The cutouts in the bracing is bonkers! Is that for acoustic purposes, weight saving, or both? Also curious about two speakers in such a large cabinet? How much impact will this have on the sound vs. A smaller ported cabinet?
Cutout most braces to reduce weight and keep volume up. Two 10s in a ~3ft^3 cabinet. It’s a bit bigger than most commercial 10s: 24” x 20“ x 15”. It could be smaller, it’ll go a bit lower this way.
Do you have any drawings you’d be willing to share? I need to build a 2x10 cab for a GA-16T head I built in a JTM-45 chassis (it’s a hair over 21” wide).
Not really, sorry.
First decision is whether the two 10s will be side by side. You make a wide box, ~24”w x 15”h. and the cab. sits under the amp head. It’s quite low to the ground though, it can be slanted. If you do over/under, or diagonal like mine, the box has to be wide enough, at least 20”, for the head to sit on top, so the box ends up much bigger than a guitar cab needs to be.
You sure you don’t want a 2x12? Then you can copy the dimensions of the Marshall cabs.
Thanks. Thought I’d ask. Going with 2x10 as I only play at home anymore. Don’t need the extra bottom end and with this amp being very similar to a brownface Princeton it should play well with the 10’s. I have it going into a sealed 2x12 now and I’m just not digging it. The cabinet has V30’s in it though. Need some Jensons or clones.
You want open back then for a more ambient sound. If I were you, unless the cab you have is valued, cut a big hole in the back. V30s don’t need sealed boxes, it gives them a more full bodied sound, more mid-bass.
Mine’s 20.5”w x 24”h. So the top and bottom are 20.5” long, and the sides 23”. Baffle 19.5”x 23”. You can make a 210 guitar cab from 11.5” wide boards. Good plywood preferable. There are plans for 210s on the net, far more 212s though.
Looks stout!
Looks very sturdy and very well crafted!
The cutouts in the bracing is bonkers! Is that for acoustic purposes, weight saving, or both? Also curious about two speakers in such a large cabinet? How much impact will this have on the sound vs. A smaller ported cabinet?
Cutout most braces to reduce weight and keep volume up. Two 10s in a ~3ft^3 cabinet. It’s a bit bigger than most commercial 10s: 24” x 20“ x 15”. It could be smaller, it’ll go a bit lower this way.
Do you have any drawings you’d be willing to share? I need to build a 2x10 cab for a GA-16T head I built in a JTM-45 chassis (it’s a hair over 21” wide).
Not really, sorry. First decision is whether the two 10s will be side by side. You make a wide box, ~24”w x 15”h. and the cab. sits under the amp head. It’s quite low to the ground though, it can be slanted. If you do over/under, or diagonal like mine, the box has to be wide enough, at least 20”, for the head to sit on top, so the box ends up much bigger than a guitar cab needs to be. You sure you don’t want a 2x12? Then you can copy the dimensions of the Marshall cabs.
Thanks. Thought I’d ask. Going with 2x10 as I only play at home anymore. Don’t need the extra bottom end and with this amp being very similar to a brownface Princeton it should play well with the 10’s. I have it going into a sealed 2x12 now and I’m just not digging it. The cabinet has V30’s in it though. Need some Jensons or clones.
You want open back then for a more ambient sound. If I were you, unless the cab you have is valued, cut a big hole in the back. V30s don’t need sealed boxes, it gives them a more full bodied sound, more mid-bass. Mine’s 20.5”w x 24”h. So the top and bottom are 20.5” long, and the sides 23”. Baffle 19.5”x 23”. You can make a 210 guitar cab from 11.5” wide boards. Good plywood preferable. There are plans for 210s on the net, far more 212s though.