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Title: sound for Showcase Cab
Post by: heebeegb on January 04, 2009, 12:05:04 am
I've got a Scale model of the showcase Cabinet I am going to build.
I saw one that had a Plexiglas sheet cover the entire face of the monitor part of cab.

Image is attached.

It looks cool but how would the sound come out?
I can't imagine I would drill holes or something.
But I really like how it looks :-[

here is the current progress of the scale model
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hblF31QrwUg
Title: Re: sound for Showcase Cab
Post by: BASS! on January 04, 2009, 04:25:22 pm
One thing missing how about the scale model of yourself playing it.
Title: Re: sound for Showcase Cab
Post by: hulkster on January 05, 2009, 06:04:36 pm
well in my showcase i didnt put the plexi over the speakers.  i made my housing so that the speaker sections were separate. see below.

(http://bellsouthpwp.net/d/d/ddilday13/DSC00273.JPG)

its a little ghetto and probably not as precise as you want, but it works for me.  so anyway, i got some speaker cloth from a site (long time ago...dont remember) and just made a little plank and put speaker cloth around it.  then i mounted the plank to my enclosure.  that way i could put speakers behind it and wouldnt have to do anything drastic.  check it...

(http://bellsouthpwp.net/d/d/ddilday13/DSC00305.JPG)

(http://bellsouthpwp.net/d/d/ddilday13/DSC00306.JPG)

Title: Re: sound for Showcase Cab
Post by: Paladin on January 05, 2009, 07:01:27 pm
Another idea is to have the speakers on the control panel.  I bought the plastic tub and electronics from a Gauntlet Legends showcase cab and built the rest.  I decided to use the built in speakers so I could make it a little narrower:
(http://home.comcast.net/~dark.paladin/gauntlet/images/gauntlet63.jpg)
Title: Re: sound for Showcase Cab
Post by: kagaden on January 06, 2009, 12:36:39 am
Most showcases I've seen have the speakers on the side. Here's mine:


(http://i40.tinypic.com/2564f7k.jpg)
(http://i43.tinypic.com/30cn1ae.jpg)

Title: Re: sound for Showcase Cab
Post by: hulkster on January 07, 2009, 10:44:48 am
pimp showcase kagaden!  :cheers: