So my good friend and ex band member Spooky
(James Albers) has been building guitars for a while now and a recent visit to his blog has inspired me to start working on some projects of my own! (http://jamesalbers.blogspot.com/) I did a lot of research on 2x12 guitar cabs and I didn't find much I liked so I contacted Spook and he gave me all the info I needed to try my own first guitar cab. Thanks dude you saved me a bunch of time I don't have!
Not a big fan of tolex, I don't like the large 3/4 inch bubbly round overs and the thick super glossy finish that most custom guitar cabs have (I guess that's the furniture maker in me) So I have decided to make a cab that's a little different than most. The size is that of a Mesa Lonestar but everything else will be different. It's made of 3/4" quarter sawn white oak ply with white oak solid. I had some left over from a side job so I decided to use it for this cab. Beats buying new solid for $200! The edging is all 3/16" so when i put my 1/8" round over on a non-professional probably won't even be able to tell. Yeah that's how good I am and I was golfing this morning too... You know what I'm talking about Spook:-)
Eminence speakers, open back, a black leather handle, black piping, black grill cloth and a black and red thin semi gloss patina finish.
This is what I got so far...
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| Cut plywood to size |
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| Here I glue on the end pieces of the sides. |
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| Now I flush trim the solid wood. Notice the hand planer. Just lazy that's all. Look for the router, look for the trim bit, set it up, plug it in you get the point. works just as good if you know what you're doing. Oh and I played golf today. |
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| Sanded after flush trim. |
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| Now I cut the rabbit on the table saw. I later realized I could have just mitered the corners and used a bit to rabbit out the 3/16" corner and glued it in! Oh well, that's the beauty about design build. All on the fly baby all on the fly. |
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| This is the rabbit with the small piece of solid for the 1/8" round over. |
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| La misma mierda, different angle. |
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| Oh by the way for my first blog and amp build I busted out a 2004 Rosenblum Zin that I Inherited from my one and only wonderful mother in law Lynette. If my amp looks and sounds just remotely like this wines aroma alone I can call in tomorrow and tell my super to go $&%@ himself... |
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| Time to glue her up. |
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| Couple of clamps and glue... |
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| ...and don't forget the square! Mucho Importante! No square no good. |
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| OK now while this thing is gluing up I prepare and plane my solid for the front and back! Man this turned out to be a lot of work compared to just using solid. I guess pay more in solid or pay in labor... |
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| Front and back stock. |
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| The cab is dry and now I trim the edge. Again, just lazy... wonder how long I can keep this up. By the way this only works with sharp tools but I'm sure you know that already. Just trying to help. | |
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| Now where is that oh so sophisticated sanding device that I always use...? Oh there it is... Did I mention I played golf this morning? |
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| Now it's time to clamp my stretcher in place to hold the top face stock. Glue biscuits and clamps. |
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| Time to glue the solid on the face and the back which will receive the 1/8" round over. Next time it will be all solid for sure! Thia is ridiculous! |
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| Top edge. |
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| So i gave it a quick sanding with 120 grit paper and now I'm routing the 1/8" round over all the way around. You know when you are a perfectionist (or suffer from ADHD) when you realize that you forgot to put periods after half of your blog captions and then HAVE to go back and fix the problem! Lol |
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| Well this is it so far. Ed and I will make some color samples on the weekend and go from there. I think I'll also order the hardware as well. Still haven't decided on the speakers yet. |
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That's it for today folks... My name is Mr. Ed, the famous mister Ed and I approve this message!
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