Leather, oil rubbed bronze.... cabinet?

[Cullen G]

Why not ?
I live in a small coastal town. We have a small shop, and I'm friends with the owner. He knows I've been a speaker designer since 1986, and told me he wanted something "nice" for the shop for playing his guitar through... a single 12 cabinet.
So we worked out a trade. He purchased this Schecter short scale bass for me, and I'm finishing up this single 12 cabinet for him. The Warehouse 75w Retro 30 driver will arrive Wed.

 

[agedhorse]

That's a lot of extra wood for a guitar cabinet, I suppose weight wasn't a concern?

 

[Killing Floor]

That’s a lovely cabinet.

 

[J Wilson]

" . . . that oughta be good, that sucker is NOT gonna come apart!"

No clue how it sounds, but it looks great.

 

[MuseChaser]

Has an AR3 vibe...I grew up with a pair of those and a Scott tube amp...thanks for the memories.

 

[Cullen G]

That's a lot of extra wood for a guitar cabinet, I suppose weight wasn't a concern?

Not one bit. He wants it to sit in one spot in his store. We discussed that. It's a sound quality first cabinet design, per his request. That's Baltic Birch plywood throughout.

 

[agedhorse]

Mmmm, ok.

 

[GreyBeard]

As heavy as it looks like it would be would make it hard for anyone to steal...........lol. What do the white things in the corners do?

 

[Mike Caldwell]

Looks nice but it doesn't look like the back panels are supported by anything other than the outer edges. I could see where the back panels could vibrate in ways you don't want them to??

 

[Lowbrow]

The baffle board is beautiful, and like another poster noted reminiscent of vintage AR (my home system includes a pair of AR 10pi).

 

[MattZilla]

In the corners looks like fiberglass cloth intended for resin layups… are they just giant neatly-wound wads of that or a wrap around another damping/deadening material?

I do appreciate someone eliminating as much of the single note drum-like quality that can arise in lighter designs (even if those drones are done with an endgame in mind).

eta- what’s the story on the eight leather bound blocks inside? Why only on the L&R sides and not on all four sides?

 

[Gluvhand]

eta- what’s the story on the eight leather bound blocks inside? Why only on the L&R sides and not on all four sides

My guess is only the sides will make physical contact with the leather bound back cover "slats" so covering the blocks will keep the leather from getting scratched up. The top and bottom blocks are recessed beyond the framing for the back cover. Or not.

 

[PapaBearBass]

Why not ?
I live in a small coastal town. We have a small shop, and I'm friends with the owner. He knows I've been a speaker designer since 1986, and told me he wanted something "nice" for the shop for playing his guitar through... a single 12 cabinet.
So we worked out a trade. He purchased this Schecter short scale bass for me, and I'm finishing up this single 12 cabinet for him. The Warehouse 75w Retro 30 driver will arrive Wed.

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Absolutely beautiful

 

[beans-on-toast]

The baffle board is beautiful, and like another poster noted reminiscent of vintage AR (my home system includes a pair of AR 10pi).

The baffle wood grain reminds me of a 1940’s Ampeg.

 

[klyph]

What kind of wood is baffle? What sort of finish? It’s very pretty.

 

[Cullen G]

As heavy as it looks like it would be would make it hard for anyone to steal...........lol. What do the white things in the corners do?

The corners have extremely tight rolls of restrained denim insulation. This helps drop the standing waves created by corners, by several db.
It absorbs extra energy created by the corners.

 

[6thplanet]

Tried searching the "sound quality first cabinet design" got nothing. Would you please explain. I can guess at what someone was trying to do....but...

Otherwise, nice build quality!

...also guessing you can remove any number of the rear slats for open back tuning?

 

[Cullen G]

Looks nice but it doesn't look like the back panels are supported by anything other than the outer edges. I could see where the back panels could vibrate in ways you don't want them to??

Good thinking if this was LF woofer enclosure. The panels are 3/4" thick, zero void, Baltic Birch plywood. They are bolted to the rear with 1/4" bolts that are 3" long. They suck down very tightly to the threaded inserts in "those wooden blocks, covered in leather"
Being a 6 string guitar cabinet means there's very little vibration to begin with.
I have been designing and building speakers since the 80s. I own accelerometers, siesmograph, a slew of measurement mics, etc, etc.

 

[Cullen G]

What kind of wood is baffle? What sort of finish? It’s very pretty.

The actual baffle is Macassar ebony. I had a can of cinnamon dye, and it worked well enough with the leather's color.

 

[klyph]

The actual baffle is Macassar ebony

Wow! Very nice. Can I have the offcut from the hole? jk