The Amp Garage

This is what happens when an incorrigible experimenter, an artist and fancy wood collide - with time on his hands. The cart was #3 for shuttling gear into shows in Texas as most of the parking lots are rough and cracked. It was made from scrap wood bits with a marine grade ply core from gun barrel c...

A couple of years ago in honor of Marshall's 60th anniversary I built a Union Jack head cab for a 1987. https://i.imgur.com/VtNTi2P.jpg I was told multiple times to build a matching speaker cab and decided to build it this year for the Dallas Guitar festival with the 'Guys Building Guitars Dallas' g...

Based on the plastic corner protectors I'd say the cab is Crate as well - doesn't matter if it is matching just that it works. You might want to measure the speakers - I'm thinking its a 4x12 based on the head width and the speaker spacing, if so they came with celestion 70 / 80 speakers.

Russ

I wasn't an EVM12L fan until I plugged into a Rivera 2x12 'Theile' cab. I've built several TL-806 cabs [EV's design for the EVM12L] and for the size they are a great cab. I've heard over the years that they keep up with a 4x12 - not in my experience. I copied one of Zilla Cabs designs after a discus...

When I've used threaded style inserts with wood I epoxy them in place to strengthen [somewhat] the surrounding wood and to prevent unwanted rotation.

Russ

hulakatt wrote: ↑Sat Oct 22, 2022 9:31 pm Russ!?

I thought I recognized that beautiful handiwork! How ya been?

Still hanging in TN and slobbering on beautiful wood. How are you and your girls doing?

Russ

Just noticed that I didn't put in any complete pics of the 1987 cab.







Russ

I don't know how you can keep a design like this in the mind's eye while building it. I'm certain, if I were to try this, I'd be making a lot of firewood. What you did was truly impressive. There's the plan, the first steps, the 'Dammit, that didn't work' new plan then a few more steps, cussing & h...

Had to build a jig to cut the 30.96° angles - I did 31°, you'll need to forgive me. IDK, you've allowed us to expect more of you. Still, too hard to give this a thumbs down. Really, it's very inventive. I think you've got something elegant there. Damn, and I thought holding .04° tolerance was doing...

I had an itch to do something weird but classy. Marshall's 60th gave me an idea to build a Union Jack cab. After studying the details on the jack - ratios between the stripes and alignments I decided to use maple for the 'white' stripes, red heart for - you guessed it - the red stripes and dye maple...

Wood screws from the back - I use sheet rock screws with a countersunk hole.



I do closed back which is why there are so many screws. For a combo you could use half as many unless you're doing a floating baffle then only four.

Russ

[/quote] I need to take a better look into this. If i understand it correctly, you just let the baffle be in a rabbit hole type of channel inside the cabinet, no screws or glue whatsoever? [/quote] A floating baffle has two screws on either side of the baffle [or only top and bottom] holding it to t...

As in, which cab company, design and opening. Honestly I love the looks of port city’s os 2x12 wave cabinet. good sounding box need a lot of experiments. I've contacted Jim Lill about his testing apparatus as I'm 80 miles east of him. I enjoy experimenting and have built 25+ cabs in the pursuit of ...

I prefer a closed back but I'm with @xtian on this - convertible to see what you like in the space you're in. Zilla makes OS cabs - I've copied their Fatbaby 1x12 and a low volumes with an EVM 12L it out low ends a 1960B with GB's.

Russ

Have you tested them separately to determine which one [or both] is causing the issue? Or plugged the amp into another speaker[s] to hear what the amp is doing? I've not repaired or reconed speakers but I have had an issue with excessive 'cone cry' and received advice that ranged from 'the speaker i...