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Tommy Detamore


From:
Floresville, Texas
Post  Posted 30 Jul 2007 8:13 pm    
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I recently received a couple of open-back 15" cabinets from Rick and I just have to say the craftsmanship is incredible and the service was first-class. I have always favored open-back speaker cabinets for steel, and after a stint playing with a closed-back cabinet, I decided I wanted to try an open back design once again. So I emailed Rick with some ideas and he fixed me up in a big way. These things sound great (must be the pine Smile ), and the fit and finish is just superb!

Now I want to get him to build cabinets for everything in the studio...!

http://www.rickjohnsoncabs.com/
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Joe A. Camacho

 

Post  Posted 31 Jul 2007 2:59 pm    
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How about some pics Tommy?
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Tommy Detamore


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Floresville, Texas
Post  Posted 31 Jul 2007 6:25 pm    
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Here ya go Joe:



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KENNY KRUPNICK

 

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Columbus, Ohio
Post  Posted 31 Jul 2007 6:27 pm    
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Cool Cool Cool
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Rick Johnson


From:
Wheelwright, Ky USA
Post  Posted 2 Aug 2007 4:32 am    
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Tommy
Thanks for the compliment.
Now you have new cabs and new
Jagwire strings, you are good to go. Winking
Keep on crankin out that great music.

Rick

www.rickjohnsoncabs.com
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Len Amaral

 

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Rehoboth,MA 02769
Post  Posted 2 Aug 2007 8:11 am    
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Rick just made me a pair of 15" cabs and an amp head with cream colored tolex and a wheat gold grill cloth. Takes your breath away just looking at them. Winking
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Joe A. Camacho

 

Post  Posted 2 Aug 2007 9:40 am    
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Thanks Tommy, nice cabinets Rick!
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Dave Van Allen


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Doylestown, PA , US , Earth
Post  Posted 6 Aug 2007 11:06 am    
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Beauty...
You do fine work Rick!


one of these days I'll "get ahead" enough to order me up a couple.
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Bill Ford


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Graniteville SC Aiken
Post  Posted 6 Aug 2007 12:17 pm    
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Rick,
First let me say, they look great. Question, looks like solid wood[pine maybe] is there an advantage/disadvantage of solid wood rather than plywood?

Thanks BF
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Kevin Hatton

 

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Buffalo, N.Y.
Post  Posted 6 Aug 2007 3:00 pm    
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Rick, you do great work. A real value to the steel community.
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Al Sato


From:
Texas Hill Country
Post  Posted 6 Aug 2007 8:00 pm    
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My new Rick Johnson cab in the hands of UPS now! I can't wait. It's a 1x15 and I've got a new Weber Neomag 15 for it. I'm excited to be trying out Ted's brand new take on a JBL. When I get it broken in, I'll be looking for someone in the Austin/Central Texas area who has a real JBL in a 1x15 cab for comparison. The speaker itself is quite light, so my cab will be just fine for an aging musician...

Al
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Rick Johnson


From:
Wheelwright, Ky USA
Post  Posted 7 Aug 2007 6:33 am    
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Thanks for all the compliments, I try
to make each cabinet to the very best
of my ability.

Bill
To answer your question, I like to use
#2 Common Pine for guitar cabinets.
Pine has a inherent resonant tone that
I like, for comparison sake years ago,
I made a cabinet from birch plywood and
the sound was too thin and brittle and maybe somewhat harsh.
I don't want to argue about pine vs. plywood.
I just like plain old pine.
Just my opinion.

Thanks

Rick

www.rickjohnsoncabs.com
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