Well i think after your done with it, it will look pretty fucking sweet. but for some odd reason i have always liked the diamond plate and i dont know why.
Looks cool dude, I don't mind the tolex since you kept the metal grille in the middle; looks a bit lumpy, perhaps, but hey, not like it affects the sound!
And Will, on mine, since it's an older model, the diamond plate was already coming off just a bit, so I just got my fingers under there and yanked