hammerboogie Posted September 25, 2013 Posted September 25, 2013 i want a mesa 2-12 horizontal cab, so im building my own, but with a artistic flair, 4 woods, quarter sawn oak, brazilian mahogany,walnut and cherry, alt on the sides and learned how to dovetail today!
Redsand Posted September 25, 2013 Posted September 25, 2013 Hell yeah!!! That's going to look fantastic, do you build amps too?
Steiner Posted September 25, 2013 Posted September 25, 2013 Dovetails are a bitch; 'till you get the router set. Then they are quite fun. They add a level of flair and detail - an extra level of attention added to your work. It appears they came out very nice. Congrats!
cobrafast1 Posted September 25, 2013 Posted September 25, 2013 I built my own cabinet for 2 x 12s about 15 years ago. Turned out perfect and I still have it. Covered it with Tolex and collapsable handles on the sides. I got the dimensions from an accoustical engineer in the automotive industry. I used marine plywood as I was covering it, so this cab is heavy and sturdy. This baby has such a great sound. Back then, I had a radial arm saw, so it was fun to build. Today, the cabinet is one of my main cabs. I use it upright as my 3 bay 19" rack sits on it perfectly with my Mesa Express Plus on top of that. Nice looking combo. At one time, I had the 19" rack, the Mesa, a Marshall and an Egnater all stacked. What an awesome sight that was. A giant monolith of sound. You'll love that new cabinet. Making your own brings another dimension of pleasure to playing.
H Posted September 25, 2013 Posted September 25, 2013 Nothing so satisfying as playing through something you built yourself I built a cab from Quartersawn Oak for my tweed Deluxe a couple of years ago. It's murder to route, isn't it?
Yooper Posted September 25, 2013 Posted September 25, 2013 Love it, or them. Geeze, so many of you are far better at woodworking, tech, and amp building than I am at guitar. I think we would like a "show us your cab making" thread sometime...or would this be one?
hammerboogie Posted October 4, 2013 Author Posted October 4, 2013 thanks guys, it took 4 hrs of messing around to get the jig set just perfect, ive been working on it every night, so as it is now, i routed the dovetails off rounded, then a smaller route of the front and back edges, using 3/4 birch ply on the back fully closed and i got some gold speaker fabric from the a church organ builder so are you ready? here it is with 3 coats of tung oil so far i how do you add a pic?
hammerboogie Posted October 4, 2013 Author Posted October 4, 2013 Nothing so satisfying as playing through something you built yourself I built a cab from Quartersawn Oak for my tweed Deluxe a couple of years ago. It's murder to route, isn't it? wow thats sharp looking hows she sound? and i cant even imagine what mine will weigh!
hammerboogie Posted October 4, 2013 Author Posted October 4, 2013 how the heck do ya add a pic to a post?
hammerboogie Posted October 4, 2013 Author Posted October 4, 2013 OK GOT IT NOW, ITS HARD TO SEE THE GRAIN, THE TOP CENTER BOARD IS QUARTER SAWN OAK
buzzy Posted October 4, 2013 Posted October 4, 2013 That looks really nice. I've been putting off a similar project and this thread reminds me to get a good start before it's too cold to hang out in the shed.
H Posted October 4, 2013 Posted October 4, 2013 wow thats sharp looking hows she sound? and i cant even imagine what mine will weigh!She sounds great What speakers are going in your cab?
hammerboogie Posted October 4, 2013 Author Posted October 4, 2013 I'm putting some celestion 70 watt for now but really want V30's like a rectifier
hammerboogie Posted October 4, 2013 Author Posted October 4, 2013 Btw Mesa subway rocket 20 watts will be the power!
Trouble Posted October 5, 2013 Posted October 5, 2013 i want a mesa 2-12 horizontal cab, so im building my own, but with a artistic flair, 4 woods, quarter sawn oak, brazilian mahogany,walnut and cherry, alt on the sides and learned how to dovetail today! That's really nice! I love things like that, I'm going to be building a 2X12 pretty soon as well, but mine will be utilitarian, It's going to get beat up.
Billgelder Posted October 25, 2013 Posted October 25, 2013 Btw Mesa subway rocket 20 watts will be the power! I uses my Subway rocket with a Marshall 2x12. The combination of 1 10" and 2 12" sounds very big.
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