Acoustic 361 Cabinet Plans

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Acoustic 361 cabinet plans.

The top section is essentially a preamp and the bottom contains a w style folded horn with a vega 18 driver and a power amplifier section on the bottom shelf of the open cabinet. Acoustic usa employed the help of former acoustic president and bass amp guru russ alee. This is a customer s acoustic 360 361 system as dropped off for a major overhaul. That country farmhouse design the 1 last update 2020 08 13 is still popular.

John paul jones used a pair of them with led zeppelin. The 361 actually only lasted from 1968 to 1972 and was replaced by the 371 rig which had a more conventional head and passive cabinets but these were still 1x18 folded horns. All the bands later in the 70 s probaly used the 371 i d have thought. And it was the amp of choice for.

The cabinet plans provided below are taken directly from 2 identical acoustic 370 cabinets that i removed the speakers and hardware from and discarded the cabinets because i no longer play gigs as a profession living and these monsters take up way too much of my space. 1 18 acoustic 360 361 for large outside gigs. It is often a simple rectangular two story home plan saving you money on construction. Dave brown played one at woodstock with santana.

It is quite an interesting bass amp. How hard was it to go from being hardcore fans to actually making working versions of the 360 preamp the 361 cabinet and its more compact brother the 1x15 361m. The vintage head cab combo was originally made famous by players like jaco pastorius larry graham and led zeppelin s john paul jones. Late 1960s acoustic 360 bass amplifier with 361 speaker cabinet the acoustic 360 may be the most heard least acknowledged amp in music history.

I can level the neighborhood with one of two i own. John mcvie used them in the early days of fleetwood mac. A new branch of the acoustic brand called acoustic usa has launched with the unveiling of an updated version of the classic 360 361 rig. Unleashed right at the end of 1967 just as the first generatio.