Fishman Loudbox Artist in Padauk cabinet

[TimbreTones]

Originally Posted by BT55

Very nice woodworking. You should be proud of your workmanship!

Thanks. The Cocobolo-cedar Terz guitar is my own design and build, and matches the colorscape nicely

[Marty C]

Originally Posted by TimbreTones

Hi! I know there's been discussions on making a wood cabinet for the Loudbox family. Actually these discussions led me to try it, as I acquired some guitar wood and got a nice billet of Padauk as extra.

I'd say it turned out nice, and makes the cabinet a living room worthy piece of gear in my wife's eyes too.



Link to a picture on my site:

https://www.timbretones.com/see-and-...Item-jg7kwse41

Janne/TimbreTones

[Edit:Having hard time to post any photos on this forum]

That is beautiful! I am also a woodworker and I think I will take on this project with an older acoustic amp I have. Great job.

On another question, I saw from one of the pics on your site that you use a tone dexter together with a Play Acoustic. How is this set up... if you don’t mind sharing?

[perttime]

Cabinet looks great.
.... needs a new handle in brown leather ...

[TimbreTones]

Originally Posted by perttime

Cabinet looks great.
.... needs a new handle in brown leather ...

Was thinking exactly the same!

[TimbreTones]

Originally Posted by Marty C

That is beautiful! I am also a woodworker and I think I will take on this project with an older acoustic amp I have. Great job.

On another question, I saw from one of the pics on your site that you use a tone dexter together with a Play Acoustic. How is this set up... if you don’t mind sharing?

ToneDexter contains wave maps to each of my guitars, and I run them into VLPA or VL3X with their guitar settings flat (usually no BodyRez) for acoustic tones.

Depending on the usage, I might go with just the TD or just VLPA or plug straight into LoudBox.

[gfsark]

What’s not so immediately apparent, is that amplifier sounds better with the good looking wood treatment. Not because of the wood per se, but simply because it looks like it should be producing a premium sound. And the listener expects to hear a better sound from that amp, than from my otherwise identical dog-chewed version. And that’s what they hear.

[Wistah]

That's absolutely beautiful. My loudbox mini is pretty well beat up. Maybe I'll try something like that.

[Marty C]

Originally Posted by TimbreTones

ToneDexter contains wave maps to each of my guitars, and I run them into VLPA or VL3X with their guitar settings flat (usually no BodyRez) for acoustic tones.

Depending on the usage, I might go with just the TD or just VLPA or plug straight into LoudBox.

Thank you!

[TimbreTones]

Originally Posted by gfsark

What’s not so immediately apparent, is that amplifier sounds better with the good looking wood treatment. Not because of the wood per se, but simply because it looks like it should be producing a premium sound. And the listener expects to hear a better sound from that amp, than from my otherwise identical dog-chewed version. And that’s what they hear.

Yeah, psychoacoustics is a real factor in life.