Quilter SBUS and Homemade Cabinet

[Sigmund451]

I think the best advice I got here was searching small lower powered amps. This little baby really can sing.
I play at home so I made the cab as a piece of furnature. I had lots of wood from broken down shelves in my basement.
I made the little amp holder from leftover scrap.

It took some experimenting to get the eq in the cab right. Its open back but I had to remove the bottom plate as it was really boomy.
I also trimmed 1.5 inches off the top plate and it tighted right up.
I had read that the treble was hard to tame so I made a decent size cab and used a Cannibis Rex 12 inch speaker.
It really fills the room, even at low volumes.
Currently Im using the 65 setting.
My guitar has a KA single coil. One setting for a P90ish vibe and the other supposed to be similiar to a Dearmond.
The tapped setting is really acoustic like and the other fat and more electric.
Ive still a ton of dialing experiments to do but Im a happy camper.

[jads57]

Beautiful Furniture!

[Woody Sound]

OMG that's beautiful, and gorgeous wood grain. Great job! What type of finish did you use? I've been looking into using Tru-Oil, instead of the Minwax Poly's I've been using for years. See the set I did on the right in this old pic, Minwax Early American stain and Semi-G Urethane Poly.

[Sigmund451]

Thanks and that is quite the collection you have!

Since this wont leave my office/workshop I just put a simple oil finish on it. Ive zillions of other surfaces to put a drink and I sure dont want spills near electronics so the need for protection is pretty minimal. If I decide I want more sheen I may toss on a coat of wax after it cures but I think I probably wont. I like the understated natural look that still accentuates the grain. I dont think I want it glossy or more modern looking.

The phone doesnt do a great job on the speaker fabric but its actually the ox blood fabric used on the old 57 Deluxe amps. Its turned to be vertical becuase I changed the cab design to being vertical after I had already received it. This is the only way it fits. I like the look anyway and you dont automatically think Fender when you see it.

BTW: The Oil finish was in my basement too...left by the previous owners. So it was salvage as well. On the Cab everything was salvage except the speaker, the grill mesh, the input plate and the cable. Oh, and I did buy the glue and screws used for assembly.

[omphalopsychos]

That cabinet looks amazing. And the 12" cannabis rex is great for the SBUS.

[Woody Sound]

Thanks and that is quite the collection you have!

Since this wont leave my office/workshop I just put a simple oil finish on it. Ive zillions of other surfaces to put a drink and I sure dont want spills near electronics so the need for protection is pretty minimal. If I decide I want more sheen I may toss on a coat of wax after it cures but I think I probably wont. I like the understated natural look that still accentuates the grain. I dont think I want it glossy or more modern looking.

BTW: The Oil finish was in my basement too...left by the previous owners.

Thanks, most everything in that pic has moved on. I think you have plenty of gloss already for an amp/cab. Do you know what kind of oil finish it is, and how did you apply it?

[Sigmund451]

Thanks, most everything in that pic has moved on. I think you have plenty of gloss already for an amp/cab. Do you know what kind of oil finish it is, and how did you apply it?

Its just simple linseed oil. I dont think it is boiled becuase it is not labeled that way.

Its really supid easy to apply. Take a soft small cloth, put linseed oil on it. Wipe the piece down. Wait thirty minutes. Go back with a dry rag and wipe off all excess. Repeat after 24 hours.

If you want more protection you can use Fornbey's Poly Finish. Its a wipe on poly that looks a lot like a traditional oil finish

[Woody Sound]

Its just simple linseed oil. I dont think it is boiled becuase it is not labeled that way.

Its really supid easy to apply. Take a soft small cloth, put linseed oil on it. Wipe the piece down. Wait thirty minutes. Go back with a dry rag and wipe off all excess. Repeat after 24 hours.

If you want more protection you can use Fornbey's Poly Finish. Its a wipe on poly that looks a lot like a traditional oil finish

Hmmm, I've read that raw linseed takes *forever* to dry. Weeks. But I've never tried it, always used boiled.

[Sigmund451]

It doesnt specify on the old bottle so I dont know if its boiled or not. It just says linseed oil for wood etc...

I think linseed gets a bad reputaation because people dont take the time or know how important it is to remove the excess. Then you get a finish that is goop. I put another coat on this morning (8 hours ago) and it feels dry. Nothing comes off on a paper towel when I give it a rub. Im sure its not cured but its not wet. Im guessing it might be boiled since it dried quickly. You would think they would put it on the pacakges

All that said, if I were in the US and wanted a finish like this and I had to buy product Id probably go with a poly finish. It pretty much looks the same and its easy and durable. I used this becuase I had it.

[Sigmund451]

I just stepped outside to check. The rag for the first application yesterday is about dry. The one from today is not. It must be boiled linseed.

Like I said this was old and compared to the US this is a world without law suits...especially years ago. Labels were pretty minimal...but still

[Woody Sound]

I just stepped outside to check. The rag for the first application yesterday is about dry. The one from today is not. It must be boiled linseed.

Like I said this was old and compared to the US this is a world without law suits...especially years ago. Labels were pretty minimal...but still

Regardless, it looks freakin awesome, super job there.

[Little Jay]

Your cabinet looks superb! Way more luxurious than mine.

But I adopted the same idea some time ago and the SBUS does a great job on low volume gigs (and even on the more voluminous ones as well). I used an old 80ies Fender speaker (Eminence made probably) and I cut up an IKEA bedside table for the cab. So it’s truly low budget.

My cab is open backed (completely open backed at the moment but I am going to mount some uper and lower ridges.)

Actually it’s really tempting to experiment with other speakers, especially a high sensitivity/efficiency smaller one in an even smaller cab, but I suspect a 12” will sound better to my ears (since I am just used to that sound).

I posted it in another thread before but it should be here as well :-)

[omphalopsychos]

I have to say: the external power brick of the SBUS is so annoying.

[Little Jay]

I have to say: the external power brick of the SBUS is so annoying.

That’s true… kind of defeats the point of having a very small amp. Still, both fit together in my gigback and if I know there’s an amp I just use it as a preamp with a normal 9V DC power adapter and leave he power brick at home.

[sgosnell]

If you don't need all the volume, a 9V battery will power the SBUS fine. I've used it for a couple of hours with no issues, and if you can do DI to a PA the volume is no issue.