Minimum depth of a combo cab build?

[Thinline_slim]

I will be building a combo cab for a 22w Deluxe (Reverb minus the reverb) custom build and I was going to make a combo cab for it.

Single 12" speaker, with possibly a 2x10" swappable baffle, open backed.

What is the professional opinion of TGP of what the minimum depth should be of the cab?

[sharpshooter]

If it was totally open, (no back at all), you could just use a piece of plywood, (no depth needed).
With a mostly open back cab, their really is'nt much reason to make it any deeper than a regular combo amp, (~10>12in.).

[Jef Bardsley]

What matters is the distance around the cab from the front to the back of the speaker. If you increase this distance, you'll get a bit more bass. But the deeper you make the cab, the more 'boxy' it will sound, so I'd make the baffle bigger, if you want more bass. The Fender tone stack provides a whopping bass boost even with the knob at 'noon', and many players turn the bass down on their Fenders to get good tone, so "more" may not be what you want.

The other (obvious) answer is, "You built a copy of the Deluxe amp, perhaps you want a copy of the Deluxe cab so it sounds like a Deluxe."

[Thinline_slim]

Thanks for the info. I was thinking about it yesterday and this amp has a ton of bass to begin with so I think a smaller cab would be a better way to go. I'm trying to keep the weight down as much as possible so I might shoot for a 9.5"-10" depth with a Jensen Neo 12-100 using 5/8" ply.

[Tele Wacker]

9.5 - 10" depth is about what Fender used in it's glory days. It has worked for Fender, so far! That should work fine.

[Thinline_slim]

Originally Posted by Tele Wacker

9.5 - 10" depth is about what Fender used in it's glory days. It has worked for Fender, so far! That should work fine.

Would that be the total depth of the cab or 9.5"-10" from the back of the baffle board to the back of cab? Kind on an ID(epth)