Agileguy_101
Master of his Domain
Normally I have nothing against CBS era fender, but particle baffle boards? Really?
EDIT: I didn't even notice this until I posted, but look at that bottom bolt - that's terrible.
In addition to this wonderful development, some of the other bolts holding the speaker to the baffle board were coming loose. I would have loved for there to be a quick and easy fix to this problem, but my reality was replacing the baffle board.
Getting it out was pretty easy. Taking off the trim (it's a drip edge Bassman cab) and grillcloth took a while, but it was removed with no damage to the trim and next to no damage to the cloth.
I went out and got a piece of plywood large enough for the job. I measured the thickness where the speaker mounts to the baffle before I took it off. Wish I had known better - once the grillcloth was off, I found wood trim around the baffle. My guess is that it was put there so the cloth would be flush against the piece where the logo goes in the top left corner.
Here's a picture of the old baffle:
As the second picture shows, there was more damage than I knew - on the grill side, it appears that the particle board was corroding away. I'm really glad we decided to make a new board, as the cab needed it more than I thought.
You can see where the strips were removed - we reused those for the new baffle. The port confused me and my father to hell, so much so that I made a whole new thread on it. For the life of us we couldn't figure out why it was there. My best guess was that it was a prototype idea of some sort and made it onto the template, but they didn't like it nor could they change the template without stopping production and losing money, so they covered it up. This cab has always been the best cabinet I've ever used, so I put the port in and will most likely put the port covers back on.
Anyway, here's a picture of the mostly finished baffle:
The speaker holes aren't perfectly circular, but they're pretty good for a DIY job I think.
Fits perfectly! Well, once the grillcloth and trim are on, it will.
At this point, all that's left to do is drill the holes for speaker bolts, paint, cover up the port should I choose to do so, re-attach the grill and trim, and screw it back into the cab. All in all, I'm much happier with the result than I thought I would be. Shoutout to my pops, who did all of the woodwork while I was at work so I could have my cab ready for the next band practice. He's ****in' awesome.
It's funny - I only found out about this because one of my speakers crapped out on me. I bet if it hadn't, the baffle board would have eventually just collapsed under the weight of the speakers.
Anyway, I've already got a Cannabis Rex that sounds great in this cab, and I've got a Texas Heat that should be here sometime this week that should sound excellent on my new plywood baffle.
EDIT: I didn't even notice this until I posted, but look at that bottom bolt - that's terrible.
In addition to this wonderful development, some of the other bolts holding the speaker to the baffle board were coming loose. I would have loved for there to be a quick and easy fix to this problem, but my reality was replacing the baffle board.
Getting it out was pretty easy. Taking off the trim (it's a drip edge Bassman cab) and grillcloth took a while, but it was removed with no damage to the trim and next to no damage to the cloth.
I went out and got a piece of plywood large enough for the job. I measured the thickness where the speaker mounts to the baffle before I took it off. Wish I had known better - once the grillcloth was off, I found wood trim around the baffle. My guess is that it was put there so the cloth would be flush against the piece where the logo goes in the top left corner.
Here's a picture of the old baffle:
As the second picture shows, there was more damage than I knew - on the grill side, it appears that the particle board was corroding away. I'm really glad we decided to make a new board, as the cab needed it more than I thought.
You can see where the strips were removed - we reused those for the new baffle. The port confused me and my father to hell, so much so that I made a whole new thread on it. For the life of us we couldn't figure out why it was there. My best guess was that it was a prototype idea of some sort and made it onto the template, but they didn't like it nor could they change the template without stopping production and losing money, so they covered it up. This cab has always been the best cabinet I've ever used, so I put the port in and will most likely put the port covers back on.
Anyway, here's a picture of the mostly finished baffle:
The speaker holes aren't perfectly circular, but they're pretty good for a DIY job I think.
Fits perfectly! Well, once the grillcloth and trim are on, it will.
At this point, all that's left to do is drill the holes for speaker bolts, paint, cover up the port should I choose to do so, re-attach the grill and trim, and screw it back into the cab. All in all, I'm much happier with the result than I thought I would be. Shoutout to my pops, who did all of the woodwork while I was at work so I could have my cab ready for the next band practice. He's ****in' awesome.
It's funny - I only found out about this because one of my speakers crapped out on me. I bet if it hadn't, the baffle board would have eventually just collapsed under the weight of the speakers.
Anyway, I've already got a Cannabis Rex that sounds great in this cab, and I've got a Texas Heat that should be here sometime this week that should sound excellent on my new plywood baffle.
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