Fender Champion 600 - advice needed

Tone71

Having dug this little thing out of the cupboard where it has been stored for ages and played around with it I`m actually really liking it for its simplicity but the speaker is frankly crap and also buzzes badly at some frequencies.

So this had me thinking, firstly I plugged the speaker cone connections onto a Katana speaker and it sounded much better, also noticed there is a jack connection on the champ, which leads me to think there are 2 options either:

1)  Buy a 1 x 12 cab and connect them with amp leads which takes up more space and will be a pain to carry around, or...........

2) Build a 1 x 12 cab that will house the 600 gubbins and have it as a larger amp (which I think is favorite as my tools havent seen the light of day in an age and I miss building stuff since quitting carpentry).

How hard will this be? obviously the woodwork side of it shouldn't be an issue but what about the tolex covering etc? I`m really looking for the tweed look similar to how it is now but on a larger scale.

Is it worth it? Has anyone done this?

Cheers in advance

thermionic

Surely you’d have to cover it in tweed, not tolex?

Didn’t someone on here have two of them built into a v-fronted cab by AF Custom Cabs? 

munckee

I haven't made an enlarged cab but have recovered in tweed and added master volume and switch so can toggle between 5F1 and standard.  I couldn't find an alnico speaker to fit but I have seen videos where people put in an 8 inch speaker by placing it offset towards the bottom corner so I may make (another) new baffle and put the 8 inch in.  With the amendments though to be fair it sounds great.