Ok dudes its time I posted in this thread as there are a few things my windy needs. So loegan43 actually bought this cab, it was from another neo member who I believe had passed away many years ago, I dont really remember the details other than loegan43 got it for a pretty good price with a pile of nice pcb's. It came locked with no keys. loegan let it sit in his garage for 6 months or so and I started harassing him about never getting around to drilling out the locks or testing it out and he just offered it to me. I made him a nice high offer at the time and took it home. This is the second cab I completely disassembled down to the last bolt cleaned and reassembled. Instantly I fell in love the the design of the construction, after all these years it is still one of my favorite cabs to work on.
So move on a few years I sold this to a very close friend who was looking for a cab. I believe i wanted the money to grab another Egret 2. I always regretted selling the cab and that friend would often shove it in my face. So earlier this year I moved across the country, loaded up all my possessions in a 8x16 trailer and drove from Cali to Kentucky. As I started loading the cabs I planned on bringing here with me onto the trailer my friend who owned this cab said "man before you go would you like to buy your windy back?" I jumped at the chance, took it with me and really feel content with it back in the lineup.
The OG paint on it is in really nice condition other then the typical windy yellowing in a few spots. The original chassis had a cracked neck board which I have heard is common to these cabs. Anyway I put rebuilt MS9 in there. The tube was scuffed very badly so this cab has the anti glare coating polished off with the tube polished out, I dont regret it at all, never noticed it being a problem and would do it again to a tube in the same condition. This cab came without the marquee and it took a journey of 3 years and 3 marquee purchases to get the one you see now. Pro tip on these marquees by the way. Never touch them with alcohol to clean them, they will crack up and fall apart... This panel setup is temporary, I still have the original one too.
So Ive had the cab back about 6 months and am just now contemplating what it needs. First it needs cp locks and tangs, which I may just own, I have a big bag of original cp tangs and mechs I just cant remember what the setup looks like I probably disassembled it 5 years ago when I first owned the cab. Can someone here post some detailed pics of their cp lock mechanisms for me please?
The other thing it needs is a volume knob/potentiometer. I know some windys came with this and some did not. Im hoping someone out there with the stock audio potentiometer setup can take me a nice pic of how its mounted in the cab? Ive added them to cabs before but want to see the stock setup.
Thanks guys!
Ok dudes its time I posted in this thread as there are a few things my windy needs. So loegan43 actually bought this cab, it was from another neo member who I believe had passed away many years ago, I dont really remember the details other than loegan43 got it for a pretty good price with a pile of nice pcb's. It came locked with no keys. loegan let it sit in his garage for 6 months or so and I started harassing him about never getting around to drilling out the locks or testing it out and he just offered it to me. I made him a nice high offer at the time and took it home. This is the second cab I completely disassembled down to the last bolt cleaned and reassembled. Instantly I fell in love the the design of the construction, after all these years it is still one of my favorite cabs to work on.
So move on a few years I sold this to a very close friend who was looking for a cab. I believe i wanted the money to grab another Egret 2. I always regretted selling the cab and that friend would often shove it in my face. So earlier this year I moved across the country, loaded up all my possessions in a 8x16 trailer and drove from Cali to Kentucky. As I started loading the cabs I planned on bringing here with me onto the trailer my friend who owned this cab said "man before you go would you like to buy your windy back?" I jumped at the chance, took it with me and really feel content with it back in the lineup.
The OG paint on it is in really nice condition other then the typical windy yellowing in a few spots. The original chassis had a cracked neck board which I have heard is common to these cabs. Anyway I put rebuilt MS9 in there. The tube was scuffed very badly so this cab has the anti glare coating polished off with the tube polished out, I dont regret it at all, never noticed it being a problem and would do it again to a tube in the same condition. This cab came without the marquee and it took a journey of 3 years and 3 marquee purchases to get the one you see now. Pro tip on these marquees by the way. Never touch them with alcohol to clean them, they will crack up and fall apart... This panel setup is temporary, I still have the original one too.
So Ive had the cab back about 6 months and am just now contemplating what it needs. First it needs cp locks and tangs, which I may just own, I have a big bag of original cp tangs and mechs I just cant remember what the setup looks like I probably disassembled it 5 years ago when I first owned the cab. Can someone here post some detailed pics of their cp lock mechanisms for me please?
The other thing it needs is a volume knob/potentiometer. I know some windys came with this and some did not. Im hoping someone out there with the stock audio potentiometer setup can take me a nice pic of how its mounted in the cab? Ive added them to cabs before but want to see the stock setup.
Thanks guys!
I'm putting these pics/story here, because this is the most active spot for monitor/chassis/cab gurus.
I'm running one of these:
in my Windy II.
Two days ago, the monitor went in 'double vision' mode (rolling picture, w/ image doubled), and shut off. Upon power cycling the cab-screen is solid black.
Today, it powers on/works as normal...for now. This thing has never worked more than a few weeks in a row, since it met Roger. 0_o
I've noticed these traces of goo around the cab...some in front:
...some in the rear:
(That 'stripe' down the middle of the neck/c-rings is a stain, like cola was spilled on it).
Here is a 3 shot sequence of the cab 1) running, 2) a 'smudge' shot close up, to try and illustrate the moisture/goo, and 3) an extreme close up of the liquid (pre gooing) in the bottom seam of the monitor.
Liquid+electricity make me scare.
Halp!!
