How to make a Fender-style 1x12 Speaker Cabinet
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- Опубліковано 9 чер 2019
- Learn how to build a 1x12 speaker cabinet to replicate the vintage Fender cabinets built in the 50's and 60's. The video covers construction, covering with Tolex, applying hardware and some tricks of the trade to make the cabinet solid and rattle-proof.
Bill-of-Materials, Instructions and Costing can be found at:
www.pixachrome.com/1x12-speak... - Навчання та стиль
This design combined with a small Fender like tube Amp Princeton style with a 12 inch celestion alnico gold. Super looks and sound. Great job.
The masking tape measuring device is brilliant. High quality workmanship. Thanks for sharing your knowledge.
Thank you for sharing your craftsmanship. That amp cab looks amazing.
When you touch the box it makes a nice tone already. can tell it is going to have nice resonance.
Fantastic! Beautiful cabinet and wonderful video. Truly inspiring!
Thanks for the detailed cabinet build. I have an unused 12" speaker in a box, cardboard box, and have wanted to build a cab for it for quite a while. I am considering using a precut, unassembled beehive box ala Dan of Guns and Guitars fame. Your video is very detailed and helpful in many ways. Thanks again.
Just bought all the parts - You accomplished a beautiful build and really helpful video and website.
I ordered a new Jensen P12Q Vintage Alnico 12-inch 40-watt speaker to go in the cabinet.
I am using the 3/4" Baltic Birch plywood (many dense plys) for stability and lack of voids.
I finished the project and learned a lot through the process. Not surprisingly, it looks just like yours, except I used nickel plated corners and a slightly different handle.
Guitar playing friends love the sound.
I did change the back slightly and used two panels leaving a 2.5” gap in the middle, creating a semi-open back.
Thanks again for putting so much detail into the instructions and video.
When placing the carrying handle on the cabinet body, I would rather focus on the center of gravity of the final cabinet and speaker design. Such a cabinet will be less likely to hit obstacles and will be easier to carry. It's my personal opinion. And the job was done perfectly! Worthy of a piece for an exhibition..
Holy hell! Well done on the build and the video! This should be the gold standard for how-to videos! Thanks so much for this!
Nice - the second I saw you making the box joint I was impressed. I spent a good 6 hours in my shop making a similar jig with the intent to make a speaker cabinet. But I have a CNC router so I'll let that cut the speaker holes lol.
Excellent job very professionally done when I get ready to make my own tweed cabinet to match my blue’s deluxe I’m gonna study everything you’ve laid out and then probably just go buy the matching cabinet that fender already makes because I’m a retired carpenter and that’s just going back to work for free but that’s really nice I doubt you can do it for $90 dollars though they’re not giving away vintage speakers I might have put in a Celestion greenback inside instead but I see what you were going for matching up the original amplifier specs excellent speaker cab though great job!
Beautiful cab. Very inspiring. Great share. Thank you.
Nice video! Your cab turned out pretty badass!
I use 77 in combination with contact cement as recommended by Uncle Doug👍🏽. Those suckers are never peeling off lol.
Now that’s what I call a ‘how to’ video! Many, many thanks!
its a Bar clamp - nice work, box joints look great!
Fabulous. Well done. Would have just been nice to hear it for short while at the end. Very entertaining, thank you.
Very good job !
❤️ very nice . Great work .
Really cool.
Nice job!
43:35 was a very good tip.
Nice job Sir, Nice indeed. Thank you for putting it up for all to see.
Wow very well done good content
And bob's yer uncle! Nice job. Finding good pine is a challenge. Muranhe pine ply is a great alternative to use ! No tonal properties lost!
Wow great job. Love it.
Very nice job and a hell of a big help. Thanks! I'm about to jump into a build. I'll be happy if it comes out half as nice looking as that. Now, about that Jensen speaker we kept hearing about but never heard...
This is genius
thank you, great video. I am planning a build of a 1x15 Celestion Fullback cabinet, there's a lot of considerations regarding the front baffle design and how to mount the grill cloth etc. etc. :-)
My plan is to 'cheat' and use 12 mm birch plywood with reinforcements instead of simple wall thickness to try and shave of the weight.
Excellent video. Very Helpful. I was hoping for a sound Demo... Thank you
Same here... Kinda disappointed, but the build was still really cool
Who the heck are you & how am I just learning of you? I ran across one of your stove videos & then seen your guitar videos & THEN to top it off are some fly & fly tying videos!!! What - the - what!?! We might be long lost brothers! Keep up the great job. Nice to meet you.
@36:19....you forgot the grill cloth 1/4" floats on the front of the speaker baffle
Hi Sven, on your latest video (Firefly 338), any way you might reconsider to allow comment/questions, to be able to respond there? Your vids are wonderfully in-depth and I want to ask regarding final thoughts on sustain (when still stock) comparative to similar style guitars, after doing the sound segment vs your earlier observation about the neck gap into the body hindering sustain. In other words, before mods, what did you think about amount of sustain once actually played? Whether you change your mind or not on postings, you have my thanks for your EXCELLENT videos!
Hi Arli - firstly, thanks for the kind words...it's those kind of comments that remind me I just might be helping others in the DIY world. Give me a few minutes and I'll open up the new video for comment. Regarding your question: i was pleasantly surprised on the sustain of the Firefly ES338, but I haven't done a side-by-side with my other center-block hollow bodies...that's something I need to do for sure.
So the tolex cut ends on the top and bottom all are left exposed on Fenders? Aren't they folded under or something?
nope, take a close look at any Fender amp.
7:30 thanks so much
You need so many parts and tools to make the cabinet that it will probably be cheaper to buy one directly at a Fender store :)
True if you are starting out in woodworking. But for some of us, we have more stuff than a hardware store!
Im ryin to finish my cabinet by tomorrow night. Skr arrives tomorrow , Whole cab is built EXCEPT front panel/with speaker ... Can something from Homedepot be used in place of those little hammer in metal nut things that mount the speaker? dont know what theyre called ,not sure what theyre for even.
yep, just use good ol nuts and bolts. be sure the bolt has a flat or slightly rounded head and faces the outside of the cabinet. nuts go on the inside.
@@hikefishmakemusic awesome - cool. thanx. Gonna get Panhead 5/16 probably. 6 of them, lock washers on rear 5/16 is more than enough, but .........never plan on opening the cab back up again once its shut ha way too much work so I wanna be sure its good for many years.
What exact size bolts for the T nuts?
lotiroon I used 1/4” T-nuts and 1.5” bolts.
Silly question but do you have to do finger joints for a 1x12 cab??
Nope, but the original cabinet builds used finger joints.
Awesome
what size tolex do i need does it have to be 54inch by 1yard how much did you use thanks
The chances are greater that I would record the next Revolver or White Album than succeed at this woodworking.
This is great Sven, thank u for demonstrating how to recreate these fender speakers. is is totally sacra religious to use MDF instead of pine? Also I'm haven't been able to track down either of the speakers u installed, can u recommend a modern and available equivalent? thanks
Any of the current model Jensen C12Q or N's, when broken in, will sound almost identical to the old ones made in the 60's. Regarding MDF - it is used quite abit in modern loudspeakers and amp cabinets, but if you want to go authentic, use pine, just like Leo did!
no insulation in the box?
that’s for home stereo speakers, not guitar speaker boxes.
Are the T nuts installed on the wrong side?
If you wanted to install them the other way around, you could - I don't think there is a right or wrong way.. Since I spray-painted them black, there's no way anyone could see them through the grill cloth. And, the thickness of the t-nut backside doesn't get in the way of the grill cloth.
where did you get the 1/4 prewired jack only one i can find is on ebay and its just the Recessed plate for 10.00 plus tax
Big will S. I provide a bill of materials and source list in the video notes.
The link to the plans and materials seems to be dead ☹️
Shouldn't the third go from the front?
not pickn up what you are throw'in down...."third go from the front" - confusing.
@@hikefishmakemusic never mind, spellchecker mauled it to where I don't remember what I meant.
I feel like staining and finishing would be far less time-consuming.
But it wouldn't be true to spec for a classic Fender cabinet.
3/8" does NOT equal 1mm...
Ok, CM. I made a mistake.
All you need is $90 in a complete woodworking shop! Easy Peezy!🙄
Quite a noble effort to mimic an original design so well. Respect!
But still there are some things I couldn't overlook and kept on cringing about:
- the quality of wood used: those planks are suitable only for the firewood - full of enormous knots, uneven, annuals far apart - and I never saw you even use filler on those surface mistakes (also box joint cracks and chips), just cover them with tolex; and it seems that the baffle is of worst quality between them; in YT videos I cannot but wonder why all other cabinets sides seem more important than the baffle, which is in direct contact with the speaker and so shapes the sound greatly - like the front plate on the guitar
- using T nuts for fixing the baffle but not for fixing the speaker? That is like calling for a pizza delivery then going to the venue to get it.
- this felt "cushion" under the baffle? Breaking the contact of the baffle to the sides of resonance box? Why this "invention"? Fender has it? On many cabinets baffle is directly glued to the box. But a lot of them would use just four screws in the corners to fix it. Put in from the front, so you can also fix the grill frame with them
- usually spray adhesive is only used as a temporary solution until contact cement spread on the wood in two layers sticks to the tolex; this is the "traditional Fender method" which is known; wouldn't be too surpised if the tolex is loose by now
- it is very nice to use all the width of the tolex and not waste it, yes, but the piece you were so happy to "suit" the back panels - it is too small to make a reliable cover - specially if you plan to remove the board occasionaly as you said it
- I have seen many to use a spatula or similar to make tolex go all the way in the corner
- marring tolex with a fingernail to mark it? Wow ...
- "don't worry if you get some adhesive on the tolex, we can remove that later" ?? Are you sure?
This vid is voiced as an instructable ("How to") and you try to teach others - why on earth? Do it; film yourself if you like; but if you are not thoroughly competent, dont try to lead others. It is not fair!
I appreciate the comments, as always, but Lordy, you are one of those OCD types, huh?...geeesh, it's just an instructional video to give ideas to others - let it be just that! Build your cab the way you want - your questions tell me pretty clearly that you haven't built one yourself yet.
It's not a piece of heirloom furniture. You sound like a woodworker (like me) but I'm looking at this project and plan to actually use particle board as I'm not trying to be faithful to a vintage amp.I'm sure people would cringe at my material choice as well. I didn't care for his gappy finger joints either and I would worry about a warped board deciding eventually to go back to being warped but.... it's covered in Tolex and it's structurally sound so the only person that will annoy is him. The more important question: how does it sound??? Appreciate the video, it's given me some useful insight.
Lmao... where are all your diy vids? Get back in yer basement ya boot lickin moron.
@@sierraridgereaper Don't have a basement, sorry.
I do mostly electronics, and am still learning about woodworking. Looking at a video and being a smartass is much easier than screwing up something.
And I really don't feel like making videos myself.
I was wondering about felt under baffle too. I am hating my MDf, so am biulding a trial small wooden cab (its my busking rig). I am not sure but I might just pin the baffle in first then if it resonates too much with tone it down .. I am picking up some dowel timber and sandpaper 2moro - cant wait.