Fellow guitar geeks...

[Dannyalcatraz]

Hmm...may just take you up on that! Remember, I've never wired a DAYUM thing.

I know the right side of hammers, pliers, snips & screwdrivers...but a soldering iron? Hell- the only wires I've ever cut were speaker wire for a home stereo and assorted crafts projects.

 

[Janx]

Hmm...may just take you up on that! Remember, I've never wired a DAYUM thing.

I know the right side of hammers, pliers, snips & screwdrivers...but a soldering iron? Hell- the only wires I've ever cut were speaker wire for a home stereo and assorted crafts projects.

it's not soldering on circuit boards.

there's basically the wires to the speaker, which will likely have BIG tabs to solder to, and the wiring for the switches and pots to the front of the cab.

The main equipment for the head is likely mounted in a metal frame, so you're not going to mess with any of that.

the pots and switches are screwed into the existing cab, those will be disconnected and mounted on the new cab. Then you mount the speaker and mount the frame, then wire it all together and solder it for good luck.

Plug it in and shred.

 

[Herschel]

Bah, it doesn't even go up to 11.

 

[Thunderfoot]

it's not soldering on circuit boards.

there's basically the wires to the speaker, which will likely have BIG tabs to solder to, and the wiring for the switches and pots to the front of the cab.

The main equipment for the head is likely mounted in a metal frame, so you're not going to mess with any of that.

the pots and switches are screwed into the existing cab, those will be disconnected and mounted on the new cab. Then you mount the speaker and mount the frame, then wire it all together and solder it for good luck.

Plug it in and shred.

Hey, what are you trying to do? I'm trying to get a plane ride to Texas and some hang time with my brother from another mother and you are ruining it. Sigh, but he's right, when field stripping a piece of equipment, you just yank the innards as a whole piece instead of a total disassemble job. Building from the ground up is a different matter, but this is basically just refacing.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

Be patient with your wheedling- I'm saving up for a custom guitar right now!

In addition, this thread- plus another over at GuitarPlayer.com- has got me in a sci-fi state of mind. It just struck me that it would be waaaay beyond cool to be the accompanist for a theatrical sci-fi performance, using an assortment of effects to mimic the scores of classic sci-fi films, past & present.

I already own high-quality echo, tremolo, & ring modulator pedals, and I'm looking around for a theremin pedal (or one I can integrate into my guitar rig). A Kaoss pad is on the list...as is a Moog Paul Vo guitar.

This means I'm not buying any plane tickets in the near future, which means I can't invite T-foot to visit & help me make an amp look like something out of Buck Rodgers or Flash Gordon.

 

[Thunderfoot]

Boooooo - Hisssssssss - Boooooooooo.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

Chill!

You think you're kidding, but I'm a lazy MF!

 

[Janx]

Chill!

You think you're kidding, but I'm a lazy MF!

didn't you go to law school and graduate? And isn't law school chock full of hard work?

Or was that in your industrious phase?

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

There's more than one kind of lazy!

My brain is ridONKulous- if you looked at my notebooks from my law school, MBA, and Mediation programs, your first thought would be, "I thought he was going to show me his notebooks, not his sketchbooks." Then you'd see tiny notes in the margins or scattered between illustrations of Elric.

Undergraduate, I had national honors in Philosophy (and missed the same in Economics by .01 points on my GPA) without trying and almost without using the library. (I went twice in four years- and the first time was at freshman orientation.)

Academia is easy for me.

RW practical stuff? I'd be among the hors d'oeuvres for the next Donner Party because of my laziness! Sure, I can lift stuff and so forth..."later."

Instead of learning to do metalwork for my jewelry making, I just do the design work (EZ) and leave the metal craft (hard) to the pros. I have frustrated several music teachers with a gift for stringed instruments that is virtually unsupported by practice.

I kid about my industriousness. Yeah, I'll work hard if I need to, but I do have a certain..."Wally-ness" about me.

 

[Aeolius]

Strings befuddle me, but I wouldn't say no to one of these:

Roland AX-Synth
I currently own the prior generation, the ax-7, which I often play with GarageBand, coupled to my iPad via an iRig MIDI (for portability).