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Topic: Anyone build a cabinet? |
Paul McEvoy
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Baltimore, USA
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Posted 25 Jul 2019 11:23 am |
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I'd like to build an extension cabinet to use with the Milkman The AMP.
It doesn't seem to hard but built ones are not cheap, just wondering what I'm missing.
Are there any good resources for this? |
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Bill A. Moore
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Silver City, New Mexico, USA
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Posted 25 Jul 2019 11:55 am
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I have been putting mine together with biscuits, and scrap
3/4" ply!
here's one:
And another:
And another:
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Roger Crawford
From:
Griffin, GA USA
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Posted 25 Jul 2019 12:41 pm
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| 1X12 pine. |
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Paul McEvoy
From:
Baltimore, USA
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Posted 25 Jul 2019 2:07 pm
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| Is there suggested dimensions somewhere? |
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Don Griffiths
From:
Steelville, MO
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Posted 25 Jul 2019 2:29 pm
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What sizÄ™ speaker?
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Michael Maddex
From:
Northern New Mexico, USA
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Doug Palmer
From:
Greensboro, North Carolina, USA
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Posted 26 Jul 2019 4:58 am Cabinet
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Paul, you might check local craigslist or marketplace for a cheap combo amp. Trash the amp and speaker and put your speaker in it. I see off brand amps in the $20 to $50 range. How do you like your Milkman combo? I have one on order.
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Michael Butler
From:
California, USA
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Posted 26 Jul 2019 9:47 am
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curious as to what a biscuit is? no gravy, tho?
i've heard of people buying bee hive boxes and turning them into extension cabs. apparently very cheap and made of pine. if i can find the link, i'll add it.
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Jerry Overstreet
From:
Louisville Ky
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Posted 26 Jul 2019 10:21 am
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https://www.amazon.com/empty-speaker-cabinets/s?k=empty+speaker+cabinets
Look around online. You can usually find one already built cheaper than you can build one yourself. These are available in 12's and 15's.
Some of these are carpet covered. If you don't like the carpet, you can strip it and pick up some tolex to redo it and still come out ahead. Tubesandmore, parts-express has tolex and your local Hobby Lobby has it also for about $15 for a yard. Plenty to do one or maybe two cabinets.
All that hardware, corners, jacks, dishes, handles etc. adds up faster than you might think. Good quality birch plywood is not cheap either.
I've built quite a few cabinets of different styles, so I have some experience with costs. |
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Bill A. Moore
From:
Silver City, New Mexico, USA
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Tony Prior
From:
Charlotte NC
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Posted 26 Jul 2019 11:51 am
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I build them as needed , sized to fit a specific need. I recently built a couple of 1 x 12 cabs and a 1 x 15 CAB. For overall dimensions I look up available RETAIL cabs and go with those.
A sharp pencil, a sharp saw blade, 5/8 or 3/4 plywood, some wood screws, some glue , some tolex, some grill cloth, some corners, feet , a handle and a speaker ! Oh yeah, a carpenters square, don't forget that !
Then I add a Badge
Actually, now that I think about it, its not about the speaker cabinet at all, but rather an excuse to use as many power and air tools as possible ! 
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Bill A. Moore
From:
Silver City, New Mexico, USA
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Posted 26 Jul 2019 1:27 pm
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I found a fellow on the bay that makes custom logos, I like folks to think the amps I build are unique!
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Michael Hill
From:
Arizona, USA
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Posted 26 Jul 2019 6:06 pm
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I've built 3 speaker cabinets and a combo cabinet. It's not about saving money as you can buy an empty cabinet pretty cheap. Search ebay for 'guitar speaker cabinet empty' and you'll see some. It's more about creating something that's exactly what you want. And also the fun of building it if you're into that sort of thing.
For my cabinets I purchased all the hardware, tolex and grill cloth from mojotone.com.
I didn't do any special calculations on sizing. I just built them to fit the speakers I wanted to use and also looked at the specs for some name brand cabinets. All of mine sound great IMO. |
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Roger Crawford
From:
Griffin, GA USA
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Michael Butler
From:
California, USA
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Posted 27 Jul 2019 8:35 am
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bill: thanks for the info. i guess they are sort of like a shim. learn something new every day.
play music!
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Ian Sutton
From:
San Francisco, CA
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Posted 1 Aug 2019 12:32 pm
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Mojotone has some nice, well-priced unloaded extension cabinets ready to ship on Reverb. I've been using their "Lite" 1x12 extension cab with my The Amp.
https://reverb.com/shop/mojotone
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Bill A. Moore
From:
Silver City, New Mexico, USA
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Posted 1 Aug 2019 3:51 pm
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| Michael, the biscuits actually join the woods together. The tool cuts a groove half the size of the biscuit in each side of the woods, and adds to the surface area that is being glued. I haven't had any joint fail yet! |
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Tony Prior
From:
Charlotte NC
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Posted 2 Aug 2019 12:42 am
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| Michael Hill wrote: |
It's more about creating something that's exactly what you want. And also the fun of building it if you're into that sort of thing.
I didn't do any special calculations on sizing. I just built them to fit the speakers I wanted to use and also looked at the specs for some name brand cabinets. |
Exactly the same for me. I have built 3 cabs , one of which I use on every gig, a small 1 x 1 2 extension. Others I use "if I feel like it" based on which amp head I may be using. Not all gigs are equal and not all have the same available footprint space.
I'm getting ready to build yet another, a 2 x 10 cab to match the Z head , I've got the speakers, I've got the tools, I've got the time, all I need is the red tolex and the wood ! Heck I've had 4 Emmi P10R clones for a few years just sitting around , time to use 2 of them ! Time for a 2 x 10 head to sit under the 38 Z.
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Larry Dering
From:
Missouri, USA
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Posted 2 Aug 2019 5:09 am
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| Tony, can't wait to see your finished project. Should be a nice addition to the herd. |
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Tim Whitlock
From:
Colorado, USA
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Posted 2 Aug 2019 6:26 am
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I bought a Standel Artist that was insanely heavy so I built this head and speaker cab for it. It turned out not too shabby in spite of my low level carpentry skills.
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Gerry Brown
From:
Asheville, North Carolina, USA
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Posted 2 Aug 2019 6:34 am
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I made this one for a Quilter Steelaire rack mount with some mahogany I had left over from another project. I used a dovetail jig which makes easy work of it. By the time you get a good speaker (I used a Telonics TSNEO 12 4) and misc parts, you're up into the mid $200's. The commercially available ones don't seem so expensive in light of that. I think it sounds better than my Steelaire combo and I'm thinking about building a 2 12.
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Roger Crawford
From:
Griffin, GA USA
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Posted 2 Aug 2019 11:10 am
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My latest build with a Peavey 1501-4 neo. I use it with a Steelaire rack. Great combination.
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