Building a cabinet

[Norton]

I'm going to buy 4 celetion vintage 30's and build my own cabinet.But I wonder that what'll be the difference with the cabinet that I'm gonna build and a production cabinet that has four v30's.What are the parameters that effect the sound?And where can i find good information about building them.

[jackson1]

You don't tell us anything about the cabinet you're gonna build....

If you make a 100% copy using the same wood, size and circuitry, nothing will sound different. Surprise eh?! Sorry, but that's a legit answer to your somewhat simple question.

Cabinet size will have a big influence on how the low frequencies will sound.

[GodOfRhythm]

An open back is relatively simple to build.

If you're going to go with a closed back you've gotta take Q, acoustic resonance and all of that into account, which makes it a bit harder.

[Norton]

Can anyone write some useful links?

[Infernal Death]

Hmm i don't know, if you calculate the price of 4 celestions, all the wood, the tolex, the grill, casters and what not you might just go ahead and buy a used cabinet. After all it seems like you don't know much about building cabinets so it's possible your cab will sound bad.
I am kinda in the same boat. I am planing on building a 15watt tube amp for bedroom practice and i thought about diy'ing a 1x12' cab. But after calculating all the costs it will run me the same as the used 1x12 Mesa recto cab i bought on ebay and this cab sounds good no matter what. Which i can't say about the cab i would be building.

Sorry to sound discouraging but you really should think about if it makes sense.
Flo

[Chad]

Plus the resell value will be much better.

[Norton]

Well,cabinets are a lot more expensive in Turkey than it is in the USA.And even I buy it from ebay,the shipping will cost me 350-400 dollars.So,the cheapest alternative is to build one myself.

[Chasbo]

Here is a resource I found on the web for what you are trying to do. I think its a great idea and hope it turns out well. Post pics of your progress and the finished project!

http://www.duncanamps.com/technical/speaker_cab.html

[Infernal Death]

Well i am not in america. Here in germany of course Mesa is not cheap but i was able to get the 1x12 for 260 Euros. The Celestion alone is 120 Euro, if i buy a prebuild cab it at least costs 150 Euro. So that's already more than the Mesa cab. Plus what Chad said if you blow 600-700 Euros into a selfbuild 4x12 cab you won't get much out of it if you decide to sell.

Seems like turkey hasn't a local version of ebay ? I guess there are local music stores selling used equipment. I bought my Marshall 4x12 cab locally years ago for a price i never could build something myself.

Flo

[Norton]

No we don't have ebay.com.tr.And even if we did,the prices would still be up

I'm going to buy the celestions from usa.My sister will bring them.So I will pay the usa price for the speakers,which is great