007, 06:12:57 pm

Yea...well

I was just kidding of course Knievl..... it ROCKS !

Akuma · « **Reply #64 on:** October 21, 2007, 04:55:51 pm »

Quote from: Knievel on October 20, 2007, 04:32:13 pm

The 'monitor bezel' is just paint.

I taped off the screen area on the back of the glass and then sprayed it black.
Easy and it looks amazing. I've done it on a few arcade cabinets too.

I see, I see : ) May I further ask how you fastened the glass? : )

Knievel · « **Reply #65 on:** October 21, 2007, 08:49:03 pm »

I just put the glass in from the back of the cabinet and then slid the TV tight up against it.

I first applied some thin black weather-strip foam around the edge of the TV screen so it wouldn't scratch the paint off the glass.

spacies · « **Reply #66 on:** October 23, 2007, 03:23:37 am »

Straight out of leftfield that one.

I'm an old headbanger from my band days.

This ---smurfing--- rocks!

As my man Serj would say....BBOOOOAARGGHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

LOVE IT!

ARTIFACT · « **Reply #67 on:** October 26, 2007, 11:17:24 pm »

OMG this is amazing!

You da man Knievel!

markrvp · « **Reply #68 on:** October 29, 2007, 02:47:09 pm »

Okay, post some pics of you guys playing GHIII on this cabinet.

ChadTower · « **Reply #69 on:** October 29, 2007, 03:00:09 pm »

Just noticed this...

...

... I've never played Guitar Hero, but have been considering buying the first game to get into it, and now I think I have to... you've put me over the edge.

Knievel · « **Reply #70 on:** October 30, 2007, 12:54:03 pm »

You will not be disappointed.

Mark I forgot to mention I like to play this game wearing only a leather-studded thong..still want pics?

javeryh · « **Reply #71 on:** October 30, 2007, 01:29:50 pm »

Quote from: ChadTower on October 29, 2007, 03:00:09 pm

... I've never played Guitar Hero, but have been considering buying the first game to get into it, and now I think I have to... you've put me over the edge.

Do it! It's just about the most fun you can have pretending you are a rock star.

Knievel - did you cover the back panels in vinyl too or did you just wrap all 4 sides in one continuous piece (with the seam on the bottom) and then fold the vinyl around the front edges? I just picked up GHIII so I've been in a GH mood the last few days...

Knievel · « **Reply #72 on:** October 30, 2007, 02:06:47 pm »

Yes all 4 sides of a box with one piece, then folded it around the front/back edges.

There is a back on the bottom and top boxes, the center one is open to let the back of the TV stick out.

The backs are just made from 1/2" MDF painted black.

Patent Doc · « **Reply #73 on:** October 30, 2007, 08:31:57 pm »

Man that is a sweet idea. I think my limited skills could immitate this too (particularly since I have some old cabs and amp heads lying around that are beyond repair.

The only think left is for you to build your own guitar hero guitar from a real guitar like someone on this forum did....I can't remember who

4Aaron GE · « **Reply #74 on:** November 01, 2007, 12:48:42 am »

Quote from: XyloSesame on October 15, 2007, 01:05:05 am

And what else could it have been? A Kustom tuck and roll?

I think I would also accept Mesa/Boogie.

This is a truly awesome project, Knievel. And I love your choice of musical decor. And yes, Rock Star was an excellent movie.

Sadly, I don't have a PS2 or any of that fancy stuff, so I've got to do my shredding manually.

edit: nice Epiphone, BTW.

BULL · « **Reply #75 on:** November 01, 2007, 03:49:27 am »

Quote from: Knievel on October 30, 2007, 12:54:03 pm

Mark I forgot to mention I like to play this game wearing only a leather-studded thong..still want pics?

I´ll have a a pic of that please

A0 format if possible

Patent Doc · « **Reply #76 on:** November 01, 2007, 08:03:22 pm »

Finally found the article I was thinking of regarding the controller. Should be right down your ally Knievel.

http://toolmonger.com/2006/12/05/how-to-build-your-own-custom-full-sized-wireless-guitar-hero-controller/

Really a strat style guitar would be easiest as you can find blank pick guards and often they have a swimming bowl route underneath which creates tons of room.

JMB · « **Reply #77 on:** November 02, 2007, 01:16:04 pm »

Another real guitar mod

http://www.xyhd.tv/2007/10/how-to/tips-and-tricks-to-build-a-real-guitar-controller-just-in-time-for-guitar-hero-3/

n88n · « **Reply #78 on:** November 02, 2007, 04:42:25 pm »

I hang out on Digg a lot but had never submitted a story before. I saw this thread and thought it would be perfect for digg. I went to submit the story and LeapinLew had beat me to it.

http://www.digg.com/hardware/Check_out_this_home_made_Guitar_Hero_rig

digg it guys.

btp2k2 · « **Reply #79 on:** November 02, 2007, 08:41:56 pm »

Although the cabinet is pretty bad ass, I think you lose some street cred with that "Steel Dragon" poster


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