D.I.Y. Guitar Speaker Cabinet Build

Тәжірибелік нұсқаулар және стиль

From IKEA dresser garbage to 2x12 pine speaker cabinet. Watch to learn how I built it.
Website Article:merwinmusic.com/2020/10/17/gu...
Patreon: / merwinmusic
0:00 Intro
0:11 Plan
0:54 Rough Cut
1:38 Don't Be Intimidated
2:40 Box Joints
3:22 Glue, Sand, Router
4:07 Speaker Baffle
6:03 Montage
7:53 Change of Plan
8:54 Montage 2.0
11:55 Wiring
13:10 Outro

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  • @luisaucedo
    @luisaucedo3 жыл бұрын

    Yes i'd like to see you build a cab without fancy tools, that's what I'm looking for

  • @codpug

    @codpug

    3 жыл бұрын

    You should watch grandpa apu he does everything wood working with nothing pretty much

  • @noLeeblueski

    @noLeeblueski

    3 жыл бұрын

    agreed! 🍻

  • @ryanlove4798

    @ryanlove4798

    3 жыл бұрын

    i have a handsaw and screw driver show with that ahhh joking. but would love to see a build with minimal tools.

  • @stringdoc

    @stringdoc

    3 жыл бұрын

    I would like to see a separate video on the electronics of wiring the cabinet

  • @chr15tree

    @chr15tree

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@ryanlove4798 you could certainly do this with a saw, chisel and some clamps. No special tools. Check out some simple finger joint youtube tutorials.

  • @ohjayesimpson67
    @ohjayesimpson673 жыл бұрын

    I love how you timed the sounds to the music

  • @bodaciousbobby01

    @bodaciousbobby01

    2 жыл бұрын

    That was funny. I was thinking a shop drummer solo might breakout with some more smacks.

  • @kociogvint8574

    @kociogvint8574

    2 жыл бұрын

    just came down to comment this and realised both that you said it already and how old this vid is

  • @kociogvint8574
    @kociogvint85742 жыл бұрын

    AWH man, don't usually drop comments but just wanted to say that I really appreciate how well the video is edited and that you managed to get some of the tool work montages to be in time with the guitar backing track. awesome work in general my dude ! the hammer hits and drill being in time made my day

  • @NickyCrash

    @NickyCrash

    7 ай бұрын

    Came here to say exactly this. Also, the forethought to just play the amp sound as the backing music was a super smart choice.

  • @JohnHeisz
    @JohnHeisz3 жыл бұрын

    The only thing that I saw that I'd change is that box joint jig... but hey, nice clamps! Seriously, well done on the build and the video :)

  • @MerwinMusic

    @MerwinMusic

    3 жыл бұрын

    Thank you!

  • @jonahbrian174

    @jonahbrian174

    2 жыл бұрын

    you probably dont care at all but does anyone know a way to log back into an instagram account?? I was stupid forgot my login password. I would love any tricks you can offer me

  • @kyriegary1355

    @kyriegary1355

    2 жыл бұрын

    @Jonah Brian Instablaster =)

  • @jonahbrian174

    @jonahbrian174

    2 жыл бұрын

    @Kyrie Gary i really appreciate your reply. I found the site through google and im in the hacking process now. I see it takes quite some time so I will get back to you later with my results.

  • @jonahbrian174

    @jonahbrian174

    2 жыл бұрын

    @Kyrie Gary it worked and I now got access to my account again. Im so happy! Thank you so much you saved my ass!

  • @arunindc6145
    @arunindc61453 жыл бұрын

    Your vidoes are always so well crafted and a real pleasure to watch. You must put a lot of thought and effort into storyboarding them and then recording them. Thank you.

  • @latrace1986
    @latrace1986 Жыл бұрын

    I'm blown away by the quality of this build. This is a serious, road-worthy cabinet you've made here!

  • @JamieVictor
    @JamieVictor Жыл бұрын

    Great work! Love how you edited the video to synch up your tooling sounds to match the beat of the music - nice touch!

  • @MrLucasDM
    @MrLucasDM2 жыл бұрын

    You owned my like when you knocked the screws on the wood at the same tempo of the song.

  • @JikoMuskato
    @JikoMuskato3 жыл бұрын

    Absolutely great video cutting with scenes perfectly fitting the rhythm of the music. :D

  • @djmoymoy1
    @djmoymoy12 жыл бұрын

    I appreciate that you synced the hammering, drilling and stapling to the beat of the music.

  • @TMNT39
    @TMNT393 жыл бұрын

    Awesome build Merwin! I'd love to see you tackle a more stripped down hand tool build, sounds like another fun video!

  • @svenkaahedgerg3425
    @svenkaahedgerg34253 жыл бұрын

    It became very beautiful. I think it was really nice that you chose to show a clever way to reuse furniture instead of just throwing it out.

  • @paulw.3967
    @paulw.3967 Жыл бұрын

    You can make a cabinet's frequency response tunable by adding doors that act as bass ports you can open or close, in the middle of the back and closer to the edges. (The low frequencies that get boosted or cut depend on the path length from the back of the speaker cone around to the front where the backwave meets up with the front wave.) That should let you tune the cabinet to sound good with different speakers that have different resonant frequencies. You want a path length that will boost the bass somewhat below the speaker's resonant frequency, where it's falling off significantly. That will extent your useful bass response (if you want that.) Leaving the back closed will raise the speaker's resonant frequency because the compression of the air acts like a spring (really a gas shock absorbert) that slows the speaker cone motion and reverses it sooner than it would do that by itself in free air.

  • @CuloareaPreferata
    @CuloareaPreferata3 жыл бұрын

    Love the accompaniment you've done for that guitar groove, using the sound of your tools 😁

  • @jralanmorgan
    @jralanmorgan2 жыл бұрын

    That amp and cabinet are absolutely beautiful.

  • @fuzzyriffs420
    @fuzzyriffs4203 жыл бұрын

    Your amp & cab look soooo neat! Congratulations! 👏🔥

  • @josevarela6352
    @josevarela63523 жыл бұрын

    Excellent job, Mervin. Congratulations, it just looks fantastic, taylor made looking. Cheers!

  • @hearpalhere
    @hearpalhere3 жыл бұрын

    Looks and sounds great man! I love the oil finish and that you included the attenuator too (I was just thinking about when you did that as a stand alone project a while back).

  • @jimott7342
    @jimott73422 жыл бұрын

    I thoroughly enjoyed watching this. It must be awesome to have a dovetail jig and a shop like that.

  • @delgrandephotos
    @delgrandephotos3 жыл бұрын

    6:30 i love that you synced the hammers with the song ahahaha

  • @jscurley
    @jscurley3 жыл бұрын

    looks great! would love to see a cab build w/ minimal tools as well

  • @marsdelvalle8174
    @marsdelvalle81745 ай бұрын

    AWESOME idea to put an Attenuator inside the cabinet. Great job

  • @JonRaffety
    @JonRaffety3 жыл бұрын

    Sweet! Looks & Sounds Bloody AWESOME!

  • @dariancornish9787
    @dariancornish9787 Жыл бұрын

    Very nice work, I have a 2x12 twin cab w/ 2x8ohm speakers and I reworked it to run either 2 8ohm heads or use the jumper to run a single 4 ohm. I usually run the twin at 8ohms w/ 2 of the 6L6’s removed.

  • @enzzthefink
    @enzzthefink3 жыл бұрын

    Gangsta move going with the flatheads for the back panels. Nice work

  • @SteveH4es
    @SteveH4es3 жыл бұрын

    Nice work dude. Quality stuff.

  • @Ivory_Mist
    @Ivory_Mist3 жыл бұрын

    It turned out great!

  • @bduff5004
    @bduff5004 Жыл бұрын

    Really nice job. Impressive woodworking skills and guitar playing

  • @fynn_5875
    @fynn_58753 жыл бұрын

    amazing Diy build and Video and Musik. A truely rare mix, great work

  • @MerwinMusic

    @MerwinMusic

    3 жыл бұрын

    Thank you very much!

  • @s9plus20
    @s9plus203 жыл бұрын

    Nice build Merwin! I really enjoyed the music, sounds great!

  • @MerwinMusic

    @MerwinMusic

    3 жыл бұрын

    Thanks!

  • @adamphelps3859
    @adamphelps38593 жыл бұрын

    Good work and great edit to match the beat 👍🏼

  • @vijelieable
    @vijelieable3 жыл бұрын

    Looks awsome! Nice work, dude!

  • @Exsomos
    @Exsomos3 жыл бұрын

    "Too Bad, it aint you amp cabinet, its my amp cabinet and that's what I want" Perfect! Love it! Enjoyed that way too much myself, lol. Nice work dude.

  • @bearsgarage272
    @bearsgarage2722 жыл бұрын

    This came out awesome. I have an early 60s epiphone combo that i wanna make a new cab for just to modernize it

  • @ondrejsindelar5735
    @ondrejsindelar57353 жыл бұрын

    Good stuff, man. And cool music. Well done!

  • @thesaturdaymorningcowboy4198
    @thesaturdaymorningcowboy41983 жыл бұрын

    I clicked the Like button when you timed the bass line with the screws being set. Good choreography!

  • @WaRe1992
    @WaRe19922 жыл бұрын

    Looks amazing !

  • @jimmychanbers2424
    @jimmychanbers24243 жыл бұрын

    That circle cutter deal was cool. I used to do that with a torch.

  • @richardcatalinajr.369
    @richardcatalinajr.3692 жыл бұрын

    I LOVE it! Great job, beautiful cabinet. Combining wood shop with music - perfect. I now have some ideas to build one myself. Thanks.! (subbed)

  • @wsakundi
    @wsakundi17 күн бұрын

    Cool job, man. I love it when people post their mistakes and "duhhhhh" moments. Great stuff. I'm inspired.

  • @marcwolff1921
    @marcwolff19213 жыл бұрын

    Entertaining video! Great workmanship!

  • @sanders539
    @sanders5392 жыл бұрын

    The video editing is just as awesome as the build.

  • @bareknuckles2u
    @bareknuckles2u3 жыл бұрын

    Yay! What a great video. Well done!

  • @GIBKEL
    @GIBKEL3 жыл бұрын

    I would love to hear the “why” of it.....what makes a great guitar/bass cabinet, and what changes you would make for different music or tonal variations. There is a world of difference between guitar amp/cabinets and Hi-Fi speaker cabs but I couldn’t tell you the why if it. Not a criticism, just a question and exploration. The practices of yesterday seemed propelled through time without question. It was a gorgeous cabinet and brilliant execution. Thanks 🙏 Love to be inspired. I’ve spent a lifetime cobbling together the tools...now to put them to work and not lose a finger.

  • @lucius564
    @lucius5643 жыл бұрын

    That thing sounds so mean! Loving the videos!!

  • @michaeltillett9055
    @michaeltillett90554 ай бұрын

    nice work. enjoyed the tunes too!

  • @cgrovespsyd
    @cgrovespsyd2 жыл бұрын

    Good job on your build. It is a very good reference for the cab that I am building. It may be a good idea to put the T-nuts holding the bolts for the speakers on the other side of the board so they won’t pull out from over tightening, at least according to the instructional videos on the topic that I’ve seen (as well as my own experience).

  • @farandiwand
    @farandiwand2 жыл бұрын

    Fantastic piece man! 👍🏻

  • @forsaken_frequency
    @forsaken_frequency3 жыл бұрын

    Damn dude. Awesome. Great Job!!!

  • @andreapoliti3110
    @andreapoliti31103 жыл бұрын

    Lavoro Elegante! Bravo!

  • @manofbeard
    @manofbeard3 жыл бұрын

    You did a great job kid. Keep on rockin 👍

  • @RobertNolan
    @RobertNolan Жыл бұрын

    That will likely sound and operate better when you run either the two speakers in parallel or get a single 4 ohm speaker. It's not bad now, just not optimal. Great build video!

  • @callmemordecai
    @callmemordecai2 жыл бұрын

    The satisfaction of music in sync with tools noise.. 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

  • @ZvoolabAcoustics
    @ZvoolabAcoustics3 жыл бұрын

    Looks very nice! Great! Thank you for video!

  • @MrMd5555
    @MrMd55552 жыл бұрын

    I knew it, the whole time I was thinking I bet this track playing in the back ground is him playing through his new cabinet! Looks great, sounds great too!

  • @williambock1821
    @williambock18213 жыл бұрын

    Oh wow great find with the wood! Yeah build one with hand tools. Getting straight even cuts is the hardest part. I just covered a cab in tolex last night for the first time. Came out pretty good but it was harder than building the cab!😂

  • @willivansco7450
    @willivansco74503 жыл бұрын

    It would be really cool to see a cab built with basic tools!

  • @keltiquewood
    @keltiquewood2 жыл бұрын

    Your timed jump cuts - nice work Sir! :-)

  • @danielenourry3577
    @danielenourry35772 жыл бұрын

    I would ABSOLUTELY love to see you build a cabinet with the no-tools approach that matches my economy!!!

  • @MrMd5555
    @MrMd55552 жыл бұрын

    Just wanted to say, I see everybody asking for a simpler tool version so i know I'm in the minority here but I don't care what you use for tools. I enjoy the ideas & the basic plans, I'm not gonna go out & buy all the tools someone else uses for every project i do, I'm gonna steal the best ideas, combine them with mine, learn from mistakes & use the tools I've got to create something unique best suited for me. Great job! You're Editing is fantastic

  • @SugarMapleForge
    @SugarMapleForge18 күн бұрын

    Wow that is awesome!

  • @MotherLeedsBand
    @MotherLeedsBand4 ай бұрын

    The hammer hits being in time with music were excellent ⚡♥️⚡

  • @bloubear2557
    @bloubear25573 жыл бұрын

    Quality content, and quality build as well

  • @bluztime5271
    @bluztime52715 ай бұрын

    Nice work

  • @jamesleakey247
    @jamesleakey2473 жыл бұрын

    Looks fantastic 👌. . Good job.

  • @milojenikolovski7522
    @milojenikolovski75223 жыл бұрын

    Just perfect, nice job boy, regards from Serbia.

  • @djay6651
    @djay66516 ай бұрын

    That's a sharp looking rig.

  • @professornuke7562
    @professornuke75623 жыл бұрын

    Nice wood working. You made Ikea pine look very good. For anyone who is not a regularly gigging muso, the reason for non-natural finishes on a working amp, one getting lugged in and out at least once a week, and having the uncaring use it as a table for beer, etc, is that vinyl, and especially Tolex, are massively durable and cover what my Dad (car guy) would call "A multitude of sins" when talking about car bodies. You'll get ten-twenty more years out of a fabric covered finish. But, as the man says if you're making it, it's your amp, and make what you want. Every time I made something ever, even if I fucked up (my attempts at making a stud wall for instance), at least I got an education.

  • @partonkevin
    @partonkevin3 жыл бұрын

    Nice build!

  • @SweetPablo972
    @SweetPablo97210 ай бұрын

    Great job.

  • @rrlarrubia9491
    @rrlarrubia94913 жыл бұрын

    Great video and awesome job. I'd Love to see a build with minimal tools as well.

  • @redelk2974
    @redelk2974 Жыл бұрын

    Great video. Thank you

  • @endall39
    @endall39 Жыл бұрын

    Really good call adjusting the grill plan that had the baffle pushed 2" back. I think, as I think you concluded, you were going to have all kinds of diffraction issues with the sound. I suspect your off-axis output would have been particularly terrible. Good pivot, great project!

  • @sfn4702
    @sfn47023 жыл бұрын

    Hey thanks for the video! Just came across your channel. Kudos on using the onesie too.

  • @hugomejia593
    @hugomejia5933 жыл бұрын

    A very cleaver guy nice cabinet a very good looking box congratulations man

  • @robertgarciaortegadinoseni3886
    @robertgarciaortegadinoseni38862 жыл бұрын

    Great build. Thanks for all. Just have to use dimensions for, also, total enclose cabinet. They might be different for enclosed cab.

  • @Turdswamp1
    @Turdswamp12 жыл бұрын

    Geez, for the amount of peasants bitching about this guy needing to do a simple hand tool version should have read the description and title. It's 2021 and you have to be specific in all your searches. Be happy that you're getting anything from this guy at all. He's clearly a devoted woodworker.

  • @1683clifton
    @1683clifton2 жыл бұрын

    Your woodworking is the fills bro! New sub!!!!!!☕🔥🔥🔥

  • @rdale458
    @rdale4583 жыл бұрын

    Good job!

  • @richardwaterman4625
    @richardwaterman46253 жыл бұрын

    i'd love to see the version wit h less tools!

  • @olivercorrodi3340
    @olivercorrodi33403 жыл бұрын

    great project + workmanship. would love to see both cab and top covered in a nice tolex, tho.

  • @redfishbum
    @redfishbum3 жыл бұрын

    Good video. I suggest you watch Uncle Doug make a cabinet. I learned a ton from that amazing gentleman

  • @crismartinsrockdawn
    @crismartinsrockdawn3 жыл бұрын

    Nice job!

  • @nbarry2346
    @nbarry2346 Жыл бұрын

    In 20,000 years when we're all dead this cabinet is so well built it'll still be around good job

  • @DarqNix
    @DarqNix2 жыл бұрын

    very nice work :)

  • @laplantamichay
    @laplantamichay3 ай бұрын

    this is such a good video

  • @1683clifton
    @1683clifton2 жыл бұрын

    Now to say I paying attention, loved the beat.

  • @davidbenjafield2610
    @davidbenjafield26103 жыл бұрын

    Awesome !

  • @SpectrumDIY
    @SpectrumDIY3 жыл бұрын

    That's really great job man, and the music timing is awesome, made it really fun to watch as well. 🤘

  • @SpectrumDIY

    @SpectrumDIY

    3 жыл бұрын

    Also, that's a great idea on the built in attenuator 💯

  • @arthurwalls9091
    @arthurwalls90912 жыл бұрын

    Hi Merwin ... Great Job ... 👏👏👏👏 But , Yes , there is a couple things you left out doing to make the job complete ........ The amps & separate heads were not all finished the same , hence the one big ( expensive ) problem evolved when higher power higher wattage that is Amps became the norm especially for Loud Rock & Loud Country Rock Bands came about....... Big Vibration from 10" , 12" , 15" , 18" , speakers in cabinet bottoms... So some of the Amp Manufacturers stated fixing them so the vibrations couldn't shake the Amp Heads off the Speaker cabs ....... Some , like Bandmaster , Even later Showmen had a chrome bracket under the head that swung out & secured to a thumb wheel bolt to lock it in place ....These replacement parts should be readily available from the Manufacturer even today ... Another trick I saw on this one Amp/Speaker Cab combo was where the Four Rubber Feet sat on top of the cabinet there were Four hole drilled partway through cabinet top & had a rubber or plastic insert glued into them & had the Four Rubber feet resting Safely Nestled Securely Down in those little pockets , Preventing the Head from Vibrating/Sliding off to the floor ....... Also , much depending on the height/thickness of your handle on the speaker Cab & the Thickness/Height of the Rubber Feet on bottom of the Amp Head on some Head / Cab Combos there would be a Slot cut through the Bottom of the Amp Head a little longer & a little wider than the handle do the head wasn't sitting on top of the Cab's handle rocking on top of it just waiting to vibrate off ....Some Manufacturers would just use thinner weak handles or bigger thicker feet on the heads while others opted to keep using the bigger thicker stronger handles & just simply cut slots in the bottom of the Amp heads , which incidentally helped with air circulation in cooling those Expensive Tubes down , you get a Two - Fer by cutting the slots out in the bottom of the Head Cab... Other than those couple Minor things , You built a beautiful pair of cabinets....GREAT JOB...👏👏👏👏

  • @blackdotpatrick
    @blackdotpatrick6 ай бұрын

    Nice extra touch having the music in sync.

  • @TuffBaddi
    @TuffBaddi3 жыл бұрын

    Yes please, do a video for dummies (like me!) also where to source your wood that is recycled? Any good ideas? I'd love to do a carbon neutral cab!

  • @jfeist1968
    @jfeist19682 жыл бұрын

    Terrific video, thank you. I'm curious how the sound varies between the factory amp and a replacement cabinet. I guess, the question is, what components of the whole unit really control the sound. I have an old pig of a bass amp that sounds great but looks terrible that I've been thinking about reworking for basically a piece of office furniture. It will never move, and not have a handle on top so that I can use it also as a surface maybe for a plant or something, that looks nice in the context of the room decor. Wondering if I'll kill the sound of it, though, by changing too many components.

  • @stevenspasstime5339
    @stevenspasstime53393 жыл бұрын

    great project. would love to see the simple version. or any over version that does not use box joint fingers to join the panels

  • @josephnorris8409
    @josephnorris84092 жыл бұрын

    It’s pretty ironic that the reason I found your video is because I purchased that exact same Silvertone amp you have in the background towards the end, and I needed to build a cabinet for it. 😂🤘

  • @davidjennings9253
    @davidjennings92539 ай бұрын

    I think you made a brilliant job of the cabinet. If I was to nit pick I would say don't be in such a rush to do speaker grill cloth. It pays to do one long edge and get it lined up perfectly, then warm it with a heat gun when you wrap it over the 1st edge then repeat the same to get it tightly over the secong long edge. do the same with the short sides then finally warm the whole front area and you will see it tighten up beautifully. Great job though!!!

  • @yach1d
    @yach1d3 жыл бұрын

    +1 for the hands tool cabinet making.

  • @Stasisofseasons
    @Stasisofseasons Жыл бұрын

    This is super cool! I'm working restoring an old Epiphone jR cab, I got a really nice speaker for it just got done with the grill cloth! You must have an idea for what you want to do with the 2nd 12 inch because you said the ones you had were both 8 ohm, if you wire it in series it's 16 ohms in Parallel it would be 4 ohms with two 8ohm speakers! But as you said it's your speaker, I hope you do another video when you do wire the second speaker in! Either way very cool got a sub from me!

  • @danhooper3819

    @danhooper3819

    Жыл бұрын

    I was thinking the same thing, why not wire both 8 ohm speakers in series to acquire a 16 ohm cab?

  • @ynot6473
    @ynot6473 Жыл бұрын

    your last comment/question. i didn't see anything wrong, but i prefer a rounded edge to the woodwork. nice work young man.

  • @user-tk9sb6gt9s
    @user-tk9sb6gt9sАй бұрын

    SO COOL

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