Peavey 3620 Restoration

[cd_david]

I recently got my hands on a Peavey 3620. I’ve wanted one ever since seeing them in a 87 copy of a Peavey Monitor magazine. I’ve only seen one other in the U.K. sold on here when I searched for one many year’s ago. 

This one came from Manchester area. The owner collected and restored Cabs but only got around to stripping the tolex off this one before unfortunately passing away. 
 

The kick back/ wheel board had been detached, the handles, corners and jack plate all removed. 
 

First job was to glue, screw and tack the wheel board back on. It was left for a week before I attached the wheels. 
 

Next came a full strip of the drivers, grill badges and trim. 
 

Today I wanted to fill, sand and start attaching the tolex which arrived last week. Unfortunately the cab had a lot of old glue on the outside and there were a lot of scrapes and dints that needed filling and sanding after I had sanded the old glue off. 
 

Hopefully I’ll be able to start attaching the tolex this week. I’m also going to drop the corners off at the platers to get re-chromed.

Fingers crossed the cab sounds as good as I hope. I’ve bought and rest many cabs and amps that I’ve previously lusted over and they turned out to be a great disappointment. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited November 24, 2021 by cd_david

[umcoo]

Yes!  Very nice.  I think I saw the same advert and briefly considered it before realising that this isn't an appropriate cab for bedroom playing

 

Looking forward to seeing it come together, and wishing you luck with it!

[cd_david]

I had a spare few hours this afternoon so managed to get the patterns marked, cut out and one side applied. I’m very pleased with the quality of the Levant. Id painted the baffle yesterday with satin black but it’s not a consistent finish so I’m going to redo it with just a matt black. As usual I had some excellent helping from Elvis 🙄

[JPJ]

Two 18’s plus two 10’s and all that weight for just 400W. Maybe the old days weren’t as rosey as I remember 😂

[cd_david]

22 minutes ago, JPJ said:

Two 18’s plus two 10’s and all that weight for just 400W. Maybe the old days weren’t as rosey as I remember 😂

Big cab, very efficient, moves big air though 😉

Edited November 24, 2021 by cd_david

[Pea Turgh]

The dB figure would probably be huge I guess?

 

Looks like it’s going to be beautiful, btw!

Edited November 24, 2021 by Pea Turgh

[cd_david]

Side N°2 done today and I de-stapled the old grill cloth. They weren’t looking to save money on staples at Peavey. There was approximately 300 😬. I’ve stapled the new cloth to the frame just to try and straighten it a little before fixing it properly.

[cd_david]

Bit of a spurt on this weekend. The grill was done on Saturday and Sunday I got the centre section covered. Yesterday I re glued some edges that I deliberately left light on glue to stop to much squeezing out. I collected the corners from the nickel platers today and put those on. It’s all finished, baring some excess glue around some joints which needs rubbing off and I’ve bought some black bumper epoxy to build up the gap on the broken input plate. 

Edited December 1, 2021 by cd_david

[Pea Turgh]

Love it!

[umcoo]

Fantastic job. Looks brand new. 

[Owen]

On 24/11/2021 at 18:15, cd_david said:

moves big air 

If I had a speaker cab company, this would be my strap line. 

[Hellzero]

Excellent job. Looks even better than new. 😉

[cheddatom]

ace! How does it sound?

[cd_david]

4 hours ago, cheddatom said:

ace! How does it sound?

Fantastic. Huge bottom end and clarity. I love it. 

[fleabag]

Blimey. it's taken me ages to realise why it's called  the 3620.  2x18 = 36   2x10=20

 

Senility must be creeping in

[Steve Browning]

Just need another and a trio of Max amps.

 

[000hyacinth000]

Hello not sure it this chat is still active or if the owner of the 3620 still has it but I recently was able to get one for a steal but it’s missing one of the 18” speakers I’m curious if both 18” speakers are 8ohm or 4ohm