XF212 finished, and very happy!

[cboogie1]

I've finished my XF212, and here are some pix of it being used as an extension cab for a Mesa F30. As you can see, the band room is pretty angular and not real sound friendly. We on the other side of the drums need to hear the lead guitar, without being deafened. The XF is perfect for this, nice wide field of sound, no noise, very smooth and clear. I used the "basic" Eminence Legends from Leland, and they sound great, almost transparent. I'm just as happy with the reaction of my bandmates, especially the guitar players, who initially felt I needed to upgrade the speakers to something like Celestion V30's (before they even heard this cab). I explained that the superior cabinet design makes ordinary drivers sound great, and I was right!

One word of caution, if you're going to paint the cabinet with Dynaflex, be very careful and scrape off the excess PL adhesive- otherwise the paint doesn't stick to it! You may notice the light line at the bottom edge of the baffle, that's where I used a good sized bead to seal off the bottom. Unfortunately, the paint flaked off right away, I'll have to scrape and sand that spot and touch it up.

[Scott Brochu]

If you take the back off. How does it sound?
Also do you see any need to prop it up being ? close to it, or does the angle suffice?
Nice build

[Zack Brock]

Yes, very nice build!

Regarding the paint flake, I've had success using flat black acrylic spray paint as a 'primer' and then painting over it with Duratex to make it stick on the glue beads.

[cboogie1]

I haven't taken the back off yet, I will try soon, just cause you made me curious. It sounds great just the way it sits, no need to prop it up so far.
Regarding the flaking Duratex (where'd I get dynaflex?), I read in another set of plans that Bill recommends using Bondo to fill and smooth, which is what I will do on the next one.