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BadComrade wrote:I think they're $750 new or something like that.

Take a look around for an old 1x15 Mesa/Boogie Diesel:

It's pretty much the exact same thing as a Dietz (400 Watt EV driver and everything). If you can find one in the $200-$300 range (like some people seem to find them selling for), I'd get that and save the extra $150...

Yeah, seconded. These are also better built than the Dietzes. Great cabs. Found mine for $200 even.

A few weeks ago i passed on one (Mesa) at a pawn shop for $175...we already have 2, and i've built a half dozen of them for people around here, so it just didn't seem like I needed it. But now i'm kinda kicking myself.

-chris

Has anyone used the 2x15 version of the Mesa cab? From what I can tell, both in person and on paper, it's basically just two of that cab put together. I'm just wondering if there are any negatives to that since they would be sharing several sides.

ChristopherM wrote:Has anyone used the 2x15 version of the Mesa cab? From what I can tell, both in person and on paper, it's basically just two of that cab put together. I'm just wondering if there are any negatives to that since they would be sharing several sides.

Nope, but they have one at Starving Musician in Berkeley. If you're ever up east bay, way, you can check it out.

Ben

benadrian wrote:

ChristopherM wrote:Has anyone used the 2x15 version of the Mesa cab? From what I can tell, both in person and on paper, it's basically just two of that cab put together. I'm just wondering if there are any negatives to that since they would be sharing several sides.

Nope, but they have one at Starving Musician in Berkeley. If you're ever up east bay, way, you can check it out.

Ben

How much is it? I've been looking for one for a while.

ChristopherM wrote:

benadrian wrote:

ChristopherM wrote:Has anyone used the 2x15 version of the Mesa cab? From what I can tell, both in person and on paper, it's basically just two of that cab put together. I'm just wondering if there are any negatives to that since they would be sharing several sides.

How much is it? I've been looking for one for a while.

I think they're asking $600? I'm not sure.
Give 'em a call, they might be able to transfer it to the SC store. Garo is the manager tehre.
Ben

Awesome. Thanks Ben.

and BadComrade...that's a good enough reference for me.

I am going to make my cabinets from 3/4" marine grade plywood. Any suggestions on the matter?

belmont wrote:I am going to make my cabinets from 3/4" marine grade plywood. Any suggestions on the matter?

Try and find "voidless" Baltic Birch...at least 11 (or more) ply. Sometimes hard to find, but well worth it.

ChristopherM wrote:

belmont wrote:I am going to make my cabinets from 3/4" marine grade plywood. Any suggestions on the matter?

Try and find "voidless" Baltic Birch...at least 11 (or more) ply. Sometimes hard to find, but well worth it.

Agreed. The stuff is usually of very high quality and takes shaping pretty well (i.e. rounding over the edges to avoid tons of chipping). It also comes in the bizarre but handy 5' x 5' size which must make sense in whatever Eastern European country makes the shit we get here in Seattle. It's not exactly 3/4" thick (almost no plywood is and this stuff is usually sized in millimeters) so adjust your calculations accordingly (and forget trying to dado it with a 3/4" router bit.

Our Baltic birch cabinets are holding up quite well to touring punishment. A good patina has built up of scuffs, chips, footprints (from kicking them into place in the van) and blood (from me slicing my fingers open on the sharp steel mesh grills). I also highly recommend painting them in flat black like a high school auditorium stage. Someone on the Jaco list told me this creates a warmer, punchier low end. We, of course, also added some pre-arranged cigarette burns on ours for that "relic"-ed look.

Dan