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TL606 build question

cuth

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Dec 19, 2004
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I’ve been thinking of building a pair of ‘modern vintage’ TL606s using 1/2” Baltic Birch and an Eminence 3015s. Just looking at it as a fun project.
One question I have is should I brace like in the plans using frames or use cross bracing like the Simplexx and fEarfuls?
Has anyone here done a similar project? Any other possible pitfalls I should be thinking about? Thank you.
 
Both, IMO. If by 'frames' you mean the bracing at the corrner joints--yes, you should probably have those...but that's just me showing my old road-dog heritage. I'm aware that there are some designs out there that have unreinforced butt-joints in 1/2" material, but that's not something I endorse my own self. But that cab, as designed, is meant to be constructed of 3/4" material; if you build it out of 1/2", it would definitely benefit from some additional bracing of some sort to dampen out the larger panels--cross-bracing or a girdle-type arrangement or something. The corner-joint reinforcement does nothing to address that issue.
 
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