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Metroid Bass Cab

Posted: Sun Mar 14, 2010 9:10 am
by bassist
Hey guys. First post, some really impressive stuff on this page! Very inspiring.

Made this last summer, thought this would be a great place to post it!

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My Ampeg 4x10 bass cabinet; done with normal spraypaint. I made measurements of the grille and the sprite, popped the grille off, laid painters tape down over the whole thing, drew a grid on, carefully cut out the pixels to be painted with a razor, and sprayed away.

Actually, I still have some crappy progress shots taken with my old phone...

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And finally -

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On a somewhat relating note - for those interested, I'm currently doing a one-man-band death metal project based on Starcraft...

Cheers!
-Travis

Re: Metroid Bass Cab

Posted: Sun Mar 14, 2010 10:34 am
by dvdwojnar
This is awesome... A simply concept, but it looks gorgeous. I wouldn't mind having a drybones on my speaker grills, or even on the side of the subwoofer.
Great job!

Re: Metroid Bass Cab

Posted: Mon Mar 15, 2010 7:06 am
by susanne
that's a great idea! I'd love to pimp my boring speakers :P

Re: Metroid Bass Cab

Posted: Mon Mar 15, 2010 7:37 am
by mud
Great project! To bad my speakers have fabric mesh and not metal :)

Re: Metroid Bass Cab

Posted: Mon Mar 15, 2010 12:49 pm
by bassist
^The cab you see above has a fabric mesh as well. So long as you're not drowning the entire thing in paint, it's not going to effect your tone at all.

Re: Metroid Bass Cab

Posted: Mon Mar 15, 2010 2:41 pm
by mud
Really? Cool! What kind of paint did you use? Oil- or waterbased?

Re: Metroid Bass Cab

Posted: Tue Mar 16, 2010 5:46 pm
by bassist
Well, it was a generic all-purpose spraypaint, so I imagine probably water based? I'm not sure, honestly - I'm really not too educated on this type of thing! I just bought some spraypaint and hoped for the best!

Re: Metroid Bass Cab

Posted: Tue Mar 16, 2010 7:39 pm
by Zombified
This is way too awesome.
I love the bass, and Metroid.
:peach

Re: Metroid Bass Cab

Posted: Wed Mar 17, 2010 4:07 am
by mud
bassist wrote:I just bought some spraypaint and hoped for the best!
Ok, thanks :)

Re: Metroid Bass Cab

Posted: Fri Mar 26, 2010 12:26 am
by Caiella
Love, love, love this!!! /wants :P you did a great job with pimping your amp XD