Gibson Goldtone-inspired All-Mahogany 2x12

[fretburner]

Everything is Mahogany, except the baffle which is a half-inch marine plywood (but it's screwed through the grill cloth, through the Mahogany "face"). It's heavy hell as the Mahogany back, front and sides are over 3/4 in thick (apparently, my carpenter didn't want to waste 1/4in from the 1in planks)... The dimensions are a little larger than an 1936 cab, which didn't help on the weight issues. The handles, were inspired by those vintone cabs \m/

I had this made for Christmas

Not bad for about 100USD eh?

 

[TwilightOdyssey]

Re: Gibson Goldtone-inspired All-Mahogany 2x12

Cool! You may want some foam in that big box.

How does it sound??

I love the juxtaposition between cab and LNT.

 

[fretburner]

Re: Gibson Goldtone-inspired All-Mahogany 2x12

Cool! You may want some foam in that big box.

What do you mean? Stuff it with foam -- like fill up all the available space? Would that mess up the sound?

How does it sound??

It sounds good. But I reckon it will sound even better when I get my new speakers in there. The G12-65s are already re-coned and sound dark and muffled compared to my other closed-back mahogany cab with G12-75.

I love the juxtaposition between cab and LNT.

I love my LNT! I use it in "thick" mode almost always. Dime the gain and turn the volume knob depending on whether or not I want to hurt my ears and neighbors.

 

[speed2dirt]

Re: Gibson Goldtone-inspired All-Mahogany 2x12

You don't see mahogany cabs very often. What tonal properties do they have over more traditional cabs? Are they darker or more full sounding?

 

[fretburner]

Re: Gibson Goldtone-inspired All-Mahogany 2x12

Right now, they seemed darker with a lot more bass. Although the latter might be because they're closed-back.

But then again, I don't have good speakers in it right now -- those speakers are re-coned and I didn't know what they did with it. When I get my new speakers, I'll put my Veteran 30s in it and I should be able to assess it's tonality better.