So after considering getting some used traps and gobos and those "Stackers" I was asking about in the other thread I posted...
...I decided that as much as I wasn't looking forward to another project, I'm going to go the DIY route because I can make better traps than anything that I was looking at used...and less expensive than anything I looked at ready-made, though TBH, my traps will be better than those too.
Material-wise they will be beefier, all made with 703, which I prefer to Roxul....and framed as I need to get the desired mounting preference and also to incorporate air gaps at the back.
As nice as some of the ready-made traps are from a few makers...there's aspects of all them that I just don't particularly like, and I know I can build a better trap.
Not counting the ready-made ones that incorporate limp-mass barriers or some kind of combi diffuser/absorber designs...the bulk of ready-made are just basic 2"-4" insulation, wrapped in some cloth, and with a light frame for mounting...so there's nothing special or magical about them...it's just the easy way to go if you don't want to do DIY.
Considering I want at least 3 different types of traps for the walls/ceiling, plus some more LF traps, and a few gobo panels...with maybe a few different colors for the wrap...it just makes more sense to custom build them, and it will save me quite a bit of cost, considering I'm looking at 30-40 2'x4' traps, plus the gobos.
You can now buy high-quality Guildford of Main acoustic cloth by the yard direct from GoM...which I don't think was possible in the past for smaller quantities...or they just didn't have an online shop...but now they do, and buying direct they are at least $4 cheaper per yard than the best bulk deals I saw from suppliers of acoustic materials. You can get their classic FR701 for $17/yard...which is pretty decent...but still, I'm looking at about 50-60 yards, so it's going to cost.
That said, I could save $2000+ on that many traps/gobos doing them DIY compared to ready-made.
I was really looking for another time consuming project to put on my plate...
...but at least the warmer weather is coming, so I will be able to have my table saw outside on my deck, and I'll just assembly-line the process, like I did a 3 years ago when I made my big bass traps.
I don't plan to have solid framing all around, with exposed, stained wood, like I did with those big bass traps. For all my wall/ceiling stuff, the wood frames will be light, and just at the back probably, so I have something to staple the cloth to, and also to hang from...but the front/sides will be just the wrapped 703, and I'll simply stiffen the corners so that the traps hold shape and have clean lines.
The gobos and maybe the few addition bass traps that I make...those will have more sturdy frames, and probably with the wood on outside, and just the faces covered in cloth, since they will be getting moved around.
When I start that DIY process...I'll do another documentation tread most likely, in case anyone needs some ideas about also doing their own.