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Which 10" cab for small gigs/practice?

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bassdude51 said:
I totally agree with Beetfarm615! I have an Acme Low B-1. It can't be beat! Pulls off 41hz, open E at flat response! Pricey at $525 shipped.

If you have any pieces of 3/4 plywood hanging around and can saw and glue, you can build a really nice 1-10 cab for about $80 to $90. Eminence Legend BP102.

Eminence's website will give you several cab sizes for building. Each size cab has different specs.

Eminence Legend BP102 Legend Series 10" 200-Watt Replacement Bass Speaker 4 Ohm
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That's a cool idea. I've built speakers from kits and plans before, but all I see on their website is a response readout from software, forgive my ignorance but can you build with just that info? Or are there plans that I'm missing elsewhere on the site?
 
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Nickweissmusic said:
That's a cool idea. I've built speakers from kits and plans before, but all I see on their website is a response readout from software, forgive my ignorance but can you build with just that info? Or are there plans that I'm missing elsewhere on the site?
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If you look off to the left side of this info, you will see the cubic feet for a cab size. Base your cab size on the cubic ft. For example we already know that 12 inches by 12 inches by 12 inches is one cubic foot. (They also give port hole and tube sizes.) (They are giving multiple sizes for 1-10, 2-10 and 4-10 cabs for this speaker.)

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So, you'll have to kind of go trial and error with some paper and a pencil and measurements to come up with the size and cubic ft for your desired cab.

Understand that Eminence gives 3 or 4 different 1-10 cab sizes and each cab has different power specs and different frequency specs. (some are sealed cabs and some are vented cabs)

Good luck!
 
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bassdude51 said:
If you look off to the left side of this info, you will see the cubic feet for a cab size. Base your cab size on the cubic ft. For example we already know that 12 inches by 12 inches by 12 inches is one cubic foot. (They also give port hole and tube sizes.) (They are giving multiple sizes for 1-10, 2-10 and 4-10 cabs for this speaker.)

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So, you'll have to kind of go trial and error with some paper and a pencil and measurements to come up with the size and cubic ft for your desired cab.

Understand that Eminence gives 3 or 4 different 1-10 cab sizes and each cab has different power specs and different frequency specs. (some are sealed cabs and some are vented cabs)

Good luck!
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Thanks for that! For anyone else interested I found this page:

Speaker Box Volume Calculator / Designer

That plus the info from here:

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Will get you a most likely killer speaker cab on the cheap.

The calculator above allows you to plug in different dimensions and lumber thickness to get the V(total) called for in the design. It plans out all your cuts for you. And with instrument cabs you don't need to be ultra precise, the cab won't implode if you round to the half inch to make things easier. Couldn't be an easier speaker project. Well maybe one...

Pic is of a home brew open back guitar cab I made for an 8" Jensen speaker and Ruby amp I made (you don't have to be particular with open back cabs so I just designed it to look interesting), it kills for coffee house gigs, great for recording bass too.

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Ok, enough hijacking the thread, thanks for the help @bassdude51
 
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Nick, no problem hijacking the thread. And following suit, although it may be moot at this point, but when I mean DIY is not off the table (and you've seen what fEARfuls look like), this is along the lines of a final product. Note: skinny string content, but just showing off I guess.
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