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Might a hot wire cutter work better? From my school days I seem to remember that they are fairly good at cutting plastic rulers

When I was in my youth orchestra (I play viola as well as bass) the crappy violins that people had, would quite often go bang hehe. Usually just bridges falling over but once or twice a bridge snapped in half. Made me jump every time. They don't really like being knocked around hehe

well at least we aren't cd operatives (DJ's ) And being in a band does not make you a musician. I've seen plenty of bands that have players, not musicians. I think you could say there are players, who can maybe pick up an instrument and make a noise or some chords, but a musician is someone who can put feeling in to their playing and who is actually good at it! Otherwise it may as well be a machine making the music. And the tree falling in the woods analogy that someone made is quite apt really. Of course it makes a bloody noise! So of course people can be good without other people hearing them.

When I ordered my drivers, I fudged it by ordering one from blue aran and one from cpc. This pushed the cpc order over the free delivery limit but I still got one at the cheaper price. Only saved me a few quid but I was happy hehe. The only thing with the cpc grill is that is not very nice to look at! The suppliers I used were cpc, blue aran, screwfix and a local diy place called handyman's house

[quote name='Bernmeister' post='59904' date='Sep 13 2007, 02:59 PM']Hi Nick Congrats on a grand job you have made on these cabs, if i hadn't seen this build diary i would have sworn that was proffessionally made speaker cabs on your final pics. Hopefully when the next midlands bass bash is arranged which was in the worcs/ hereford area, you could hopefully attend & bring your rig. I'm sure we love to hear these in action .[/quote] That would be cool. I shall keep an eye out for one. [quote name='BeLow' post='64580' date='Sep 24 2007, 12:58 AM']The grill cover at the front certainly does make them look a bit different to others I have seen. I am supposed to be building an Omni 10.5 really must get on with it as I have all the bits. Neds build certainly looks very neat - well done mate.[/quote] I love the grills too It would be nice if I had a more elegant solution to mounting them. Maybe I will look at putting speaker foam behind the grill. That would look ace! and Yes, you should get on with it [quote name='Sugden' post='64584' date='Sep 24 2007, 01:28 AM']neds cabs look stunning I really like the front grill makes the cab look alot more normal incomparison to the horn approch you get with the standard way they are finished lovely touch.[/quote] Why thank you hehe. Cheers for the comments guys. I was actually playing guitar through it last night (I have fancied learning for ages) and it sounds great with that too. need to find a small distortion pedal though really. thanks Ned/Nick

[quote name='Oxblood' post='64426' date='Sep 23 2007, 05:53 PM']Having recently taken delivery of a pair of BFM Omni10.5.....[/quote] [quote name='finnbass' post='64448' date='Sep 23 2007, 07:19 PM']The only way to go ........" class="ipsImage" />[/quote] I think you got the wrong thread guys...

you certainly can!

A cable can have different connectors on each end. You can also link two cabs together if one has two sockets on it. (amp -> cab -> 2nd cab)

I can't for the life of me think why more bass manufacturers don't use selotape to hold the electronics in! At least the previous owner made some attempt to get rid of the sunburst. I personally can't stand it Apart from cosmetics, what sort of shape is it in? Good luck with it!

well I used a circular saw, jigsaw, 2 battery drills, rasp, lots of clamps, orbital sander, a few workmates and a router. The other thing that came in handy were my earplugs! The router and jigsaw with metal blade in were deafening. I really wouldn't recommend using a circular saw and especially not a router in your flat tbh. You can try, but everything gets covered in a very fine dust. I did most of mine outside and its amazing how soon everything is covered in sawdust. Once the panels are cut though, you could easily do it inside. I hope this does inspire some people to give it a go! It's great fun and a really cheap way to get some superb cabinets. D-basser, the two cabs together would handle a 5 string at a gig volume I reckon (within reason). You just have to remember it isn't magic and they are only 1x10 cabinets, but I haven't heard it fart or bottom out yet. I'm not playing in a loud band at the moment though... Nick

Wow Kiwi! that's put a smile on my face hehe. Shall certainly have a think about doing some more. Chris, These have beta 10s in. So that makes each one a 250w, 8 ohm cab. I shall try and get the scales out a bit later. I'm interested too! But, you can certainly carry one in each hand with not too much trouble. btw, just had to explain what a bassbash is to my girlfriend. Had to liken it to a swingers party for bassists Cheers, Nick

Hi Guys, It's a nice day outside so I have finally got round to taking some pictures of my completed bass rig. The second 10.5 has been completed for a few weeks now and I managed to do it in less than half the time of the first. I was also a lot more accurate with the cuts (apart from the grill that I managed to measure an inch too short! luckily I had just enough spare to redo it) I haven't had a chance to gig them both yet because the guy I play with got quite ill. But I'm hoping it won't be long before I gig them. The two cabs together are really a marvel. They are so clear, and handle the low B on my Warwick streamer really well. Recorded music also sounds great through them. Again, clarity is the immediate thing that springs to mind. Thanks Bill for such great designs! If anybody wants a great value, quick and easy build, that sounds great for bass guitar and doesn't break your back....These are highly recommended And the pics.... Here they are in the garden with my amp on top. It is a little mark 250 and a behringer autocom pro in a warwick rack bag Detail of the back. The handles are really nice to carry the cabs with and make them very easy to haul around. I can even pick them up in one hand. Rack over my shoulder, two cabs in each hand, jobs a good'n! I'm kind of running out of space in my room to put things so I'm just stacking everything up at the moment. There is also an ashdown 1x15 cab on the other side of the room. It felt odd with the stack being any higher! And here is a larger picture of the whole lot. Thanks Nick

Yep that is correct. There was a guy on ebay selling grill material who I was going to buy from before I found out Dave had some spare. He doesn't have any on ebay at the moment but may have some anyway. His username is itsmarkie and he was fairly cheap. He said he could cut to size too although a jigsaw with a metal blade is very effective.

Hi bassbunny, I really like the grill too! The handles are from blue aran [url="http://bluearan.co.uk/menu/index.php?id=JAM34062&product=Plastic_Bar_Handle!comma!_round_cutout&browsemode=category"]http://bluearan.co.uk/menu/index.php?id=JA...semode=category[/url]. They are plastic so they are nice and light, but once screwed in (I used a piece of wood behind the handle part to double the thickness and strengthen everything up) it is extremely strong. They aren't too deep either and fit very snugly so making them airtight isn't a problem. which cabs are you building? Nick

The grill was done like so... when cutting the grill, masking tape and a metal blade in the jigsaw. For bending I clamped two pieces of wood on the face and back of where I wanted the bend and then just used another piece of wood and pushed down. then I used a mallet to hammer it against the clamped wood. The most of it was masked and the hammered part wont be seen so I wasn't worried about damaging the paint too much. In the end it didn't actually damage it. (apologies for the 2 minute diagrams!) The grill is mounted like this It isn't actually attached to the sloping horn (only the bottom and top plates) but the 60degree bend does mean that it is a, very rigid, and b held fast against the horn so that it can't move. It's pretty heavy duty grill this!

I presume it has changed over to outline view. If you click options at the top right of your post then click "switch to standard" you should be back to normal.

Thanks Johngh. I can't wait to gig it! I've just found the little amp for sale online at dolphin. [url="http://www.dolphinmusic.co.uk/page/shop/flypage/product_id/16018"]http://www.dolphinmusic.co.uk/page/shop/fl...roduct_id/16018[/url] When teamed up with a decent cab it's very useful!

Well I have never done any woodworking like this really. I've done some more laboury housy building type stuff before but no precision stuff. I am lucky that I had all the right tools to hand though, and have watched my dad build stuff for years. You soon learn how to do stuff. I anticipate the next one taking a lot less time. Most of the build time was working stuff out and getting to grips with the tools. Nick

I've also been having no end of problems with the rich text editor. Lost an entire post when I previewed it. editing posts with it turned on can be flakey too.

Well, I have one cab finished! I didn't manage to get many pics due to the electricity being of all day and the camera batteries being flat and the memory card full. It was also a scorcher of a day so I couldn't be bothered I did get a couple though. Here is a quick shot half way through carpeting. I think I did a fairly good job but it certainly isn't easy! I then mounted the driver, soldered it up and plugged in. WOW!!!!! this thing is bloody awesome. I tried it with music first and it's just so clear. The bass is so well defined. Next I plugged in my bass and fiddled with the eq for a bit. It took a while to get a tone I was happy with but when I had I was so happy. I like quite a full sound with a fair bit of mid. With my old cabs the definition and clarity of notes were often lost and it was a trade off between the mellow sound I like and inteligibility. With this cab I can have both! I tried it at a practice yesterday and when turned up a bit it shines even more. I have a gig on saturday so am looking forward to using it again. Here is a pic of it finished I also had an idea to try it with a little amp I have. When I was in gamlins in Cardiff last christmas, I saw some tiny little combo amp type things. It was 20 quid so I bought one for my sister. I soon went back and got one for myself though! Now, it is tiny so you can't expect too much, but it is pretty much fart city. I was sure this was only due to the tiny speaker in there. So I whipped it out, built a little sleeve for it, plugged it in....... And BLOODY HELL!! the little thing is actually fairly potent. Its not rock band loud but it can certainly annoy the neighbours. Playing music through it sounds pretty decent but best of all, it weighs absolutely nothing, and is tiny. Since I am doing mainly acoustic stuff at the moment, I can see this occaisionally taking the place of my racked mark bass amp for practice duty. I'm even contemplating leaving out one of the tweeters in the next cab and mounting it there for the ultimate combo. So what do you think? I'm pretty chuffed with myself and very impressed with the actual design and performance of the cab. All who have heard/seen it so far are also very impressed. BTW, I would like to say a big thanks to David Perry who hangs around on the BFM and finnbass forums. He has supplied me with the grills and some of the tweeters (due to cpc not having any in in the forseable future) He's a very helpful chappy! Nick

Right, here are parts two and three. The next step was to create the 60 degree angles on the front of the horn plates. This involves lots of clamps, plenty of thinking and again the over sized circular saw. This left me with some nice straight cuts like this Another mock up to check the fit Now I needed to install the tweeter baffle. I only have one tweeter to hand, due to cpc not having any in stock. Long clamps came in very handy for holding it against the horn plate. The sides are next and if everything has gone fine so far, should just fit nicely. They do The handles I have chosen require a circular cut out, but they also need to be positioned fairly accurately so that they avoid the horn plate and the baffle braces on the opposite side to the tweeters This image shows where those parts are! I cut a piece of wood that held the handle at the correct depth and also allowed me to slide the handle along to find the best position, which I then mapped on to the sides and cut out the holes using my scrolling jigsaw. Now it was a case of putting the sides on, then the top. Because my hands were pretty gluey I decided I didn't want to get glue all over one of my dads cameras! So, skip a few steps and here it is with the flanges installed. I cut the 45 degree angles on the flanges with the jigsaw which actually worked very well. Still to do is chop up the laminated strips of ply that will hold the back in place and cut the hole in the baffle for the speaker. I should be getting some more tweeters today from a great bloke called David Perry who has solved the dilemma of cpc not having any tweeters for another month. He also sorted me out with some grills a little while ago. I still live in hope that the carpet will arrive some day soon too! The wood for the second cab is all cut so should hopefully come together more quickly than this one. More in the next few days.

I find giving them the correct term of cd operative always helps the mood.... or not hehe

[quote name='Chopthebass' post='39204' date='Jul 30 2007, 08:24 PM']The Omni sounds interesting. The pic on his web site shows the cab with what looks like a vertical row of piezo tweeters. Is that what he recommends in his design?[/quote] Yes he does. Apparently the array of piezos flattens the response and they sound every bit as good as an expensive compression driver. [quote name='mhuk' post='39294' date='Jul 30 2007, 11:23 PM']I think you're trying to shame me into actually starting mine... [/quote] Do it man! [quote name='Bigwan' post='39311' date='Jul 30 2007, 11:49 PM']Interested to see how you get on with these. I've just bought plans for a few of Bill's cabs and the Omni 15 and Omni 10.5 are the 2 designs I'm most interested in building.[/quote] I wish I had had the 10.5 the other day. went for a practice and had to lug my ashdown cab. A single 10.5 would have been awesome. The omni 15 looks like a great cab, but for me I really wanted small. I only play in original bands so the majority of gigs there is a house PA. If I were in a covers band I think that the omni 15 would probably be what I would go for. I shall try and update the pics later today. I have them on the camera but they need resizing etc, and I'm at my girlfriends house too. Thans for all the interest guys! Nick

Well it's taken me ages to actually get round to it! I think I bought the plans over two months ago now.

Well that is bloody annoying. The forum thinks my post is better without all the text I wrote. Great Edit: I've rewritten it now.