{"id":719,"date":"2008-07-17T19:58:15","date_gmt":"2008-07-17T18:58:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pete.nu\/blog\/?p=719"},"modified":"2009-04-20T15:24:46","modified_gmt":"2009-04-20T14:24:46","slug":"how-to-make-an-amp-cover-on-the-cheap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pete.nu\/blog\/2008\/07\/17\/how-to-make-an-amp-cover-on-the-cheap\/","title":{"rendered":"How to make an amp cover on the cheap"},"content":{"rendered":"

When the time comes when you need to carry your amp a short distance through a rain shower, you’ll find yourself wishing that you had a nifty means of keeping it dry. You can buy a fitted cover for a tidy sum, or throw something together on the cheap that does an adequate job.<\/p>\n

\"My<\/p>\n

This is my new bass amp – an Ashdown Electric Blue 12-180<\/a>. You can get a fitted cover for \u00c2\u00a335<\/a> but I’m making one out of a spare Ikea shopping bag that cost 25p.<\/p>\n

\"My<\/p>\n

The bag isn’t deep enough to reach all the way to the ground, but it covers the important bits. Unless the rain is heavy or horizontal, this will suffice. In terms of length and width, it’s perfect. Step one is to snip the handles off of the bag, of course.<\/p>\n

\"Marking<\/p>\n

This is how to cut the bag. The black lines represent the handle (the squares at the ends are where the handle is attached, and the rectangle in the middle is the handle itself) and the white lines are where you should make your incisions.<\/p>\n

\"Checking<\/p>\n

Having made the cuts, check that they are long enough by popping the bag in place and tucking the flaps under the handle. All seems good here. These flaps might be overkill, and if I find that they start to annoy me, I might cut them off. I doubt that it will make any significant difference to the watertightness of this unit.<\/p>\n

\"Reinforcing<\/p>\n

Use a bit of electrical tape to reinforce all around the edges, to prevent fraying or tearing.<\/p>\n

\"Finished<\/p>\n

Tada!<\/p>\n

\"Finished<\/p>\n

*UPDATE: This amp cover doesn’t do much to protect from cats though. If you have a carpet-covered amp, it’s probably best to get a fitted cover from somewhere like Silverstone<\/a>.*<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

When the time comes when you need to carry your amp a short distance through a rain shower, you’ll find yourself wishing that you had a nifty means of keeping it dry. You can buy a fitted cover for a tidy sum, or throw something together on the cheap that does an adequate job. This […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[637,4],"tags":[426,427],"class_list":["post-719","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-gear","category-photos","tag-ashdown","tag-ikea"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pete.nu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/719","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pete.nu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pete.nu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pete.nu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pete.nu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=719"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/pete.nu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/719\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1754,"href":"https:\/\/pete.nu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/719\/revisions\/1754"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pete.nu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=719"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pete.nu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=719"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pete.nu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=719"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}