Mesa cab

[Wana_make_a_guitar]

Soo, i've been planing on building a Mesa style cab for a while now, a kinda of a mash up between the rectifier 2x12 horizontal and the three quarter back cab, and the other day me and my dad knocked the thing together in about 2 hours, not that it's really finished, which is why i'm posting here.

Anyways, it's ply. Got some good quality, or so i'm told, 18mm weatherproof stuff. I have no Idea why I went with the weatherproof stuff, because the weatherproof sheets are going to be covered by the tolex. Guess it was just because it was better then the alternative ply and the pine I could have stolen off my dad didn't fit the measurements and I just wanted to get it done because I need a cab.

I went down the lazy mans road too. Glue 'n' screw with butt joints and some added bracing, so it's actually higher by 36mm then an original Mesa Rectifier Horizontal 2x12. I was woried that this option was not going to bee strong at all, but i'm confident that this thing is strong enough to be thrown out the back of a van and survive, plus when the front and back are fixed in place, they will add some strength.

Too my surprise, my dad still had a lot of hardware from back in the day when he was making speaker bins and road cases so I saved myself 50 odd bucks for handles, corners and casters. Bonus.

 

[OzziePete]

Your Dad made roadcases and speaker boxes? Still does it on occassions? :toothy11: *cough* Conor, buddy, maaaaate! :icon_biggrin:

 

[Wana_make_a_guitar]

Your Dad made roadcases and speaker boxes? Still does it on occassions? :toothy11: *cough* Conor, buddy, maaaaate! :icon_biggrin:

Hehhehheh, You're gonna have a though time trying to get him to make anything these days. It took me a month of badgering to try and get him to help me with this.

 

[OzziePete]

Your Dad made roadcases and speaker boxes? Still does it on occassions? :toothy11: *cough* Conor, buddy, maaaaate! :icon_biggrin:

Hehhehheh, You're gonna have a though time trying to get him to make anything these days. It took me a month of badgering to try and get him to help me with this.

Maybe con him into making you an isolation cabinet? I just bought a Demeter Iso Cab & it's the bee's knees for keeping things quiet! The thing is: these cabs can be built by someone who knows what they are doing (and I don't !! )and all that's needed to buy is the inner isolation material and the hardware (speaker, goosneck, microphone and sockets). I am happy to have this cab, it's a good way to crank my little amp and get the tone I want without having my neighbours wondering what the hell I am doing - and it preserves my hearing -but the quality of what I got is easily achievable by people who know how to build cabs...There's a couple of You Tube vids of people building these so the dimensions are available..

 

[swarfrat]

Maybe it's just the vintage I am, but I loved the look of the hardwood/wicker mesa Mk III. That was crazy enough for its day, I'm a programmer and the Mk V is way too busy and fiddly for me.
But the first thing I thought of when I saw this thread wasn't the road ready cabs, but the slant top 212 Mesa made. Marshall had one too - in fact for a few weeks I had a buddy's Jubilee 212 quarter stack in my bedroom. I really really wish I'd snagged it from him, cause it was for sale shortly after that.

 

[mayfly]

You know what, I've used screws and glue with butt joints for many many cabs.  They worked just fine.  I even did the "drop" test with one (dropped it off a roof onto concrete) and it held up very well.

Modern materials (like that 18mm weatherproof ply you used and modern locktite glues) just make things that much easier.

 

[Wana_make_a_guitar]

Well, Finally got my speakers ordered. A pair of Eminence speakers, a 'The Wizard' and 'Man 'o' War'.