01. Cutting the first panels for the speaker cabinet

02. Cutting the panels for the speaker cabinet

03. Cutting the panels for the speaker cabinet

04. The specification for the 1 x 12" cabinet

05. First joint

06. About to put on the lower back panel

07. Lower back panel in place

08. Second side panel being glued and pinned

09. Strips to support the baffle added

10. Final adjustments to the internal bracing

11. Putting the curved edges on the cabinet. First, the back bottom edge

12. Then rounding the top side

13. Getting the corners rounded off

14. Sanding the edges and corners

15. The baffle has been routed across to take the gold t-piece. Now, the centre for the speaker cutout is being located

16. Checking the speaker location and marking out the holes for the bolts

17. Routing out the speaker cutout

18. Cutting recesses for the t-nuts so that the bolts don't touch the grille cloth

19. That's all the woodwork done on the baffle

20. Fixing the small pieces of wood that will give the front aperture rounded internal corners - which will make the baffle, with its surrounding tadpole, fit well

21. Cleaning off surplus glue

22. The rounded internal corners

23. Routing for the stringing

24. More routing for the stringing

25. Spraying the inside of the cabinet matt back

26. More spraying

27. Cutting out the covering. This is for the lower back panel

28. Finishing a corner on the lower back panel

29. Starting to cover the speaker cabinet

30. This will be the join on the base of the cabinet, but it will be just as good as if it was in open view

31. Completing the covering of the four sides

32. Last join before doing the edges and corners

33. Great care taken to make the corners smooth, with joins that are very hard to see

34. The feathering being done prior to sticking down the corners

35. Nice clean corner

36. The hot air gun is used to make the covering more flexible and to drive out surplus moisture, to ensure a good fit and a nice clear edge line

37. The top back panel is covered, and screws can be put in place ready for assembly

38. The top part of the baffle receives matching covering

39. Now the grille cloth is held in place by a gold t-piece tapped into the routed line

40. Securing the bottom edge of the grille cloth

41. Starting to pin on the tadpole round the baffle

42. Pushing the gold stringing into the two routed lines

43. Now we're on to the amp - sanding the corners and edges and putting in the routing for the stringing

44. Here's what a C7 looks like underneath

45. Loose assembled speaker cabinet, with covering of the amp shell going on

46. The feet go on the cabinet

47. A front board has been made that will give a "mirror image" of the cabinet beneath

48. Not long to go now...

49. A C7 needs to be made to go in the shell - and it will have a lower profile than this demo one on the right

50. Jeff wires up the Celestion Alnico Blue

51. Jack plate connected up and in place

52. Rear of the cabinet

53. Getting ready to fix the badge on the speaker cabinet

54. Getting the badge straight

55. Ladies and Gentlemen, I give you ...

56. ... the totally unique ...

57. ... Matamp C7 (in pinky red covering with brown grille cloth)

58. Now isn't that beautiful?

59. Close up of the two badges

60. Close up of the speaker cabinet

61. Close up of the amp

62. Jeff adds the "#000001" serial number

63. All complete