Is Mahogany OK as a cabinet material?

[Thunderpaws]

Hello,

My friend has made an amp, well all of the metal and electronic and electrical bits.

I was going to make him a CAB from some mahogany he has (from an old table) and wondered if this is a good "sound" choice?

Cheers

g

[alanbass1]

It will look good. May have some impact on the sound but I would have thought it to be minimal if you are talking about an amp head. A combo/speaker cab is a different proposition and I would have thought mahogany would be good for this. From what I understand (which is not that much) a rigid/stiff enclosure is important, so thinckness and bracing is as important as the choice of wood.

[Mr. Foxen]

Probably won't be as good as ply. Better making a bass out of it. Resonant properties that are good in guitars are bad in cabs, you want a cab's material to be a dead sounding as possible.

[DHA]

[quote name='Mr. Foxen' post='836688' date='May 13 2010, 10:28 PM']Probably won't be as good as ply. Better making a bass out of it. Resonant properties that are good in guitars are bad in cabs, you want a cab's material to be a dead sounding as possible.[/quote]

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