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Started by rnolan - Last post by rnolan
Both of those ideas make sense.  The kick plates would be easiest and add a little less weight.  The cabs quite heavy, the 100w Lorantz 12s I went with are 3kgs heavier overall than the 75w.  Good tip about the car guys using them, I was wondering where to look for them.

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Started by rnolan - Last post by Iperfungus
Are those Highwood saddles Rich?
I'm going to buy a set for an assembled Strat I'm working on, for the same reason.

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Started by rnolan - Last post by Dante
I used that loose metal grate for my cabs, like the grates on your Mesa cabs in the background. I put a 1x1" piece of wood around the outside edge and simply ran screws into that to hold the grates on.  :thumb-up:

I'll see if I can find a pic of what I'm talking about. They end up looking just like your Boogie cabs. Or, you can get the round covers as Harley says, those work great too. Lots of car stereo guys use them for their giant Subs.

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Started by rnolan - Last post by Dante
I like those. I hate my strat bridges with their sharp little grub screws sticking out the top....always pissed me off. You pay that much for a Strat and you get a crappy bridge? Sheesh

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Started by rnolan - Last post by Harley Hexxe
Richard,

   Kick plates are 12" metal grates with a rubber strip around the diameter, and mount with 4 clamps to the baffle. It's sort of like the grates ADA used but they can mount to the speaker flange, or to the baffle. You'll still see the speakers, but they will be closer to the cone. They are pretty stout, so your speakers will be protected.

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Started by rnolan - Last post by rnolan
Hey Harley, very good question (which I've been perplexing/pontificating about).  I like the open front look, and that's how I've always used this box in the past.  However, it did take a falling guitar peg head into one of the previous speakers  :facepalm: , needed a re-cone. By kick plate, do you mean something that just covers the speakers?  My current thoughts have been using metal speaker grate (like on the ADA slant split or the Messa P112s).  Ideally, it would have 1" spacers and follow the v contour, so sit an inch off the speakers but you can still see them.  Speaker grill cloth would probably be easier, but then you don't see the speakers  :dunno: .  I also toyed with the idea of covering the back holes with the wadding, but in the end didn't.  I just did all the parallel surfaces to minimise standing waves.  I did however use the 4.7mm spade connectors to connect to the 4 pin Speakon socket, rather than solder the cables directly to it. 

So after all that, I plugged it in with my new(ish) 4RU live rack and gave it a whirl (11pm here so not too loud, tomorrow  >:D ).  Been a while since I had "new" speakers (and I've been wanting to try these Lorantz speakers for a long while)... So first impressions (albeit they are still tight and need burning in), very tight bottom end, and probably most notably, a really nice distinct presence, they will cut nicely through the mix.  Very clear and articulate sounding, but warm (which I expect will get better as they settle).  Stereo Fx sounded good, the separator plate in the middle was a good addition.  It's not quite as good as spreading 2 separate cabs, but works well and sounds better (warmer, richer etc.) than mono

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Started by rnolan - Last post by Harley Hexxe
Pretty cool Richard,

    Are you going to use kick plates on the front or grill cloth?

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Started by rnolan - Last post by rnolan
My guitar student bought a Fernandes Strat recently but the saddles were too wide and the strings spacings etc. weren't working properly.  So he bought some saddles he liked (where the alan screws don't poke out the top) and we fitted them the other night.  Now all aligns as it should  :whoohoo!: .  He also liked that they have a v indent for the string.


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Started by rnolan - Last post by rnolan
And more

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Started by rnolan - Last post by rnolan
Some pics

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