MadAsAHatter
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You may have seen me mention doing this build in the other thread asking about 15 inch speakers. The build is coming along nicely.
Over the last few weeks I did all the major wood working constructing the main shell, bracing, back, & baffle. This past weekend I buttoned up the last of the minor stuff like drilling pilot holes & adding T-nuts and covered the cab. I also put it all together & dropped in some speakers to test out. As it stands it's functional but not completely finished.
It's 3/4" 7 ply Birch plywood throughout except for the frame around the front perimeter. I used douglas fir for that. I didn't want to cut down the last strip of plywood I have because it was just the right size for a baffle on another project. I used simple butt joints but everything is tight fitting, glued & nailed, and full internal bracing. So it's nice and sturdy. My fat ass stood on it to make sure. I copied the dimensions of my Egnater Armageddon 412 cab so it's 30"x30"x14" and the baffle has a 2 degree tilt-back. The wrap matches my Randall RM100 head.
I have it wired for mono/stereo. It's 8 ohms mono or 16 ohms stereo to split the 15" and 2-12" speakers each side. For speakers I'm using a 15" Alnico Weber Blue Dog. This speaker didn't have any doping. I tried it as is, but the cone cry was a too much with high gain at louder volume so I'll need to add dope. Still slightly undecided on the 12" speakers. Right now I have some Celestion 70/80s in it since it was the only 8 ohm speakers I had laying around. Those aren't staying in, I just needed something to drop in and test out. For the 12" speakers it's going to be a coin flip between Weber Grey Wolfs or Celestion Redbacks. Based on how the 70/80s sound with the Blue Dog I'm leaning toward the Grey Wolfs. I'm thinking their upper midrange frequencies will pair better with the extended low end of the Blue Dog. Might end up too dark sounding with Redbacks.
I still need to paint the baffle and buy 12" speakers & grill cloth.
Playing thought it even with the shitty 70/80 speakers it sounds huge. The 15" Blue Dog adds some really nice low end thump without it being too much. On it's own it feels like it lacks a but of upper end clarity. Though that just could be from being in a large cab that's not fitting for it to be played by itself. Just the 70/80s sound okay, but are kinda bland and has that harsh upper end their known for. As a whole I can still hear the lack of character and some of the harshness from the 70/80s, but the Blue Dog helps balance that out a good bit. Once I get those things out and put respectable 12" speakers in there I think this cab is going to sound massive.
I'll get more thorough pictures up later when it's fully complete. For now here are a couple of in progress and current standing pics.
Of course the cat had to be nosey and get in the picture LOL
Over the last few weeks I did all the major wood working constructing the main shell, bracing, back, & baffle. This past weekend I buttoned up the last of the minor stuff like drilling pilot holes & adding T-nuts and covered the cab. I also put it all together & dropped in some speakers to test out. As it stands it's functional but not completely finished.
It's 3/4" 7 ply Birch plywood throughout except for the frame around the front perimeter. I used douglas fir for that. I didn't want to cut down the last strip of plywood I have because it was just the right size for a baffle on another project. I used simple butt joints but everything is tight fitting, glued & nailed, and full internal bracing. So it's nice and sturdy. My fat ass stood on it to make sure. I copied the dimensions of my Egnater Armageddon 412 cab so it's 30"x30"x14" and the baffle has a 2 degree tilt-back. The wrap matches my Randall RM100 head.
I have it wired for mono/stereo. It's 8 ohms mono or 16 ohms stereo to split the 15" and 2-12" speakers each side. For speakers I'm using a 15" Alnico Weber Blue Dog. This speaker didn't have any doping. I tried it as is, but the cone cry was a too much with high gain at louder volume so I'll need to add dope. Still slightly undecided on the 12" speakers. Right now I have some Celestion 70/80s in it since it was the only 8 ohm speakers I had laying around. Those aren't staying in, I just needed something to drop in and test out. For the 12" speakers it's going to be a coin flip between Weber Grey Wolfs or Celestion Redbacks. Based on how the 70/80s sound with the Blue Dog I'm leaning toward the Grey Wolfs. I'm thinking their upper midrange frequencies will pair better with the extended low end of the Blue Dog. Might end up too dark sounding with Redbacks.
I still need to paint the baffle and buy 12" speakers & grill cloth.
Playing thought it even with the shitty 70/80 speakers it sounds huge. The 15" Blue Dog adds some really nice low end thump without it being too much. On it's own it feels like it lacks a but of upper end clarity. Though that just could be from being in a large cab that's not fitting for it to be played by itself. Just the 70/80s sound okay, but are kinda bland and has that harsh upper end their known for. As a whole I can still hear the lack of character and some of the harshness from the 70/80s, but the Blue Dog helps balance that out a good bit. Once I get those things out and put respectable 12" speakers in there I think this cab is going to sound massive.
I'll get more thorough pictures up later when it's fully complete. For now here are a couple of in progress and current standing pics.
Of course the cat had to be nosey and get in the picture LOL
