building seperate head for nashville 400?

[TRAP TRULY]

I want to build a seperate head for my nashville and and was wondering if anyone had any plans for this. I search for the lemay plans but that part of the site no longer exists.
any help would be great.
thanks, trap
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[Bill Crook]

Check out John LeMay's web site. He used to have a print for a case to put the "Nashville 400" in. I have one of them and amd most happy with it.

[Fred Murphy]

I just built one for mine. I got a copy off of the John Lemay sight. I changed mine after I built it. I didn't like it so tall. I made mine with an inside height of 7 inches. To do this, I installed the reverb pan vertical and up against the face of the amp. All other dimensions are the same, except he uses 7/8 Inch material, and I used 3/4 inch, furniture grade plywood. I couldn't find any 7/8 inch lumber available. I will post some pictures in the near future, as soon as my neighbor can help me. I'm not much when it comes to computers.

[Al Marcus]

I think Member Len Amaral did that. Check with him.....al

[Sam White R.I.P.]

If your trying to make the Nashville 400 lighter this is what I done. I took the head and the reverb out of the original case and built one out of 1 inch pine wich is really 7/8 th thick.It makes it half the weight and it sits right on top of the amp with just the speaker in it .
Sam White

[Jim Palmer]

Trap,There is a Forum member by the name of DON Burrows who might have a copy of the plans for the NV-400 head.How about it Don!

[Len Amaral]

Here is the link to Miracle audio: http://66.113.199.65/

To find a drawing on the website of the Nashville 400 head, click on "Repair tips" then "select repair tip" then "customize your amp"

I did this and it is well worth the effort with little expense. You then simply put a filler strip where the chassis was in the Nashville 400 cab and a female jack wired to the speaker and your all set. Transporting the 2 pieces is easier on the back and I believe the the unit sounds better this way. You can also use the head with different speaker setups. COOL!

[TRAP TRULY]

Thanks for all your help.I found the site, its exactly what i wanted.
Does the reverb just sit in the bottom and what do you do about wiring a speaker jack.how does the speaker get power?
hope this is not a stupid question.
thanks again.
trap

[TRAP TRULY]

Thanks for all your help.I found the site, its exactly what i wanted.
Does the reverb just sit in the bottom and i dont understand what you do about wiring a speaker jack.how does the speaker get power?
hope this is not a stupid question.
thanks again.
trap

[Fred Murphy]

I found a piece of aluminum angle laying around and drilled a hole for the jack. I also drilled two holes to match the screws that hold the amp cover on the bottom side, and installed it next to the heat sink, and then soldered the leads to the phone jack. I didn't drill any holes in the amp itself. I think you'll find that you need to place the handle about 1/2" in back of the center line of the amp for balance. It will still be out of balance end wise because of the transformer. I am using a separate speaker, other than the old amp, so I just use a common speaker cable to connect the two. If I were going to use the old cabinet and speaker, I would just remove one jack from a speaker cable and tin the ends and connect the end to the speaker, just as it was from the factory and plug the other end to the amp through the phone jack I installed. I used the two straps on top of the amp to locate the mounting holes for holding the amp in place.<FONT SIZE=1 COLOR="#8e236b"><p align=CENTER>[This message was edited by Fred Murphy on 12 December 2001 at 09:28 AM.]</p></FONT>

[Al Marcus]

Hey, Mike Brown, Why don't Peavey make a Amp like that?
For us older guys , weight is very important, and putting a Nashville 400 into two pieces Makes a lot of sense and you would sell lots of them....al