06/11/25 - Six10T - USA
Alex,
First, I am LOVING my Six 10. Other bass players tend to like my sound. With the barefaced in use at our past few shows, I’ve received *really* enthusiastic responses from other musicians and FOH sound folks. (Highlight: Nick Rogers who makes Dirty Haggard Audio pedals introducing himself after a show to say my bass sounded amazing, and he was thrilled to see I used one of his pedals.)
So now I want more.
It seems like the Super 24 would fit nicely on top of my Six 10. Would it be stable up there, with a heavy head on top of both cabs stacked up? Any other considerations I should think of regarding a Super 24/Six 10 cab combo?
(I feel like you made the Super 24 for people like me. Once I got the six 10, I was really curious how it would sound blended with some 12” speakers, and missed having some speakers at chest level like I had with an 8x10 or stacked 4x10s. I wasn’t super eager to have both a Six 10 and a Big Twin/ Big 24 side-by-side on stage or in the van. I sent myself a reminder back in September to ask you what the options would be for a 12” setup that would fit on the Six 10… right before you started posting about the Super 24 coming…)
Guitar cab:
I’m looking for cab and speaker guidance. I’d like something smallish that would be good for home practice and recording use, but still get loud for a band practice or show in a pinch. So probably the Reformer 112? But I don’t know which speaker would be best. I don’t have a full-time guitar head, but have options and would likely get something that would match the speaker well. My main guitar is essentially a mustang that I built myself with an EGC aluminium neck and EGC pickups. It’s a lot of fun. The sound I like is bright and clear with a lot of attack, and can get a lot of abrasive gain that still sounds musical. A sound like if Shellac, Unwound and Drive Like Jehu had a baby. (I really like the sound of an old Fender Twin with the gain just starting to break up and the main volume cranked.)
Thanks for the help. I look forward to sending you more of my hard-earned money.
Jez
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Hi Jez,
That's great to hear!
I don't see any issues with stacking a Super 24 on a Six10 in terms of stability unless you're gigging on a boat (we did have some feedback years back from someone who said he had to put his cabs side by side on a Scottish tourist boat gig!) or you're having particularly punk moments on stage.
So regarding mixing the 10CR and 12XN drivers, in the past my view on this was that I preferred having matched drivers because of the coherency and because with our cabs you don't need different drivers to cover different parts of the frequency spectrum. However, partly from guitar driver experimentation, more recently I've come to the conclusion that there's an argument for different drivers to thicken up your sound (at the expensive of immediacy). The key then is balancing the power distribution and sensitivity and I'd say that two or three 10CR drivers to each 12XN is the right balance.
Regarding the guitar cab, I'm wondering about the the A-Type or maybe even the Hempback? Have you checked out any of our demo videos?
https://barefacedaudio.com/
Best regards,
Alex