Looking for bass speaker cabinet plans.

[Kurt Veltman]

I am trying to help someone find plans for bass speaker cabinets. He wants to build a cabinet with 4-12's. Anyone know where I can find plans for this?

[Douglas Ingram]

The good people hanging out at http://www.diyaudio.com/forums/ might be able to help you out. Lots of speaker builders there.

[Kurt Veltman]

Thanks Douglas. I'll give it a shot.

[Halgeir Wold]

4-12s with regular guitar speakers won't do very much in the bass region, and 4-12 bass speakers will probably lack in the upper range. A setup with 2-15s - e.g. Eminence 15 alpha or betas , or one single 18'' will do a much better job.
Selecting the better element in terms of power efficiency will be crucial. if you want to move some air...
There should be plenty of examples on the net. Here are some:
http://www.billfitzmaurice.com/

[Mike Wilson]

Here is a drawing of a cabinet I used in the 70s; the Sunn 2000S: http://www.richbriere.com/images/wpe48765.gif

If memory serves the dimensions were about 36H x 24W x 15D. It was a big heavy cabinet but served me well even in large venues.

Google SUNN 2000s cabinet drawing and you will find several comments