Using Solid Wood for XF210 or XF212

Guitar cabs both you and your audience can hear better.
Post Reply
Message
Author
AxeMan7
Posts: 19
Joined: Thu Mar 10, 2022 5:41 pm

Using Solid Wood for XF210 or XF212

#1 Post by AxeMan7 »

I have an abundance of 12" Poplar board that I joined 15 years ago that is 20" wide. Joints are solid and joined properly with any warping.

Is there any reason, other than a potential weight difference, that I can't use this to build my cabinet? I would still use plywood for the speaker baffles.

Bruce Weldy
Posts: 8301
Joined: Fri Nov 27, 2009 11:37 am
Location: New Braunfels, TX

Re: Using Solid Wood for XF210 or XF212

#2 Post by Bruce Weldy »

I don't see any problem at all....

So......you are building a 2x12 cab and loading it with 10s, then you want to build it out of 3/4" solid wood.....hmmmm.....are you a weightlifter and this will be part of your workout?


:mrgreen:

6 - T39 3012LF
4 - OT12 2512
1 - T24
1 - SLA Pro
2 - XF210


"A system with a few knobs set up by someone who knows what they are doing is always better than one with a lot of knobs set up by someone who doesn't."

AxeMan7
Posts: 19
Joined: Thu Mar 10, 2022 5:41 pm

Re: Using Solid Wood for XF210 or XF212

#3 Post by AxeMan7 »

Bruce Weldy wrote: Sun Mar 20, 2022 7:08 pm I don't see any problem at all....

So......you are building a 2x12 cab and loading it with 10s, then you want to build it out of 3/4" solid wood.....hmmmm.....are you a weightlifter and this will be part of your workout?


:mrgreen:
I've decided to use the 12". It'll have wheels and I don't have to lift it. Though I could use to build some muscle mass in my old age! :roll:

Plus I can't find that plywood anywhere. Even the Baltic Birch is only available in 3/4" around here.

Imagine if the amp head was actually a combo with cab permanently attached.

User avatar
AntonZ
Posts: 2664
Joined: Sun May 14, 2006 6:00 am
Location: NL

Re: Using Solid Wood for XF210 or XF212

#4 Post by AntonZ »

Should be perfectly fine indeed. I remember a British niche brand that made very nice bass amps and cabs in solid wood. Could have been mahogany, not entirely sure. Poplar must be a fair bit lighter. It dents somewhat easily. The old back doesn't mind the lighter weight of poplar though.

User avatar
Bill Fitzmaurice
Site Admin
Posts: 28619
Joined: Tue May 02, 2006 5:59 pm

Re: Using Solid Wood for XF210 or XF212

#5 Post by Bill Fitzmaurice »

Fender cabs used to have solid wood top, bottom and sides. Probably poplar, not because it was better, but because it was considered a junk wood because of its green streaks and therefore used to be cheaper than pine. But that was in the 50s-70s, when lumber wasn't farm grown. Pine grows faster, so it's probably cheaper now.

RunTheOtherWay
Posts: 9
Joined: Mon Jan 06, 2020 10:51 pm

Re: Using Solid Wood for XF210 or XF212

#6 Post by RunTheOtherWay »

AxeMan7 wrote: Sun Mar 20, 2022 4:34 pm I have an abundance of 12" Poplar board that I joined 15 years ago that is 20" wide. Joints are solid and joined properly with any warping.

Is there any reason, other than a potential weight difference, that I can't use this to build my cabinet? I would still use plywood for the speaker baffles.
Well? Did you built it?

Post Reply