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Stupid question but is there a trick to opening the marquee area on a z-back?

I have a key to the lock up top and it moves the full range but doesn't unlock anything. Removed the top bracket but this is some kind of simple riddle....can't figure out ! Crazy!

Help please z back owners. A pic with it open might help.
 

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That's not a 3KOAM Z-Back. It might be an Angle Cab which is a clone with slightly different dimensions. You can tell right away the monitor angle is way too upright, the single speaker with a grill instead of two with cutout slots and the wood control panel box are all wrong, as well as the marquee area.

Some of these style cabinets had slotted wood for the top and are only removable from the bottom bracket. I have seen some with locks on the top with a huge marquee bracket. It should allow the bracket to come out, maybe the lock lever is stuck and not actually moving with the key?
 
As far as I know, on these Angled Cabs, you aren't supposed to be able remove the top easily. However, the spacing provided is set up so you can push up on the marquee so it clears the bottom and then you can remove it. Same process in reverse to put a marquee in. I always just took the bottom off.
 
I have a key to the lock up top and it moves the full range but doesn't unlock anything

Jokes and semantics aside. I've never been able to figure this out either. Luckily the last cab i worked on did not have the monitor and so i basically took the control panel out and literally went into the cabinet to pop the marquee out.
 
Jokes and semantics aside. I've never been able to figure this out either. Luckily the last cab i worked on did not have the monitor and so i basically took the control panel out and literally went into the cabinet to pop the marquee out.
Glad I'm not the only one....

It's so weird. I removed all the removable bracket screws. There's somebody here that has one that knows!
 
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