This was a build for Ben's mate.

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This was a build for Ben's mate.

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Will it reach him?

This was my old vibrolux, so I repurposed it - with a cheap price. Its dovetailed pine, and the control panel cutout is filled, and its less than square :)

I love it, it's hard to let it go...

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old suitcase style? thinking of doing a pedalboard similar
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So, is that low alcohol or no alcohol at all? mmmm, no alcohol, do you want to try it? Noooooooooo.

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Very nice.
Do you have a preference out of pine or ply for sound?
Would a pine 412 sound good with a Marshall amp?

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I've built a pine Marshall 4x12. I left it as a ported cab too, so 2 x 12 greenbacks diagonal.
I loved it, apart from anything else I could lift it with one hand. The back was 12mm ply. but the rest was pine. If you're looking for tight then no, but if you want something a bit more mellow yes.

Just as loud as a standard marshall and way less beamy. Not djent but excellent for everything else.
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Thanks bg. I have a lot of fallen 100+ year old radiata pine trees on my farm. We should start a business.. :D

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griff7628 wrote:Thanks bg. I have a lot of fallen 100+ year old radiata pine trees on my farm. We should start a business.. :D
Damn straight, price of pine at the usual outlets is ridiculous, if this keeps up I need cheaper sources!
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Do you only do tweed with olde school leather strap handle? What about a black tolex, modern Fender style handle?
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I can do anything you'd like :) I can do black or blue or blue and black or anything your imagination can think :) I bought a load of tweed and thats my first batch. I'm working on a 2x12 rectifier clone at the mo. I've done Marshalls, you name it :)

Its probably going to be blue eh?
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Wish you were doing these before I got my most recent cab. :)

Maybe in the future...

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Zaulkin wrote:Wish you were doing these before I got my most recent cab. :)

Maybe in the future...
yeah, I'm moving into guitar stands and pedalboards, so there's time ;)
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Bg wrote:
Zaulkin wrote:Wish you were doing these before I got my most recent cab. :)

Maybe in the future...
yeah, I'm moving into guitar stands and pedalboards, so there's time ;)
Well well well, we might have to chat.

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Bg wrote:I can do anything you'd like :) I can do black or blue or blue and black or anything your imagination can think :) I bought a load of tweed and thats my first batch. I'm working on a 2x12 rectifier clone at the mo. I've done Marshalls, you name it :)

Its probably going to be blue eh?
Um, no. Black. 1x12. About how muchy?
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Can you do a 60W? :mrgreen:
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Thats really nice! But i dont think its the right shape for a saxaphone.

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