1x12' Guitar Speaker Cabinet Build - Celestion Creamback loaded!

Here's another guitar speaker cabinet I made. This time it's a 1x12" with a Celestion G12M-65 'Creamback' speaker. I built this to pair with my Victory V40-Deluxe amplifier head.

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[hendrix]

In the middle of building my first cab, got a free 70/80 and needed a cab for a Orange Micro Dark. I love guitars and gear and wood/metal working so Im having fun. Very nice wood working thank you for the video.

[kurtisloew]

Love that checkerboard look! Really brings out the fingerjoint. Well done!

[theohiograssmen]

Finger joints and rabbit dados on amps & cabs is the mark of true craftsmanship

[DutchVai]

The contrast of the stained finger joints is well done all around James.

[lieutenantdan]

Love that alice cooper riff, sounds killer

[speahlo]

Wow, I love the edges and I think checkerboard looks pretty cool! Great work.

[ikealamp]

Probably the best looking cabinet on youtube. I love the little round holes next to the speaker. Really makes it look special. If i make a cabinet one day i want it look like this.
If you to change the finger joint perhaps you can paint the black stained pieces with copper or gold colored paint. Or a reddish color. Let it soak in enough times to re-colour it. If you tape off the wood next to it, you can do a lot of layers in few days.
Maybe try it out on the bottom with one small piece and see how it goes. The cabinet looks great already so it's not critisism but a suggestion.

[danduntz]

Nice to see another lefty! Great tone and amp build.

[martinwilliams]

Love it, I think the edges make it look very boutique and neat

[jeffscott]

Poly urethane deadens the sound. I would suggest stain and shellac which will let the wood resonate giving you a much richer tone with those good quality woods and excellent craftsmanship you used.

[jameszap]

Great video!! Good call on the edges they look really nice!

[ehss]

Beautiful work and nice shirt. I'm from Winnipeg.

[MichaelHines-sltx]

What about adding piezo tweeters?

I have a line 6 spyder guitar amp which sounds very wet with my Fender Elite and Prs. It has the tweeter in it and man that sound is sweet however it was not strong enough for the church I play for in the early am on Sundays.

[GICK]

Hello,
I am impressed with your work. Being retired from General Contracting, I intend to build a few things in a shop I am finishing up. I have many questions. But surely I will not take all your time. One main question is; is it worth the time and effort in your EARs to build a cabinet? I will start with a simple birch plywood cab to get the feel. Then, if my ears tell me its a good thing, progress to higher quality woods. Listening thru earphones tells me you're getting a nice sound. I wonder though, can you hear a better quality then say, a mojotone cabinet?

I got a decent deal on a Celestron seventy 80 12". That will be my first project.

How do you feel going bare vs Tolex like material? And, last question, I promise. Have you ever heard of using full grain leather as a wrap?

Great work, sir.

[GovmntLacky]

Wow! You were able to get all the wood, glue, grill cloth, stain, speaker, hardware, dove joint milling machine, saws, wood clamps, and router for only $225?? Where do you shop for tools? I need those kind of discounts! 🤣🤣

[adamlopez]

Great build! Nearly exactly what I'm working on. Would you mind sharing the dimensions that you used?

[frankiewood]

Very nice job. Would love to know all the dimensions.

[EnmandsBand]

I'm starting another build, a couple of 1x12 closed cabs and I'm considering to put the grill cloth on a separate frame this time like you did. How did you fix the frame to the cabinet?