Well – here we go! Refurb entry step one!
Today I took the speakers out and looked about inside. I shot a ton of pics. The ones that fit best I cropped and tried to fit in. With the grill off - this is my starting point.
Wheels
The cab has wheels screwed on the bottom. They are obviously not factory and are coming off. The stock receptacles are still on the side. I bet they are the same size as the old Ampeg and Acoustic. This is good as the Ernie Ball castor set will pop right in. So – that is set.
Rubber Feet
There are no feet on the bottom. Four feet are on the same side as the pop in wheel receptacles. So, my question here – is that correct? Should there be feet on that side? If not I will take them off and put them on the bottom.
Interior Construction.
There is a board – about 6” wide – that runs from the back to front of the cab between the two speakers. Reinforcing the cab I would say. It looks stock – is that so? Apparently it was put on with nails and was loose. The guys that sold it to me used drywall screws through the front of the cab to secure it and also put little blocks of wood, glue, and screws about it to secure it. I will repaint the front so at least the black screws don’t make a toothy grin on the white wood between the two speakers. They also put a few other wood strips to reinforce it – I need look to see if they are required.
Interior Insulation.
White Styrofoam is installed inside the cab on two sides. Vertically on the side across from the port and also the bottom. Fiberglas like insulation is on the back of the cab. There is no insulation on the top of the cab. There is no insulation on any surface touching the port except the bottom of the cab. Once again – how much is that correct?
Hardware.
A piece of one handle is cracked off. If anyone has a spare handle to sell please let me know. The back plate is fairly clean. There is a serial number that looks like “S 08312”. The word “Sunn” has the middle “un” gone. So it looks like “s n”. I wonder how to paint that back!
Speakers.
Two Sunn 145 speakers. One has a white sticker on the magnet and the other a silver. The white one was made in Kentucky and the silver was Oregon. The white sticker one has “0145 08 510 2988” stamped on the magnet. The silver sticker one has nada on the magnet but there is 82-6127 on the inside of the speaker cone. I think that might be same as on the white tag speaker. The white tag speaker also has “510” and 3153” stamped on the sticker. I am curious if one was a replacement speaker and if so which was the original?
Tolex
Pretty good! The back is starting to peal off – I will eventually try to glue it back. Any ideas how are welcome. In the past I found Elmer’s Glue good and use painters tape to hold the tolex in place until it dries. The tape does not get glued on the cab for some reason – comes right off. Any holes from moving the wheels or rubber bumpers I can plug and then cover with this liquid rubber stuff I have. Patches up pretty good.
So, for now, just a few questions. The big ones are about the rubber feet and the insulation that I need info on right away. I play on Saturday and would love to have this all ready to go. Let it be standing tall and looking good for its first job!!!!!
- Ziggy -
