It's no $6 cabinet....

72_Custom · August 11th, 2007, 01:20 PM

After lurking around here for a while, I felt inspired to try my hand at my first cabinet build. After $18 in lumber, and a few scraps laying around the house, I ended up with a cabinet that's actually not half bad. I put some old Sunn speakers I had laying around in there and fired up the camera. Here are some of the (required) pics. The first one is when it was first built with my '68 Bassman resting atop it. The other two are after a few finishing touches.
I think I'm getting the hand of this thing!

purpletele · August 11th, 2007, 03:00 PM

looks good. I imagine a laney sitting on top though

jhundt · August 11th, 2007, 03:08 PM

when I was 16 (1970) I built my first cab. In those days we didn't have any power tools, so I had to cut it all by hand. I used glue/screw strips and way over-engineered it, with screws on each side every 4 inches. Without a powered screwdriver! Man, my wrist still hurts when I look at a home-made box!

Yours looks nice; you did a good job and you had some fun, saved some money, and maybe developed a life-long hobby. I know I'm still building boxes 37 years later...

Steve G · August 11th, 2007, 03:53 PM

Good work, looks great!

Ive just made my first one and had a great time doing it. Now i just need a bass head!

I think you need a vox or marshall for some british flavour to go with your grill cloth.

JohnnyCrash · August 12th, 2007, 05:50 AM

"I love it when a plan comes together" - Col. John "Hannibal" Smith, the A-Team (1983).

There is nothing cooler than saving a pile of money and building gear yourself!

+1 on it looking very "Laney-ish" - or The Who. For some reason I expect some Clash tunes to be blaring out of it!

I like it!!!! Very MacGruber of you!

August 11th, 2007, 03:53 PM	#4 (permalink)
Steve G Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: LeeK (England) Posts: 1,853 64 Photos	Good work, looks great! Ive just made my first one and had a great time doing it. Now i just need a bass head! I think you need a vox or marshall for some british flavour to go with your grill cloth. __________________ "He was a drinkin' man with a guitar problem..." http://www.myspace.com/stevegiddings http://www.myspace.com/hiandlonesome

August 11th, 2007, 03:00 PM	#2 (permalink)
purpletele Tele-Holic Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Morgantown,WV Posts: 704 20 Photos	looks good. I imagine a laney sitting on top though

August 11th, 2007, 03:08 PM	#3 (permalink)
jhundt Friend of Leo's Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Netherlands Age: 54 Posts: 3,127 9 Photos	when I was 16 (1970) I built my first cab. In those days we didn't have any power tools, so I had to cut it all by hand. I used glue/screw strips and way over-engineered it, with screws on each side every 4 inches. Without a powered screwdriver! Man, my wrist still hurts when I look at a home-made box! Yours looks nice; you did a good job and you had some fun, saved some money, and maybe developed a life-long hobby. I know I'm still building boxes 37 years later...

August 12th, 2007, 05:50 AM	#5 (permalink)
JohnnyCrash Poster Extraordinaire Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Lost Angeles and Orange County Posts: 7,128	"I love it when a plan comes together" - Col. John "Hannibal" Smith, the A-Team (1983). There is nothing cooler than saving a pile of money and building gear yourself! +1 on it looking very "Laney-ish" - or The Who. For some reason I expect some Clash tunes to be blaring out of it! I like it!!!! Very MacGruber of you!