Tolex, can it be painted ?

terada

Easier to let her have her way. 

Such a terrible shame that that you’ll have to go buy an orange amp.

i recommend something from the custom shop. It’s what she deserves. 

baldy

 "happy wife happy life".
It"s just not worth the grief & if I can keep her happy about the amp there is more chance of me getting another guitar that I have my eye on 
I am going to have a go at changing the colour scheme of the Katana & if that fails she will only have herself to blame when I have to go out & blow some more money on an Orange.
She"s having a new 3 piece suite what more does she want.

ICBM

Just cut to the chase and buy a Rocker 15. You know anything else won't be good enough.

baldy

But but but I am liking the Katana, it is a massive step up from the Vypyr I have.

ICBM

How about split the difference with one of these?

https://www.gak.co.uk/en/roland-cube-street-red/35441

Technically it's red according to Roland, but it is quite an orangey red...

Or ask someone like Zilla Cabs how much it would cost to re-cover/grille the Katana professionally.

baldy

I have emailed Zilla but I have a feeling that a re-cover/re-grill will cost as much as I paid for the Katanna.

BRISTOL86

There’s nothing for it, you’re going to have to trade in Mrs B for a more agreeable model. 

Jonathangus

Just a thought - could you change the combo for the head, and get an Orange 1x12 to run it through?  Hide the head behind the cab when you're not using it.

Phil_aka_Pip

surely a slip cover can be any colour MrsB wants it to be? If it covers the katana when you're not using it won't that be enough?

baldy

Well as I thought getting the Katana professionally recovered is to to expensive at £180 from Zilla.
Roqsolid will only do covers in black with coloured piping which  means that the cover would still be 99% black.
I have shown Mrs b a picture of one with orange piping & she wasn"t taken with it.
My options therefore are to attempt recovering it myself which I don"t really want to do, or to buy a combo the correct colour.
I think I can feel some Orange combo shopping coming on 
As Mrs b has the lounge decor & furnishings completely changed every spring I suppose that means that I get a new combo every year 

Corvus

A furniture covering/soft furnishing type person should be able to make a slip-on cover, or a bike seat re-cover person. Car interior people maybe but tend to be pricey and booked up well ahead.
My other half does soft covers, curtains etc and has made pedalboard bag & amp head cover for me in double quick time. If they can make vinyl cushion covers for instance this sort of thing'd be simple enough.
Some of the farm it out to a maker, go to the source, with luck there'll be one localish. Best let them do any measuring.

abw1989

Have you ever seen Plasti-Dip?

I haven't tried it on a cab, but I have on numerous other things of value, not least my car. It sprays on like a paint, but forms a vinyl layer once dry. It peels off with no residue when you want to remove it.

It isn't the most durable of finishes as it is quite soft, but if you aren't planning on moving it around a lot so it wouldn't get dinged it might be worth the (ish) tenner for a rattle can and do a test patch on the underside of your Katana. It would only rip like tolex would rip I'd have thought.

Also comes in a huge range of colours to please Mrs B!

Snags

How attached to Mrs B are you?

zepp76

I'd just grow a spine and tell her to deal with it, but then I've been single for ten odd years so taking my advice wouldn't be the best thing!

flying_pie

Do you need a loud amp? A Yamaha THR 10 is a good practice amp and might be aesthetically acceptable. 

flying_pie

I love this idea. I'm tempted to see if I can fit an amp and speaker into some of the upcycled retro furniture (that's apparently n more important than guitar amps) and turn it into a stealth amp. It would be even better if I could do it without Mrs Flying Pie noticing.

baldy

flying_pie said:

Do you need a loud amp? A Yamaha THR 10 is a good practice amp and might be aesthetically acceptable. 

No I don"t need a "loud" amp & the THR10 probably would be more acceptable to Mrs b, but of the amps I tried out, including a THR10, I thought that the Katana had the best sound & was very intuitive to dial in good tones just using the knobs without having to use an app.

p90fool

Buy some black vinyl curtains - problem solved.