DoveTail VS Finger Joints VS Butt Joint Marshall Cabinets

johniss0001 · Post by **johniss0001** » Sat May 13, 2006 2:52 pm

well £40 for the 8x4ft sheet of plywood i to make a birch back i would need to spend another £40 so i decided to use 12mm mdf for £6.

but my cab is costing me near £400 to do properly and that is using vintage speakers with basketweave, the basket weave was the expensive part.

If the average person was to do it it would cost £300 including tolexing and standard G12M or G12H as i am using G12H series type speakers not proper celestion reconed goodmans to G12H 55 spec.

If you were to do the cab with heritage you are lookin near £800

Bainzy · Post by **Bainzy** » Sat May 13, 2006 3:08 pm

Yeah but I'm talking just the cab, no speakers, no tolex. So it'd cost £80 for just the cab with a birch back???

monsterwalley · Post by **monsterwalley** » Sat May 13, 2006 3:13 pm

I am getting ready to build a 4x12 cab and i guess i assumed
they were a dovetail joint. never really thought about it though. so
are they a finger joint instead? I am not covering mine, i have a millwork shop at my disposal and was going to use an exotic wood of sorts. I thing for me since its exposed ,a dovetail joint would look better.
whats your opinion.

Flames1950 · Post by **Flames1950** » Sat May 13, 2006 3:30 pm

Nice tight exposed finger joints are a very interesting look as well, you see lots of decorative antique boxes (recipe boxes and the like) done with exposed finger joints.......

Been thinking about a natural finish black walnut combo cab for my not-quite-a-TrainWreck chassis, so I'm gonna have to get a finger joint jig soon........

johniss0001 · Post by **johniss0001** » Sat May 13, 2006 3:42 pm

yes bainzy but you will have a whole ton of wood left over but bear in mind my cab is bigger

Bainzy · Post by **Bainzy** » Sat May 13, 2006 3:49 pm

Still, I reckon that's a good deal for building a quality cab. I might build one and get some G12M-20 heritage's for it some time in the future.

johniss0001 · Post by **johniss0001** » Sat May 13, 2006 3:50 pm

just get 4 blown G12Ms or h's cheap and get em reconde to G12 Heritage spec cause you will be payin nearly £400 for the proper reissue where as u can get em reconed for half that

BashCoder · Post by **BashCoder** » Sat May 13, 2006 10:50 pm

Flames1950 wrote:Nice tight exposed finger joints are a very interesting look as well, you see lots of decorative antique boxes (recipe boxes and the like) done with exposed finger joints.......

Been thinking about a natural finish black walnut combo cab for my not-quite-a-TrainWreck chassis, so I'm gonna have to get a finger joint jig soon........

The widest one I've seen is the 16" one at Sears, but it's $200. Most are only 12". Another cool way to do this is to use a table saw jig from Woodcraft, for $99. No width restriction, but the taller the piece the more awkward it is.

908ssp · Post by **908ssp** » Sat May 13, 2006 11:30 pm

Solid Buninga cab.