Custom Hyperion Mothership Cabinet
Posted: Mon Mar 04, 2019 5:47 am
So, I've been playing around with building custom cabs ever once and a while for people. This idea came to me from a customer...after almost a month of design, prototyping, testing, trial and error, it's all come toghether quite nicely.
It's an oversized 55cm(w) x 45cm (H) x 35cm (D) cab, constructed from 18mm baltic birch ply. All construction is made with rebate corners, similar to how an acoustic guitar goes together. Wrapped in a nice heavy Orange Style black vintage basketweave. finished with black hardware, including flight case style handles.
The amp slides into a custom tray made from 1mm steel (laser cut and bent), custom 3d printed runners and some foam gaskets proide a snug and vibration free fit, and the cutaways provide good ventilation througout. The amp handle is replaced with a "folding" design that allows it to stow away behnid the panel in a small route.
The functionality of the Amp is maintained with a pass-through plate on the back for power and the FX loop. You can also un-dock the amp and then connect the speaker to one of the FX loop input jacks with a male-to-male adapter to allow the cab to be used stand-alone as a quite unconventional "open back" design.
It really sounded great, both with a Celestion G12T-75 and a WGS G12c/s (which happened to also be orange coloured. I was quite heart-broken to see this one go out the door, and will definitely make one for myself one day.
Appreciate any feedback and ideas on how to improve the next one.
Link to more photos and some of the build:
https://imgur.com/gallery/Zf6MH98
and
https://imgur.com/a/lchq5hG
It's an oversized 55cm(w) x 45cm (H) x 35cm (D) cab, constructed from 18mm baltic birch ply. All construction is made with rebate corners, similar to how an acoustic guitar goes together. Wrapped in a nice heavy Orange Style black vintage basketweave. finished with black hardware, including flight case style handles.
The amp slides into a custom tray made from 1mm steel (laser cut and bent), custom 3d printed runners and some foam gaskets proide a snug and vibration free fit, and the cutaways provide good ventilation througout. The amp handle is replaced with a "folding" design that allows it to stow away behnid the panel in a small route.
The functionality of the Amp is maintained with a pass-through plate on the back for power and the FX loop. You can also un-dock the amp and then connect the speaker to one of the FX loop input jacks with a male-to-male adapter to allow the cab to be used stand-alone as a quite unconventional "open back" design.
It really sounded great, both with a Celestion G12T-75 and a WGS G12c/s (which happened to also be orange coloured. I was quite heart-broken to see this one go out the door, and will definitely make one for myself one day.
Appreciate any feedback and ideas on how to improve the next one.
Link to more photos and some of the build:
https://imgur.com/gallery/Zf6MH98
and
https://imgur.com/a/lchq5hG