All Shawnee cabinets are constructed from ¾” 7-ply voidless birch plywood.  The corners feature traditional dado-rabbet joinery, essentially the corner joinery version of tongue and groove.  This type of joinery provides twice the gluing surface area as a standard box-joint, and is exceedingly strong.  Titebond II wood glue is used to secure the joints. 

Additionally, every inside edge of the cabinets is braced with full 1” square pine bracing and glued and screwed for additional box strength.  In fact, each cabinet has at least 70 pre-drilled and countersunk internal screws.  I build these things strong, period.

The finished interior is coated with a high quality satin black enamel, protecting the wood and giving it a finished yet neutral look.

The back panels are also constructed from ¾” 7-ply voidless birch plywood.  The center panel is removable, allowing for either open or closed-back operation.  All baffles on production cabinets now feature a port to increase speaker responsiveness and cabinet resonance in closed-back operation.

The baffles are made from the highest quality ½” 9-ply Baltic birch plywood.  Baffles are not fixed to the sides of the cabinet, but rather are secured only to the 1” bracing.  The combination of the ½” thickness, high grade, and the mounting process allows the baffles to exhibit their full resonance without any compromise in strength and durability.

The figured maple panels are really one of my signatures here at Shawnee.  All panels are cut to size from rough-cut hard maple, hand-picked by me so I can offer some beautiful figuring examples.  Panels are stained in a variety of traditional oil-based wood finishes, and sprayed with multiple coats of nitrocellulose lacquer (the real stuff) for a brilliant finish.

Other woods are available for the panels, most notably birdseye maple, mahogany, rosewood, and zebrawood.  I also can get, well, just about anything.  Contact me for details!

Vinyl (Tolex) covering is applied using an industrial contact cement far superior to what you might find in retail stores.  I use the stuff that is the best that I can get as an OEM.  This ensures that the tolex will not come up at the seams and edges over time.

All exterior fasteners are high-grade stainless steel, eliminating the potential for corrosion and discoloration over time.

Cabinet Feet are oversized molded rubber for ease of use on slippery surfaces or when stacking cabinets.  Feet are one of the only items that I offer separately as well; If your amplifier has dinky, short feet on it, it may not clear the (nominal) height of the exposed handle on the top of my cabinets.  Replace the feet on your head and you're good to go!

Handles are premium grade, steel reinforced rubber strap handles, with nickel end-caps that hide the fasteners and give a classy, finished look.  Don't underestimate the importance of a good cabinet handle.  If you own a vintage Marshall or HiWatt, then my handles will likely look familiar.

Corners are wrap-around style, chrome-plated steel for superior fit, finish and durability.

Speaker and handle mounting hardware are standard #10-24 machine screws, washers and lock washers, paired with saw-toothed, thick steel T-nuts for extra strength and holding power.

Only the best Switchcraft jacks are used, and jack plates are black powder-coated steel.

Speaker wire is 18 gauge, cloth-covered, black and white stranded copper wire.