I bought some top/body wood for future acoustic builds, and received a nice billet of Padauk as extra. It was just a tad too short to be cut into guitar back & sides, and thus I finally figured a use for it. It was resawn into 13mm panels to make a new, flashy looking cabinet for my Fishman Loudbox Artist acoustic guitar combo amp.
Here are some pictures of the build process with short explanations attached!
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| The start. Rough cut 50mm thick mystery plank showed some nice red texture with distinct rosewood-like scent |
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| After initial planing it showed its true beauty! |
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| Then it popped to my mind. Would the plank be enough to make a new cabinet for my combo amp? |
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| After taking the measures, time to take the old cabinet apart |
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| New side panels: Solid wood in stead of particle board |
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| Loudbox Artist has a tilted cabinet, and most of the angles were something else than 90°. I glued the back to the bottom plate on top of the old cabinet to get support for the seam |
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| The front plate and top plate under the amp head were made of 12mm plywood |
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| Testing the fit before final glue down |
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| Box together, short of front grille only. On the floor you can see the old MDF cabinet. A future birdhouse perhaps? |
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| Done! I decided to discard the plastic corner protectors. I promise to be careful! |
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| Looking unique! |
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| The sides the audience will never get to see |
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| How does it sound? As good as always! ToneDexter and Voicelive Play Acoustic bring nice spice to the already gig worthy sound. |
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| Padauk cabinet matches nicely my cedar-cocobolo Terz guitar. |
