Intro

Hi,
My name is Evan W. Isnor. My friends call me Evan, so I guess you can too. I hail from the Annapolis Valley in Nova Scotia; I play the guitar and I love heavy metal.

I'm in the process of building an angled speaker cabinet to house four 12" guitar speakers, and to compliment my super badass Randall RH150G3 head. It will be modeled after the Marshall 1960AV, but only in regard to overall dimensions. I'm going to start writing and posting pictures here; I thought a blog would be a neat way to document it.

For the last month or so I have been planning and researching for this project, and Google SketchUp has been my guide. Here's a 3D render of the cabinet showing the box and internal frame:
The initial list of components:

• Large 4'x8' sheet of 3/4" shop grade birch plywood (It's actually really nice!)
• A solid 3/4" birch board for veneer strips to hide the rough plywood edges
  
• Two 2x4's, cut into 1"x1" strips (You can get 3 from one 2x4)
  
• Dowels and carpenter's glue
  
• Perforated Steel for the grille (18 or 16 gauge holes, we'll see what I can find)
• Recessed handles (a la Marshall 1960AV)
• Recessed plate for 1/4" speaker jack connections
  
• 14AWG speaker wire
• 4 x Eminence Governor (16 ohm) guitar speakers.
  

The project is underway, currently on day 2 of work. Yesterday I went up to my grandfather's place and he helped me slice up the two 2x4's for the framework. We cut 1"x1" strips and cut them to length for all of the pieces I need. When I took the pieces home I started building the frame. I will post later with pictures of this, showing my progress for the weekend.

Evan