Mediocre Polymath Posted July 29 Share Posted July 29 It's finished! Mug for scale. It's 42 cm high, 30 cm wide and 34 cm deep. Weight is 11 kg, though I think about a kilo of that is the weight of the (removable) luggage handle and the heavy-duty flightcase wheels. I don't drive, so my aim was to make a speaker cab that's small enough to be wheeled around like a carry-on suitcase on public transit, and light enough to not cause me grief when going up stairs. I've covered it with some luxurious brown faux-leather (left over from reupholstering some dining chairs), but I'll probably make a weatherproof cover once I've had more practice with my wife's sewing machine. The main speaker is a Faital Pro 10PR320 (300 watts RMS), while the mid-ish tweeter is a Faital Pro 4FE42. It's got a hand-wired 4th order crossover that splits the signal at about 1.8 khz. It sounds really great to my ears, though I admit I'm not the most experienced judge of these things. The response seems pretty even, sounding like a DI'ed bass when everything's set flat on the amp, but it responds well to any adjustments to the eq or pickup balance changes. It's also noticeably louder than my old cab, and reaches "shaking the walls and annoying the neighbors" levels with my amp's gain and volume at about 3 out of 10. Considering I only use a Little Mark 250, and this is an 8 ohm cab, that's impressive, I think. Many thanks to @Bill Fitzmaurice and @Phil Starr for answering questions about the elements of the design I got stuck on, and for generally dispensing wisdom essential to this build in various threads. 24 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tauzero Posted July 30 Share Posted July 30 That looks really good. I wish I could do cab covering as well as that. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mykesbass Posted July 30 Share Posted July 30 Cab looks great, but it was the Flints mug that caught my eye. Their warehouse is three doors down from where I lived as a kid! I'm taking it that you work in the world of theatre tech? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Starr Posted July 30 Share Posted July 30 That does look lovely and I'm sure lot's of people are going to pinch the luggage handle idea. I do love a successful build. How about a bit of a review when you've gigged it a few times. I'm interested in how you get on with the 4" tweeter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lozz196 Posted July 30 Share Posted July 30 Yep I think it looks great and similarly love the luggage handle idea. If it’s not been done before see if you can patent it @Mediocre Polymath? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madshadows Posted July 30 Share Posted July 30 That's a job well done, the cab looks fantastic, liking the colours a lot John 😎 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mediocre Polymath Posted July 30 Author Share Posted July 30 (edited) 2 hours ago, Mykesbass said: Cab looks great, but it was the Flints mug that caught my eye. Their warehouse is three doors down from where I lived as a kid! I'm taking it that you work in the world of theatre tech? The theatre techie would be my wife, she's been running theatre workshops for long enough that she's on first name terms with everyone there. They've left their old warehouse (the one in Deptford, yes?) and gone out to Dartford now. Edited July 30 by Mediocre Polymath 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mediocre Polymath Posted July 30 Author Share Posted July 30 29 minutes ago, Lozz196 said: Yep I think it looks great and similarly love the luggage handle idea. If it’s not been done before see if you can patent it @Mediocre Polymath? I'm sure I've seen another bass player with a wheely extendo handle on their amp. I was looking at folding trolleys for a while and then thought I'd simplify things. I'm a little worried that the internals of the extension mechanism might rattle at volume, but it's easy enough to put on and take off with a flat-head screwdriver (it's attached with M6 bolts that connects to blind T-nuts on the inside of the enclosure). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Edwards69 Posted July 30 Share Posted July 30 As another bassist who doesn't drive, that looks like a fantastic solution. Personally, I'd need a powered version with something like a Quilter Bass Block docked into a recess, as I currently use a powered frfr speaker. I know you're planning on making your own cover, but IIRC Roqsolid can make custom covers if you send them the measurements. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mediocre Polymath Posted July 30 Author Share Posted July 30 59 minutes ago, Phil Starr said: That does look lovely and I'm sure lot's of people are going to pinch the luggage handle idea. I do love a successful build. How about a bit of a review when you've gigged it a few times. I'm interested in how you get on with the 4" tweeter I'll definitely report back when I've had a chance to properly turn it up. Not sure when that will be though, as both my bands have gone a bit quiet lately. That's actually sorta the reason why I decided to make this thing, in a roundabout way – I've had a bunch of projects fall apart because of difficulties finding rehearsal spaces that everyone can get to without hours of travel. I made this so that I, at least, can be a lot more flexible about where we play. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hellzero Posted July 30 Share Posted July 30 Superb work and I like the luggage handle that I had on a few cabs, it's very useful. Congratulations! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hellzero Posted July 30 Share Posted July 30 47 minutes ago, Lozz196 said: Yep I think it looks great and similarly love the luggage handle idea. If it’s not been done before see if you can patent it @Mediocre Polymath? Phil Jones amongst others have this luggage handle on a few cabs, so no it can't be patented. 😉 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eude Posted July 30 Share Posted July 30 Brilliant design and execution there buddy, congratulations! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Edwards69 Posted July 30 Share Posted July 30 32 minutes ago, Hellzero said: Phil Jones amongst others have this luggage handle on a few cabs, so no it can't be patented. 😉 Yep. I had one on a Warwick CCL combo around 25 years ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mykesbass Posted July 30 Share Posted July 30 1 hour ago, Mediocre Polymath said: The theatre techie would be my wife, she's been running theatre workshops for long enough that she's on first name terms with everyone there. They've left their old warehouse (the one in Deptford, yes?) and gone out to Dartford now. They have (or had up until fairly recently) a place in Walworth. It was a theatrical scenery warehouse when I lived there. Probably turned into flats now... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevie Posted July 30 Share Posted July 30 It's always heartening to see Basschatters rolling their own. It's surprising how easy it can be to show many commercial boxes a clean pair of heels. Nice job. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carl_D Posted August 4 Share Posted August 4 Well done. That is one fine looking cab. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nekomatic Posted August 20 Share Posted August 20 On 30/07/2024 at 09:08, Lozz196 said: Yep I think it looks great and similarly love the luggage handle idea. If it’s not been done before see if you can patent it @Mediocre Polymath? I’m sure a good patent agent could draft something that would cover your design without infringing on or being invalidated by whatever PJB have done, but it’d cost you significant money so there’d be no point unless you were planning to sell this on a commercial scale (and willing to defend your patent against any big companies with big lawyers who took a fancy to it). So now we know you probably won’t sue us for copying it, can you tell us where you got the luggage handle from? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tauzero Posted August 20 Share Posted August 20 They're available on Ebay: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/387060057584 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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