XF212 Cab build

[EW]

I got my XF212 late last week & tagged along with my buddy to his band practice this weekend to give it a whirl. I set the XF up on the opposite side of the drums relative to where he was, facing out towards the crowd (me & the singer), normally I’d consider this to be the worst location you could be in to hear yourself in a band situation, but he said that he thought he could hear himself as well as he normally would standing in front of his 412. I walked around & thought that the volume level was pretty consistent over probably 60 degrees of freedom of travel I had without the beaming that I’d normally try to hide from in a practice situation. The singer also commented that he noticed a difference in the lack of beaming as well.

If someone was needing a new cabinet and/or wanted to build something less conventional I’d suggest giving the XF’s a go.

[Tim A]

Excellent! When we tested the prototype we were pretty surprised how well it addressed all of the issues you discuss. The biggest problem is trying to get a gutiarist to buy into the weirdness!

[EW]

My solution was to add panel across the top & bottom of the grille area & attaching the grille to those panels with the intention of making it resemble a fender tweed cab. If you hide the canted baffle boards from view, it's less prone to trigger the "weirdness" alarm, kinda like hiding the piezo's on DR's. Ahh psychology!