Fender 4x10 bassman cab plans

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Fender 4x10 bassman cab plans

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Cab plans for 1959 Fender 5f6 Bassman 4x10:
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I just built this. I will post pics, it was a real cool build
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:D My girlfriend has asked that we have for four of these just as cabs for the living room!
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If you decrease the size of the holes you could convert to a nice wine rack.
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Unless I'm missing something....

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.....the height doesn't add up. The 20 1/4" plus the two 3/4" add up to 24" high.
It shows 22 1/2" total height?
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20 1/4 plus 3/4 plus 3/4= 21.75. Not 22 1/2. Sorry.
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M Fowler wrote:If you decrease the size of the holes you could convert to a nice wine rack.
Put a trash bag in it and its a beer cooler
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Bluesy, you need to factor in the 1/2 and 1/4 gaps to the rear rail.
I hope all the measurements add up because the everything is cut already.

Right now I am building a router table / finger joint sliding thingy. New territory for me.

If you stack the Pils bottles well I reckon you could get about five crates of beer in one of these and still use it. That's 480 bottles in all four, nearly enough for a party. Will invite the neighbors and let you know how it goes.
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amplifiednation wrote:I just built this. I will post pics, it was a real cool build
Cool, looking forward to seeing this.
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Jeeeeze....

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.....maybe I should put my glasses on!


[quote="overtone"]Bluesy, you need to factor in the 1/2 and 1/4 gaps to the rear rail.
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I used those plans to build a straight speaker cab. For some reason, I ended up making the dimensions about an inch bigger or so... maybe to use more wood? I don't know. I also didn't like the 10" speakers so I converted it to a 2x12. And I guess I didn't use old growth pine, but rather fir and purple-heart. Ya, so in the end it didn't end up being very close to the plans:
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overtone wrote::D My girlfriend has asked that we have for four of these just as cabs for the living room!
I think I'm in love with your girlfriend.
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That looks awesome. Did you use baltic birch plywood or pine?
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LeftyStrat wrote:That looks awesome. Did you use baltic birch plywood or pine?
Thanks man.

All baltic. I also changed the back panel to 0.5" thickness, it gave a much nicer edge to slightly roundover. I built the overall depth +0.25" to keep the clearance the same.
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