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Poll - Bartop or Mini Arcade cab
JayB:
This is just curiosity really. I have a full size machine (Still not complete) but, have been thinking of the next one. Had thought about a Bartop although now considering a mini arcade machine instead.
Also, any preferences for a particular cab that you would base it on? I'm thinking a scaled version of the Tempest cab.
Franco B:
You could build a bartop and then if you decide you want a mini arcade you could build a pedestal base for it. You could put a coin door in the base and/or extra speakers.
If you designed it well it wouldn't look like you had just put it of a pedestal. You could have some overlapping sides, something similar to the UAII, to mask the join.
JayB:
Hi Franco, yeah I've seen a few done with a pedestal although something never seems quite right with them. So your right on getting the design looking right.
I like the idea of a Mini cab as they look good visually but, a bartop is handy to take to places. Just curious to see what others preferences would be and what style to go with.
Franco B:
I think If I was you and had a cab that I had nearly finished my next project out of the two would be a bartop seeing as you still have all the fun to come from your upright. A mini cab will essentially just be a smaller cut back version of a big cab (duh! :P) and you would probably just end up playing the bigger one. I'm assuming alot of things here so I could be wrong. I would go with the bartop as like you said you can take it places.
If I was to build a bartop I would design my own but if I was to base it off a cabinet shape I think a bartop candy would be pretty nice if you got the finish right.
patrickl:
How is a mini cab going to work for an adult though? I thought these things were usually made for someones kid?
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