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Topic: Cabinet material..... |
Tony Boadle
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Skibbereen, County Cork, Ireland
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Posted 14 Oct 2014 10:02 am |
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I'm starting my home-build psg cabinet this weekend... I can't source any fancy timber (and if I could it would probably exceed my budget)....I have some red deal (pine) laminated panel (2"strips glued together and sanded to form 3/4" thick panels). It's used a lot in furniture making here.
Can I use that for my cabinet? Btw, this psg is for home use only...just a pastime so no concert hall tone required. |
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Lane Gray
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Topeka, KS
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Posted 14 Oct 2014 10:11 am
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Hard woods are typically used.
You don't need snazzy woods, but I'm not sure pine will deal well with the strain of string tension.
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2 pedal steels, a lapStrat, and an 8-string Dobro (and 3 ukes)
More amps than guitars, and not many effects |
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John Billings
From:
Ohio, USA
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Posted 14 Oct 2014 11:24 am
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| Get something harder. Maybe Maple ply even. |
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John Billings
From:
Ohio, USA
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Posted 14 Oct 2014 11:25 am
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| Find a local cabinet maker, and get something from him. |
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Fred Layman
From:
Springfield, Missouri USA
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Posted 14 Oct 2014 1:02 pm
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| If you don't use a hardwood (maple is used most often), you will most likely have string detuning. That is caused as a result of "cabinet drop", that is, causing detuning when increased tension on the the guitar body by the downward pull of the pedal action, plus increased string tension on the guitar body as the pedal and rod tension flex the body downward in the middle. See the earlier discussion on "cabinet drop." |
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Jim Palenscar
From:
Oceanside, Calif, USA
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Posted 15 Oct 2014 7:43 am
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While it is a common practice to use hardwoods in the cabinets for the above stated reasons, one of the best sounding and performing guitars I have ever played was a pre-maple cabinet BMI- made of press-board sandwiched between 2 sheets of formica. Go figure.  It is my recollection that BMI went from using press-board to maple due to Katrina causing cabinet failure in the earlier models. |
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Tony Boadle
From:
Skibbereen, County Cork, Ireland
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Posted 15 Oct 2014 7:56 am Cabinet build
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Thanks to all for advice as always, I purchased a six foot length of 9" x 3/4" mahogany today, originally machined to be used for stair treads.
My last lap steel was mahogany and sounded amazing, I've also played a mahogany banjo in the past.
I'm hoping that my choice will sound as good as it will look.....
Thanks again. |
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Lane Gray
From:
Topeka, KS
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Posted 15 Oct 2014 7:57 am
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I believe the dieboard used by MSA, BMI and GFI was also hardwood; maple IIRC.
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2 pedal steels, a lapStrat, and an 8-string Dobro (and 3 ukes)
More amps than guitars, and not many effects |
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John Billings
From:
Ohio, USA
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Posted 15 Oct 2014 8:05 am
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"I believe the dieboard used by MSA, BMI and GFI was also hardwood; maple IIRC."
As was the wood we used at Performance, Looked like Maple, or maybe birch. I believe id came from Norway, Naval plywood. |
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Glenn Uhler
From:
Trenton, New Jersey, USA
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Posted 15 Oct 2014 8:34 am Mahogany = Good Choice
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You made a good choice with the mahogany, Tony. The necks of many C.F. Martin and Gibson guitars are made of mahogany. Fender, however, uses maple for their necks. Mahogany will give your psg cabinet a nice mellow tone, as well as not being too heavy. Plus, you can finish it in several colors: natural, red mahogany, or brown mahogany. Enjoy!
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