SpiderWars
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Has anybody tried particle board vs MDF? I didn't really know the difference but apparently MDF is made with smaller particles and is quite a bit more dense. MDF on top.
sg guy":e35bx8r7 said:-great thread crazy nuts, one of my favorite topics...
-about half of what your hearing as an improvement-(and its not a subtle either, is indeed the Birch ply, the other 50% is the thickness of the Birch ply.
SpiderWars":vtojaf5j said:Has anybody tried particle board vs MDF? I didn't really know the difference but apparently MDF is made with smaller particles and is quite a bit more dense. MDF on top.
Scumback Speakers":1erqux1i said:Just my experience, but I've found the birch back panels to be livelier than the MDF/particle board back panels, but there may be a hair more bass to the MDF/particle board than birch.
I had a 68 slant cab I restored (a lot of work!), and it had more bass response/punch than any other slant I've ever had, and as much as a straight. It had the birch back panel, but extra bracing inside for the baffle.
I did have to reglue all of the corners inside, and fix a bunch of loose or stripped baffle board screws where they mounted in the baffle, though, too. After getting all that done, it was a monster sounding cab. Of course one of my clients heard it, offered me stupid money for it, and it lives in Canada now, where he still raves about it.
IMO, fixing the loose screws, and making sure the baffle/back panel/handle screws are all tight will add a lot to any cab's tone for being more solid.
Scumback Speakers":22kgcu21 said:Not sure what it is about the Mojotone 4x12's. I've had about 12 of them, only three sounded right, even though they all looked the same. That's a go figure. I've still got one straight cab out in the shop that's good that I use for demos.
I had one of those Mojotones and agree. I traded it to another forum member and he flipped it immediately for I assume same reason.CrazyNutz":14i0tn43 said:Scumback Speakers":14i0tn43 said:Not sure what it is about the Mojotone 4x12's. I've had about 12 of them, only three sounded right, even though they all looked the same. That's a go figure. I've still got one straight cab out in the shop that's good that I use for demos.
Yeah, the plywood on my mojotone seems thinner, flimsy, less dense. It's supposed to be birch, but I can tell you it's not the same birch as what mesa, marshall, bogner, etc. uses.