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Post by zane on Mar 28, 2006 22:51:57 GMT -7
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Post by zane on Mar 29, 2006 9:24:10 GMT -7
here's a pix of the "bare wood" ;^)
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Post by rcrecelius on Mar 29, 2006 10:05:54 GMT -7
Boy howdy Zane, another cool cab. Is this one the same dimensions as the original Z 1/12 that so many people like?
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Post by Deleted on Mar 29, 2006 12:36:31 GMT -7
Loving your brother's Art Deco stylings. Very cool designs.
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Post by squeallydan on Mar 29, 2006 12:53:14 GMT -7
Thanks Zane! I appreciate your brother making the cab for me. I'm about to wet myself waiting for it's arrival.
I do think it is the same dimensions as the original Z 1x12 cabs.
I'm curious as to whether that strip down the middle of the grill will have any effect on the sound. I saw a recent thread about the "Beam Blockers" product. I wonder if this could have a simmilar effect. I've heard of folks palcing tape over the center of the speaker to cut down on the harshness and to project the sound around more.
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Post by rcrecelius on Mar 29, 2006 14:46:47 GMT -7
Thanks Zane! I appreciate your brother making the cab for me. I'm about to wet myself waiting for it's arrival. I do think it is the same dimensions as the original Z 1x12 cabs. I'm curious as to whether that strip down the middle of the grill will have any effect on the sound. I saw a recent thread about the "Beam Blockers" product. I wonder if this could have a simmilar effect. I've heard of folks palcing tape over the center of the speaker to cut down on the harshness and to project the sound around more. I suspect it might act similar to a Beam Blocker but...the Beam Blockers have a cone shaped part that goes toward the speaker to help guide those high frequencies out away from the center...the "deco" strip may deflect some of that high end but the highs will be hitting a flat surface instead of a coned surface. Just my opinion of course
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Post by zane on Mar 29, 2006 17:28:07 GMT -7
Boy howdy Zane, another cool cab. Is this one the same dimensions as the original Z 1/12 that so many people like? hmmm... I guess it is... ;^)
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Post by LeftyLang on Mar 29, 2006 17:44:34 GMT -7
Your brother should start selling these on the evilbay....they would sell like hotcakes!!
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Post by billyguitar on Mar 29, 2006 18:45:35 GMT -7
I read somewhere that Kendrick's K Spot amp has that bar in front of the speaker is so it can beam block. Visual Sound is supposed to produce some amps that have a grille on the front that looks like an alloy wheel, also for dispersion. Somewhere around the house I've got a very old Rickenbacker amp that has cutouts in the front that spell RICK. It would probably disperse the sound also but I never played it for long, it just sounded bad. I haven't seen it for years but I don't think I sold it. I don't know for sure where it is!
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Post by raja on Mar 29, 2006 19:56:10 GMT -7
Really cool cabinet Zane, you and your brother should try a ported closed-backed 1X12. I bet that would sound fantastic.
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Post by squeallydan on Apr 1, 2006 2:11:07 GMT -7
I played a local bar last night with this cab and it sounded great. Thanks to Zane and his brother for building an awesome cab! I really like it better than my Mesa 1x12 closed back cab, and its much lighter!
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Post by dparz on Apr 2, 2006 9:31:56 GMT -7
I have read that SRV would place a strip of Duct Tape across the grill cloth to accomplish the same sound dispersion as the beam blocker
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Post by zdogma on Apr 2, 2006 10:09:19 GMT -7
Yeah that's true. Its was mainly with the bright Fenders that he would do it. If you watch the live at El Mocambo DVD (and you should!) he has the supers taped like this.
And zane - That is one of the finest looking cabs, custom built or otherwise that I have ever seen. Did your brother do the finger jointing with a router and jig? Ive been thinking of making a hardwood fingerjointed cab.
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Post by seaking on Apr 2, 2006 11:04:38 GMT -7
That's truly beautiful.
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Post by benttop (Steve) on Apr 2, 2006 11:41:23 GMT -7
Yeah that's true. Its was mainly with the bright Fenders that he would do it. If you watch the live at El Mocambo DVD (and you should!) he has the supers taped like this. And zane - That is one of the finest looking cabs, custom built or otherwise that I have ever seen. Did your brother do the finger jointing with a router and jig? Ive been thinking of making a hardwood fingerjointed cab. Actually you can do finger joints on a table saw by making a really simple jig to screw on to your miter gauge. Here's how I do it: Put the dado blade set on the saw. For 3/4" material, you can make your fingers anywhere from 3/4" down to about 3/8". But you'll need to figure how many fingers and "holes" across the width of the lumber you're working with. Once you have the dado blades on the saw, cut a slot in a board (I like to use 5/4 material for this) held on edge against the Miter Gauge. Now move the board exactly the width of the cut and screw it on to the Miter gauge. Finally, put a square dowel the size of the cut you just made into the cut and secure it with a screw so that you can use it to index your material. Run the Miter gauge through the saw one more time to make another cut on the fence you just bolted on. Now you have a miter gauge with an index pin sticking out on the face. Holding your material on edge, slide the material over to the indexing pin and run the piece through the saw for the first cut. You should have a cut that is exactly the same width as the material left betwen the cut and the edge. Pull the material up and put that cut over the index pin. Run it through again. Now you have two fingers and two holes. Keep re-indexing until you've gone all the way across the piece. If you calculated things correctly, you should end up with a finger at the end, or a hole that is exactly the width of the mating finger. Making the mating edge is almost the same - you just have to make the first cut right on the edge of the material so that the first "hole" mates to the first finger on the piece you just finished. Once you've made this first cut, you can use the index pin for the rest of the cuts. So for a cab, the way I just described it, you have two edges that have a finger on the front and the back edges, and two with a "hole" on the front and the back edges. Alternatively, you could have a finger on the front edge, and a hole on the back. Doesn't matter as long as your material width matches the number of fingers and holes you plan to cut. Naturally there are a bazillion variations on the same theme, but I've made a couple dozen cabs this way and once you catch on, it's amazing how easy it is to cut the fingers. And done properly, it makes a really solid joint. Here's the Wikipedia entry on Finger Joints: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finger_joint - unfortunately they don't show the jig I'm describing here but perhaps I'll draw one and upload it to Wikipedia so they have that image as well.
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Post by zane on Apr 2, 2006 18:27:33 GMT -7
Yeah that's true. Its was mainly with the bright Fenders that he would do it. If you watch the live at El Mocambo DVD (and you should!) he has the supers taped like this. And zane - That is one of the finest looking cabs, custom built or otherwise that I have ever seen. Did your brother do the finger jointing with a router and jig? Ive been thinking of making a hardwood fingerjointed cab. yeah he did all the woodworking I helped (got in the way with the tolex) finger jointed pine...he just freehanded the joints on a table saw..., & he motised the baffle board into place ...suckers built like a tank... Yeah we placed the grill in ( before we tolexed it) & played it with & without it...I couldn't really tell any difference with or without it...
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Post by G'OlPeachPhan on Apr 3, 2006 7:21:03 GMT -7
Zane, I dig that cab man! Looks AWESOME! I love the front grille design too... very retro, very killer!
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Post by squeallydan on Apr 4, 2006 6:51:53 GMT -7
I'm trying to post a pic of the new cab. It looks great with my Maz Sr. head.
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Post by squeallydan on Apr 4, 2006 9:45:12 GMT -7
Sorry that pic is so big, I'm still figuring out that whole thing. Not to mention my camera does not take the best pics.
Also, after looking at that pick, I realize I really need to clean my office. Ignore all the junk in the background.
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Post by benttop (Steve) on Apr 4, 2006 10:28:20 GMT -7
Sorry that pic is so big, I'm still figuring out that whole thing. Not to mention my camera does not take the best pics. Also, after looking at that pick, I realize I really need to clean my office. Ignore all the junk in the background. What's that pickup in your natural Tele there - the neck one?
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Post by squeallydan on Apr 4, 2006 11:41:15 GMT -7
I have had that guitar for about 12 years. When I bought it they told me it was a 1989 telecaster. I recently looked up the serial number and it actually appears to be a 1979 model. Anyways, it was my favorite guitar, but at the time I needed versatility so the local guitar tech recommended putting a Gibson model humbucker in palce of the single coil. It's a gibson pickup but I don't remember which one. That probably hurt the value of the guitar to cahnge it like that, but I gigged with it for many years, and still do some. It had a nice single coil sound in the middle position, but then I could flip to the neck for a good full lead tone. I use my PRS and other tele more now.
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Post by squeallydan on Apr 4, 2006 11:41:53 GMT -7
That neck pick up on the natural tele has a silver cover. ITs hard totell from the pic.
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Post by benttop (Steve) on Apr 4, 2006 12:04:34 GMT -7
That neck pick up on the natural tele has a silver cover. ITs hard totell from the pic. thx - I knew it wasn't stock.
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Post by squeallydan on Apr 6, 2006 10:55:08 GMT -7
Had to share one more pic. This cab sounds great with the Maz Sr.
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Post by RC on Apr 8, 2006 11:43:09 GMT -7
Zane-Great looking rig. The first ding on it is really going to hurt.
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Post by squeallydan on Apr 10, 2006 7:20:22 GMT -7
I need to get a studio slip. I've been putting a blanket around it. I don't want it to end up looking like my other cabinets!
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Post by billyguitar on Apr 10, 2006 7:43:53 GMT -7
Covers are one of the best investments you can make. I even have covers on my EV PA speakers. They still look great and they've played a lot of gigs. I look at the covers and see all the scratches on them that would be on the cabs and I can see how much good they've done. I'm going to order some studio slips for my Stang Ray so that when i pick it up I can have it covered.
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Post by zane on Apr 11, 2006 8:02:59 GMT -7
Here's another he finished last week...a different kind of "retro" vibe ;^)
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Post by billyguitar on Apr 11, 2006 8:21:46 GMT -7
Dude makes a fine box!
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Post by zane on Apr 11, 2006 17:22:22 GMT -7
yeah I dig my 3x10 & 4x10 cabs he's built for me ...but...I'd kinda like to see what one-0-those "Scumback" G12M clones would sound like in a 1x12 cab ;^)
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