New Birch Cab Build, speaker recommendations

skippy76

Evening all

Im building a new cab on the weekend, mainly to run with my new Marshall Origin 20 head.

I'm planning on building two baffles a 1x12 and a 2x10, interchangeable.

Im sorted for 12s to try, I have an Alnico Blue and a Creamback both 8ohm 

For The twin 10s I have a stock Celestion from my Fender 68 princeton RI. Suggestions on the second? Or should I grab 2 x 4ohm?

I’m planning on using this for mostly home use so going to angle the cab like a monitor, so the speakers are pointing towards ear level, instead of foot level.

cheers

TC

skippy76

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skippy76

Most of the work complete today, just waiting on the speaker jack, second 10 inc speaker (p10Q), rubber feet and handle to arrive.

BB grade 18mm birch ply, assembled with a Festool Domino (crazily good tools), settled on a baffle angle of 22.5 degrees. Torn between the contrasting look of the birch and the Oxblood grille, Or a dark stained cab with the lighter wheat grille?

2 interchangeable baffles:
1x12 Celestion alnico blue
2x10 Stock Celestion and a Jensen P10Q 

Feels like I might have started on a 2x10 journey to see what sounds I can get out of various combinations, feel free to PM me if you have a used one for sale!

i have enough ply left over from the sheet to whip up another baffle (maybe 2) so might try one with a 12 and a 10, thoughts?

Fuengi

That's looking good! 

skippy76

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BigMonka

That looks amazing, I think the wheat clothe is my preferred but they’re both nice.
I’m interested to hear how that angle works out as it looks like it makes a lot of sense for a home setup.

skippy76

Cheers @BigMonka I’m pretty happy with how it turned out. Can’t wait to hear it with both 10s running.

Might even make myself another smaller angled cab for a single 12...

LordOxygen

Nice work, all looks very sharp.

Out of interets, what type of saw did you use to cut the wood?

skippy76

Thanks mate, we used my dewalt rail saw for all the cuts. Leaves a very clean edge with only some 240 grit apparel to smooth them off.

LordOxygen

Can't go wrong with Dewalt. I used my Dewalt 745 table saw for mine. Excellent pro tools. 

skippy76

Agreed @LordOxygen , Dewalt were my go to tools back in my carpentry days.

The 10 inch Jensen Alnico arrived on Saturday and sounds great with Celestion, very happy with the 2x10 set up.

Ive had the Marshall Origin 20 head and my 68 Princeton Reverb running through it. Just need to figure out how I can wire it up to plug in both amps to the same cab (switching between the amps is sorted)