Where to find head cabinets?

[DrNewcenstein]

Some years ago I got a bass head. Later, I picked up a 4x10 combo. I put the head of the combo in the cab of the bass head, and recently found the bass chassis in storage (I hadn't been there in probably 10+ years).

We moved into our current house in 2000.
It was about 2004 before I found out the guitar head and cabinet were down at the base of the hill amongst my Dad's old junk (out in the elements under a tarp - it's most-likely not even worht burning by now) and not in the storage unit with the bass head where it was supposed to be (still can't get a straight answer as to why they brought it home but not inside).

So, since a perfectly good (though it could be cleaned) Ampeg B25-B bass head needs a new cabinet, anyone know of a place that carries full-size (regulation Marshall/Fender/whatever) head cabs? I know there's a million tutorials on building your own from scratch and a million people that can custom-build one for more than it's worth. I'm looking for ready-made/mass-produced/readily-available.

 

[crguti]

Re: Where to find head cabinets?

in germany: Tube-Town

 

[DrNewcenstein]

Re: Where to find head cabinets?

...sadly (for this at least), I'm not in Germany.

As an aside, as a Hobbyist Linguist, I'm always intrigued by how many similar words there are in various other languages and English:

• ¦Robuste Konstruktion ¦Sturdy construction
• ¦Mittleres Gewicht ¦Medium Weight
• ¦Schwalbenschwanzverbindungen ¦Dovetail joints
• ¦Made in Germany ¦Made in Germany

"Robuste" is only one letter off from "robust", which is equal to "sturdy".
Then of course there's "Konstruktion" being identical to "construction" with the exception of Ks instead of Cs (both make the "KUH" sound).

But then I'm also floored by "Schwalbenschwanzverbindungen".
Does it really take all that to say "dovetail joints"? Awesome.

And then of course, there's always the ones you'd never guess in a million years: "Made In Germany" is the same in both English and German.
Far frikkin out, man.
:smack:

 

[sosomething]

Re: Where to find head cabinets?

Splawn makes non-logo'd empty head cabs to Marshall spec in any color scheme you want.

http://www.splawnguitars.com/cabs.htm

 

[DrNewcenstein]

Re: Where to find head cabinets?

You know I completely forgot about Splawn :lol:

Forest for the trees, man.

Makes me wonder if maybe Carvin does as well?

Hmmm....

 

[Rich_S]

Re: Where to find head cabinets?

Marshall- and Fender-style headshells are one thing. Finding a pre-made shell for an Ampeg B25-B is something else again. I'll be interested to see if anyone comes up with anything.