Here's my 2nd cab. I just finished it in Black Mesa tolex, cange grill and piping. You can see more of the construction on my site: www.dafguitars.com.
Dave
Yes. I have four guitars (one is still being made) and the V3. They are a tremendous value but my favorite guitars of all time are usually Ernie Balls. I have a Petrucci and just got a new Luke. Just sweet, sweet necks.
Dave
Thanks all.
1) Sorry about the extra pics. I keep forgetting that and I'll fix it.
2) No that's not a Carvin although I own 4. That's my Egress. You can see it on the same site.
3) I used green because I wanted to see what it looked like.
4) I didn't use plans. I just took the dimensions from my Mesa cab and copied it.
5) The speakers are Carvin GS1275 16 ohm speakers. I got them direct from Carvin on clearance for $19.99 each. I think they still have them at that price. They're like V30s but slightly less efficient.
Dave
Here's a 2x12 Cab I built from Baltic Birch recently. There's a separate page on my site: www.dafguitars.com
Her's a pic of it with my Carvin V3. Plug into the left jack for 8 ohm mono or both for 16 ohm stereo.
http://www.dafguitars.com/images/212cab/complete_front.JPG
http://www.dafguitars.com/images/212cab/complete_back.JPG
It'd be tricky since you don't have a heel to bolt the neck on to. I'd imagine that aside from cutting off the existing neck and fretboard extending into the body, you'd have some grafting to do in order to create a heel. Could probably be done with some careful planning.
Just wanted to pop this up because my domain name has changed. I don't have any updates except for the 2x12 cab I'm making. I do have some more Explorer project pics to upload but have been too busy to do it. The new domain is: www.dafguitars.com
Thanks.
Dave
I'm doing a cab too. My explorer is on the back burner. Here's what I have so far. More pics on my site: www.dafguitars.com. It's the same size as my Mesa 2x12 Recto cab.
Thanks Matt. I think you'll be happy to know that all the hardware, pups and binding will be black. I love black on natural wood. I've got Sperzels, a Carvin FT6 bridge, Carvin knobs and Dimarzi Evolutions for this one.
By now I've decided to leave it an explorer and not thickness the body. I found an hour or so to run into the garage and actually do some work yesterday so I routed the neck pocket and pup cavities. The pup cavities are about 1/2" deep right now. I'll get them to final depth later.