Mesa tolex color

[Seanboy]

I've got a white mesa mark III, I'm wanting to cover a cab with some tolex that will closely match. Does anyone know how close the ivory bronco tolex is to the white / cream mesa used back in the 80's.

 

[mikebu]

Here is my Mark II with a custom Thiele cab in Cream Bronco I ordered last year from Mesa Boogie:

 

[Markedman]

I have a white Mark III and Bronco White Boogafunk cabinets, looks right to me. http://www.flickr.com/photos/100168049@N04/9489481691/

 

[Seanboy]

Dang! Those boogafunk cabinets are Sweet!!

 

[Markedman]

Dang! Those boogafunk cabinets are Sweet!!

Thanks, they're loaded with EVM12L's. Two thiele cabinets together is an awesome sound. They actually aren't tolex, they're sprayed-on bed-liner that is much tougher. The maker has videos of him taking a belt sander to the cabinets to show how tough they are. I wondered if the grills impeded the sound any being made of thick gage metal, so we did a side by side test with one grill on, one grill off. I couldn't, and neither could anyone else notice a difference in sound. Quite deceptive, I thought for sure that there would be a big difference in tone with that much metal in front of the speaker. I was thinking of making a weaved chrome barbed-wire grill for them but I've been using my Road ready 4X12 EV cabinet lately.

 

[Seanboy]

The cab I'm wanting to cover is a thiele cab with a EVM12L also. My mark III no stripe combo also has an EVM12L, I love the sound of the thiele, it's exactly what I was wanting. I purchase it used a week ago, the cab just has a stained finish, but I want it to match my combo.

 

[Seanboy]

I completed the Tolex install today, I'm very pleased with how it turned out. Here's some before and after pictures.

 

[tonejam]

Looks great. Nice work!