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  HARDWOOD TUTORIAL
                

Finished Hardwood vs. Tolex covered pine.

"Old World" craftsmanship featuring  1/2" half-blind dovetail joints.

Why shouldn't your cab be built as well as your guitar?

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• How many older cabs have you seen, where the tolex is nicked,  ripped and even pieces torn off? 

• How about, where the seams, that once were very tight, have opened up and even begun to curl? 

• Then there's the fact that the glue, which is heat sensitive, has let go at the top from the heat.

You will have none of these problems with a finished hardwood cab.

Consider this perspective:

• Covering a cabinet with Tolex dampens the resonation (Vibration).
  What do you think an acoustic guitar would sound like
  swathed in vinyl?

• What lies below the finish is the same as the surface. Severe scratches and gouges could be sanded out and the finish restored to the effected area. Can you do that with tolex?

• Hardwood is more durable than tolex. Do you think that a piece of hardwood might be a little more resistant to scratches, gouges, nicks and tears than a piece of plastic material?
  You'll never tear off a piece of the hardwood!

• Over time tolex shrinks, especially when subjected to heat.
  This is what opens up the seams.
  This cannot happen with a hardwood cab. 

• Beside all of these other benefits, you can express your individuality and have a cab that doesn't look like 'all the rest'.
  Your cab can look as good as it sounds!