2x12 designs (favourite?)

[steve]

I made both my 2/12 cabs out of pine.Installed with 1 vintage 30 and 1 G12h it really is a warm sounding cabs.The dimensions are the same size as the Fender tonemaster cabs,quite big and heavy but worth it i think.

[Davey]

what was the thickness of the wood you used?

[_tom_]

Hey, we could have a radical design here. How about making the height and width the same (equal to or greater than the width of the head) mount the speakers along one diagonal and add a baffle along the other diagonal to really stiffen the front panel and separate the backwash from the cones. That would include almost every suggestion to date. QED

thats what I thought as soon as I read the first post I think...but less technical as I dont know the first thing about cabs/speakers/etc :lol: I guess hes saying something like mount them diagonally in the cab though? So its like a 4x12 but with only two in? Then you have the portability problem though  :?

[willo]

a 4x12 cab with only 2 speakers in...would that look something like this:



It's a Sheldon True Tone cab.

[Davey]

yea.. i'd like to keep them fairly small (without sacrificing any tone cos of it being too small)

like said, the numbers i was just toying with to see how the vertical one could get put together and they will very likely change.


i'm looking to selling a couple (at least 1 =P) and that they would appeal to the young-er crowd of players and people who cant afford bigger cabs (or cabs made by mesa peavey etc etc) with quality speakers

[Davey]

a 4x12 cab with only 2 speakers in...would that look something like this:



It's a Sheldon True Tone cab.

yea, seen that on some boutique amps before.

i'll probably redo the horizontal one to be a bit taller and fit them like that, but the vertical will pretty much stay unchanged

[steve]

what was the thickness of the wood you used?

About an inch thick. i had the speakers previously in a ply cab which sounded ok,then me and my dad decided to make a pine cab.The sound is much richer and more natural.

[The amazing Phil]

I think speakers side by side, but prehaps if you're going for a head and 2X12 shindig stick it on some kind of stand, I know that whenever I can I make sure I got some speakers at waist height so I can do Townsendy things with the feedback more easily. Better projection too, and without casters it's still well coupled to the stage accousticly.

[Davey]

I think speakers side by side, but prehaps if you're going for a head and 2X12 shindig stick it on some kind of stand, I know that whenever I can I make sure I got some speakers at waist height so I can do Townsendy things with the feedback more easily. Better projection too, and without casters it's still well coupled to the stage accousticly.

ok, i get your posts, thx for the input but what is that word in bold?? by my best will i dont understand it :(

[TwilightOdyssey]

shindig = a big event or show. Kinda like the phrase 'going whole hog' ... ie, 'he's going with the whole shindig'. :)

[Davey]

thankee sai

[The amazing Phil]

Yeah, like "the whole buisiness" or "happening", sorry for the confusion.

[Ced777]

If you don't like the 2x12 vertical cab, you can change the look a bit:



(previously an ENGL cab)

[Bob Johnson]

IMHO, the Sheldon cab shown is actually a lot smaller than a 4x12, you've only got to look at the way the speaker apertures overlap the centre lines to see that. In fact, although I haven't actually done the sums, my guess is that volumetrically it's probably one of the most compact 2x12 layouts you could get. Anyone know the actual sizes?

[Custom79]

I use a Marshall 1936 2x12, I like the side by side speakers because of the spread and a nice bottom end. I have another that I stack just so I can hear myself better, not much chance of using them sided by side as there aren't many stages wide enough in the pubs we play.
I opted for 2x12's as I live in a small flat and these are much easier to lug around and store.