DIY 1X12 Cab

DeadSkin · 22-11-2007 6:00pm #1

My DIY 1X12 Mesa Thiele style cab, big shout out to voodoo child for finding me the plans

Just after a 10 minute test drive there and whoaa!!! :eek: Sh!t it's loud.
Roll on the weekend, when the neighbours are out, will give it hell then.

Cost;
Tolex/Glue/Screws/Handle/Corner Pieces/Jack/Jack Dish 50 Euro
Speaker 70 Euro
MDF 10 Euro
Weather Strip 5 Euro
All the internal bracing used to be part of an old bunk bed!!!

Total 135 Euro, plus alot of sweat/blood/tears, well worth it in the end.
Not complete yet, but hopefully I'll get round to that on the weekend.
Have to tolex it and make a frame for the grill, yet to decide the grill cloth.

Here's a few pics;

Karl Hungus · 22-11-2007 6:21pm

Looks nice. What kinda tolex and grill are you going to put on it?

DeadSkin · 22-11-2007 6:27pm

Cheers, Tolex, boring but cheap as chips, dunno yet what grill, open to suggestions

Voodu Child · 22-11-2007 6:38pm

Excellent stuff, great to hear she sounds good.

I'd say stick with a black grille, keep it simple and understated.

DeadSkin · 22-11-2007 6:55pm

Thanks, and yeah black is probably safe out

Oh yeah forgot to mention, at the start I thought I made one major f*ck up with the cab, I think the back is supposed to be removable.
When I started the build, I just tore into it and lets say it will forever be a closed back cab, not that it matters now

Quattroste · 23-11-2007 2:47pm

That's class. Fair play man.

DeadSkin · 25-11-2007 11:11pm

Quattroste wrote: »

That's class. Fair play man.

Cheers dude, me gets the feelin' the tolex won't get done for a while, just enjoyin' playin' thru' it

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Eoin Madsen · 26-11-2007 1:24pm

Nice work! Is it closed or is that venting on the bottom? Looks well.

I think the tolexing would be the part that puts me off doing it myself.

DeadSkin · 26-11-2007 5:43pm

Eoin Madsen wrote: »

Nice work! Is it closed or is that venting on the bottom? Looks well. I think the tolexing would be the part that puts me off doing it myself.

Thanks, tis closed back and front ported, this be the real-deal.
On the original plans, it has the option of a removable port cover, which would be mounted to cover the centre port.

Yeah, not lookin' forward to the tolexin'

Voodu Child · 29-11-2007 9:31pm

Here's a nice diy tolexing job :

http://www.dafguitars.com/pages/212cab2.html

Karl Hungus · 29-11-2007 9:40pm

DeadSkin wrote: »

Cheers, Tolex, boring but cheap as chips, dunno yet what grill, open to suggestions

Ah, I probably would've put some funky green tolex on there, but that's just me.

DeadSkin · 29-11-2007 10:13pm

voodoo_child wrote: »

Here's a nice diy tolexing job :

http://www.dafguitars.com/pages/212cab2.html

Yeah, I came across that a few weeks back, that's some fine tolexin'

. I'll be using that as a guide when I do start.

Karl Hungus wrote: »

Ah, I probably would've put some funky green tolex on there, but that's just me.

Looked at a lot of different colours, was goin' to settle on oxblood but the thing is it might look cool on the net but when ya get it, it could be a totally different shade, so ended up settlin' with black.

Karl Hungus · 29-11-2007 10:27pm

DeadSkin wrote: »

Looked at a lot of different colours, was goin' to settle on oxblood but the thing is it might look cool on the net but when ya get it, it could be a totally different shade, so ended up settlin' with black.

Man, that would've looked cool too.

I'm probably not alone in this, but I think there's a serious lack of colour in gear. I know people will say "But Karl, most of your gear is black!" but honestly, that's only because my prefered gear doesn't come in any other colours.

At least put some funky ass grille on there! Something like this maybe!?

sei046 · 29-11-2007 10:35pm

man that mesa 2x12 is HOT!

DeadSkin · 29-11-2007 10:46pm

Karl Hungus wrote: »

Man, that would've looked cool too.

I'm probably not alone in this, but I think there's a serious lack of colour in gear. I know people will say "But Karl, most of your gear is black!" but honestly, that's only because my prefered gear doesn't come in any other colours.

At least put some funky ass grille on there! Something like this maybe!?

Definitely. I agree with ya there about the lack of colour. When I ordered my Schecter there a few months ago I went with the cherry black it looks awesome, but I also loved it in black.
As regards the grill, I'll have a look round, sorry but not a fan of that one there dude. Thing about the grill I can use any kind of material really, so somethin' cool might show up.

Karl Hungus · 29-11-2007 11:08pm

DeadSkin wrote: »

Definitely. I agree with ya there about the lack of colour. When I ordered my Schecter there a few months ago I went with the cherry black it looks awesome, but I also loved it in black.

Ah, black cherry is a very sexy colour indeed.

DeadSkin wrote: »

As regards the grill, I'll have a look round, sorry but not a fan of that one there dude. Thing about the grill I can use any kind of material really, so somethin' cool might show up.

Ah yeah, not saying you should go with something exactly like that, but it just the possibilities of what you can do with regards to grills. I mean, you could probably get a plain grill and paint it yourself. I'd love to get a cabinet, and have the face of Domokun on it.

DeadSkin · 30-11-2007 8:45pm

Karl Hungus wrote: »

Ah yeah, not saying you should go with something exactly like that, but it just the possibilities of what you can do with regards to grills. I mean, you could probably get a plain grill and paint it yourself. I'd love to get a cabinet, and have the face of Domokun on it.

True, and it's right up my gf's street, she can paint

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This Domokun you speaketh of, not familiar with his work.........just googled him there, crazy lookin' fecker

MagicMarker · 30-11-2007 10:02pm

Where would one get plans for something like this? Or preferably a 2X12?

DeadSkin · 30-11-2007 10:14pm

MagicMarker wrote: »

Where would one get plans for something like this? Or preferably a 2X12?

Here's where I got mine, I used the TL806 plans, don't know if there are plans for a 2x12, have a look see.

CianRyan · 11-12-2008 4:38pm

Karl Hungus wrote: »

Man, that would've looked cool too.

I'm probably not alone in this, but I think there's a serious lack of colour in gear. I know people will say "But Karl, most of your gear is black!" but honestly, that's only because my prefered gear doesn't come in any other colours.

At least put some funky ass grille on there! Something like this maybe!?

So the quaility cant be great for the price, but on...

Best looking cab ever!
http://www.musicstore.com/en_EN/EUR/Rockson-RO-412-Cabinet-schraeg-Army-Green/art-GIT0012328-000

red_ice · 15-12-2008 1:04am

would it be hard to find plans for a 1x15 and a 2x10 for a bass? Would it be possible to do them so that one amp powers them both? The cab build looks pretty straight forward on this build. I am inspired!

The one thing that i would worry about with your cab is the butt joints, the movement from whatever frequencies you might produce could cause them to loosen up regarless of the glue used. The build above is using inlaid dovetails, so when they pull appart they tighten.. they are pretty messy to do, but alright to make when you get your head around em.

Other than the joint and possibly the mdf you've used, fkin great job, it looks great! Make sure you round off them edges for the tolex when it goes on.

Where did you get your speaker from?

DeadSkin · 15-12-2008 8:04pm

When I got the plans and checked on other forums[for this model], folk had no worries about mdf and the use of butt joints.
There's the added security of the bracing in the cab to consider too. This thing is solid as a rock.
All joints are sealed with builders caulk to make it airtight.
If I wasn't lazy and went down the road of dovetail joints, I more than likely would've chosen some nice wood and definitely avoid the tolex. Unless I made a balls up with the dovetails :pac:

The speaker I got from http://www.auto-connect.co.uk/
I don't think they stock the one I got any more.

DIY 1X12 Cab

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