Musicians and Other Box Builders...Please Look

[bcarpenterfhl 10+ year member]

i was playing guitar and thinking to day, why dont people ever build their own speaker cabinets for their guitars? wouldnt be a lot cheaper and perhaps better quality just like car audio? if anyone has a link about this, that would be cool. i'm really interested. also, how do you choose a good speaker for your guitar? are speaker cabinets for guitars ported? if so, what frequency do they usually shoot for. sorry, so many questions!

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[djman37 5,000+ posts]

You don't use car sub drivers for sure... eminence and others make good instrument speakers.

Bottom line, you build speakers to make music, or reproduce music.http://colomar.com/Shavano/

http://www.billfitzmaurice.com/plans/product_info.php/products_id/18

http://www.speakerplans.com/

are just a few of what I did research on....good luck!

 

[bcarpenterfhl 10+ year member]

what i'd really like to do is mimic a marshall stack or something. are those ported?

 

[PV Audio 5,000+ posts]

eminence makes EXCELLENT musical instrument speakers

 

[Brock 5,000+ posts]

I dont think the standard marshall 4x10 or 4x12 cabs are ported...i wouldnt really see the need for it with just a guitar. bass cabs are another story...

 

[bcarpenterfhl 10+ year member]

yea my fender bass amp is ported.

why the hell are the marshall stacks so f**king expensive then?

 

[kuijo 10+ year member]

I have though about that before too, except reverse since i'm poor. I was going to put my bass amp subs in my truck to see what would happen.

 

[bcarpenterfhl 10+ year member]

so if i were to try to mimic a marshall 4x12 stack, how are the speakers seperated, if they even are.

 

[djman37 5,000+ posts]

i don't know a lot about the stacks you guys are talking about, but price might be in the amp section. Don't some use tubes?? or do they not any longer. I've read that part of WHY so many people like the 'xxxx' stack is actually from the nice tube distortion that the amps/pre amps add. That may no longer be the case, just my thoughts.

 

[Brock 5,000+ posts]

so if i were to try to mimic a marshall 4x12 stack, how are the speakers seperated, if they even are.

just the same as any other amp cab. the special thing about marshalls is the heads...the tube heads. im not a fan of the solid states.

 

[bcarpenterfhl 10+ year member]

well can a get an equivalent tube amp for a decent price?

 

[req 5,000+ posts]

nope //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[djman37 5,000+ posts]

Tubes=$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$

 

[Brock 5,000+ posts]

classic fender twin reverb