Monday 8 October 2012

New case for the PP-18

I decided that the PP-18 needed a new case. I always wanted to make one that looked like the 1959RR Marshall head, you know the white Randy Rhoads one? Heres a pic of the original 1959RR:









Anyway, finally managed to knock one together. Here is a pic of it:



As you can see its not the same size as the 1959RR - its smaller. But its the same construction style, made with several Marshall parts. Tolex, corners, handle, piping,  knobs are all Marshall. The amp kit of course is an Ampmker PP-18. Modified with the "voltage mod" that allows power ratings of 2, 9 and 18 watts.

It also runs through my home built power attenuator, based on the BitMo 10-uator design.

The feet on the base are generic Maplin feet. I WAS going to put on the sprung feet that Marshall have on the 1959RR but that can wait for a bit, just to keep the costs down.

It took about a week to make, working on and off for about 1 1/2 hours a day. Lots of waiting on glue to dry! Wood is pine - easy to work with and rounding off the edges was simple.

Anyway, that's it - heres another few pics. Yes, I know it is a bit different - but it was the style I was trying to copy rather than the whole thing.

And yes, it definitely needs a logo to fill in that empty white space. Any suggestions?

Hopefully get some sound samples up soon!

















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