Brian Dean-O
Inspired
Anyone have any experience to share as far as building a guitar cab goes?
I have an SD Powerstage 200 arriving tomorrow for my FM3 and I have a friend with an old Ampeg 4x12 I could buy for $200.
I’m weighing in my mind options of either
1. Buying that
2. Buying a nice 1x12 (being that if it’s something nice I’d probably not be able to afford anything bigger than 1x12 but also the smaller size would be a huge plus in my book I shudder to think about lugging around a 4x12 cab) or
3. Having my dad help me build a cabinet and then just buy really nice speaker/s for it.
(Feel free to weigh in on any of those 3 options if you like even though I’m specifically asking about making one I’d still be interested in whatever y’all think about any of the three vs the others)
As far as making one goes I guess birch is the standard for most cabs right? What about other woods? Anything else I should be keeping in mind about all this?
If what I’m using matters in what advice you may have then my guitar is a Schecter USA Custom Shop KM7 Mkiii but I got rid of the active electronics and pickups and put in passive pickups and electronics and installed a tone knob. The pickups are not vintage output or high output, I would say moderate output.
My rig is an FM3 and aside from my studio monitors at home or running direct to FOH when playing at church or other venues I also have a Headrush 112 I’ve been using for on the go FRFR when needed like jamming with friends and I will likely pair that with the Powerstage and whatever cabinet I get for best of both worlds when in a position to do so.
I play a wide range of music. Rock, Metal, Blues and Worship though mainly in case that matters which I assume it probably does. I use 1987 Clean, Later Eddie, 6160s, EJ Clean, DizzyVH4 and a few other factory presets mainly for now so I’d like the cabinet to be able to do those all well if that’s physically possible (which while we’re on the subject if you want to add input on speaker choice based on those kinds of tones then please do so).
Thanks for any help!
I have an SD Powerstage 200 arriving tomorrow for my FM3 and I have a friend with an old Ampeg 4x12 I could buy for $200.
I’m weighing in my mind options of either
1. Buying that
2. Buying a nice 1x12 (being that if it’s something nice I’d probably not be able to afford anything bigger than 1x12 but also the smaller size would be a huge plus in my book I shudder to think about lugging around a 4x12 cab) or
3. Having my dad help me build a cabinet and then just buy really nice speaker/s for it.
(Feel free to weigh in on any of those 3 options if you like even though I’m specifically asking about making one I’d still be interested in whatever y’all think about any of the three vs the others)
As far as making one goes I guess birch is the standard for most cabs right? What about other woods? Anything else I should be keeping in mind about all this?
If what I’m using matters in what advice you may have then my guitar is a Schecter USA Custom Shop KM7 Mkiii but I got rid of the active electronics and pickups and put in passive pickups and electronics and installed a tone knob. The pickups are not vintage output or high output, I would say moderate output.
My rig is an FM3 and aside from my studio monitors at home or running direct to FOH when playing at church or other venues I also have a Headrush 112 I’ve been using for on the go FRFR when needed like jamming with friends and I will likely pair that with the Powerstage and whatever cabinet I get for best of both worlds when in a position to do so.
I play a wide range of music. Rock, Metal, Blues and Worship though mainly in case that matters which I assume it probably does. I use 1987 Clean, Later Eddie, 6160s, EJ Clean, DizzyVH4 and a few other factory presets mainly for now so I’d like the cabinet to be able to do those all well if that’s physically possible (which while we’re on the subject if you want to add input on speaker choice based on those kinds of tones then please do so).
Thanks for any help!
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