Amp/speaker cab materials

[baz]

Anyone got experience of building / covering your own cabinets ? ............and recommendations for materials suppliers?.

Thanks in advance

Baz

[grottyshep]

Hi Baz,
I built a kit from ampmaker and needed a speaker cab.I used 19mm Plywood for the cabinet and baffle and purchased everything else(tolex,speakercloth,feet and handle)from a company called Solsound on the well known auction site.The only thing I would say is experiment with open and closed back cabinets.I actually made the centre back part of my cab adjustable and it makes a big difference to the sound,more bass when fully closed etc.hope this helps.
Steve.

[murraysanders]

Hello Baz
Here is a couple of cabinets that i have made , the mesa boogie is a mk3 and made these 3 cabs about 20 years ago , the cabinets are made from pine , they have a lot looser sound than the hardwood mesa use , the red cabinet is my latest build also pine and is a copy of a fender deluxe reverb styled after a sky king tone king with the controls at the front where you can see them and get to them easily , the resistors are allen bradely or riken and the capacitors are either sprauge or mallroy , I have made 2 boards to see which one sounds the best , I used a good quality vynal to cover the cab with bear brand contact adhesive , there is a good tutorial on utube where a person is using double sided tape to glue the material to the cab , good luck with the build , best regards Murray.

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