I'm still trying to find time to build a 1x12 cab...
So I had a brainwave that if I give the materials, which I already have, to a local carpenter he might be able to knock something up for me fairly cheap and I'll then put the role and grill cloth on.
Just got a quote from one guy of £250...
So stupid. I could buy a finished unloaded Zilla for less than that or a finished loaded MJW for only £20 more.
I know people have to make a living but for a pro with all the tools, it can't be much more than a morning to build the shell which means he wants to charge £500 a day!
Or am I massively underestimating the costs for this?
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Do you have plans? If not you're asking him to design it. If you do have plans, are they complete, not just a cutlist? So all the joints detailed? If not then you're still asking him to design it. Assuming the plans are complete and detailed then you're asking him to do all the marking out, measuring and cutting, then all the assembly. Cutting a large, neat, round hole is also a non-trivial task.
If he's good at it he may well be able to charge £500 a day for some jobs.
Its been done before.
I was going to give him detailed plans and only wanted butt joints, maybe the baffle dadoed in to the cab, with a bit of bracing.
Back to having a go myself I guess.
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Have you got a 1x12 for sale then?
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Pickups from BKP, Oil City & Monty's pickups.
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