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Topic: Show me your Nashville 400 head/cabinet |
Chris Tarrow
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Maplewood, NJ
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Posted 2 Jan 2020 8:00 am |
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| If you've split your Nash 400 into a head cabinet, please post pictures here, share the dimensions you used, any tips/tricks to the conversion. Thanks! |
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Randy Carson
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San Antonio, Texas, USA
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Posted 13 Jan 2020 7:53 am Nashville 400 Head
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| I'm waiting on how you guys do this because I've got an old NV400 I'm going to do that to very soon.... Mucho Thanks in advance |
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Jerry Overstreet
From:
Louisville Ky
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Posted 13 Jan 2020 9:10 am
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I've built a dozen or so of these for players.
My kits also came with panels to close in the amp cab to use as a speaker cab with it.
I searched around and finally found this old post [see below] that shows John Lemay's drawing with dimensions for building a NV400 head cab. I'm surprised it is still there. That's the drawing I use.
Hope this is of some help. JO.
| Joe Hensley wrote: |
Sorry for resurrecting this old thread, but since I saw the question and had a response, I figured I'd post up.
Here's the drawing of John LeMay's plans for at least the head part of the Nashville. Thanks. -J
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Richard Sinkler
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aka: Rusty Strings -- Missoula, Montana
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Posted 13 Jan 2020 9:11 am
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I had Rick Johnson make mine. I couldn't afford to have a matching speaker cabinet made, so I just use the NV400 cabinet.
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Jerry Overstreet
From:
Louisville Ky
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Posted 13 Jan 2020 10:10 am
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FWIW, John's drawings are for 3/4" thick stock...or whatever that equivalent is these days for finished lumber.
I have found the best prices for cabinet hardware at www.parts-express.com Look in the clearance section first...they often have buyouts and clearance on quality hardware such as Penn/Elcom, Peavey, Switchcraft etc.
I buy grille cloth, cabinet covering, tolex, from them too.
Sometimes www.tubesandmore.com has good deals, sales, clearance on these items as well. It's a good idea to compare prices from both as deals come and go.
For the lightest weight box material, use pine boards or birch plywood. I use 3/4" material...you might get by with smaller stuff, but you'll have to adjust the drawing dims and too small material makes it less sturdy and hard to hold fasteners. |
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Chris Tarrow
From:
Maplewood, NJ
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Posted 13 Jan 2020 11:51 am
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Thanks Jerry Overstreet!
I have a bunch of 1x12 pine that should work nicely. |
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