Customer Feedback

27/05/25 - Super Mini T - UK

I just received my Super Mini , it sounds incredible. almost supernatural, how much bass comes out of such a small enclosure.

Thank you so much 🙏 🎶

Alexis

26/05/25 - Three10 - UK

Hi guys, just wanted to give an update on my custom Three10 I ordered from you last year.

It is an incredible cab... traditional but with extra clarity and character. I've been driving it with an either an Aguilar TH500 or AG700 depending on the band I'm playing with and it always delivers in spades... motown, funk, rock, metal; fingers, slap, pick, roundwounds, flatwounds, fretted, fretless... it just WORKS. It was used as a backline cab for several bands at a festival yesterday and it made one bass player's 200w microhead sound MASSIVE.

I can say hand-on-heart it's the best cab I've ever owned and I look forward to getting a One10 in the future.

All the best
Bob

22/05/25 - Three10 + One10 - UK

Hi Barefaced,

20/05/25 - Two10 - France

20/05/25 - Upsetter 110 (G10 Creamback) - USA

I got the cab- I LOVE IT!

Thanks to everyone

Dan

18/05/25 - Super Twelve (Super Twin) - UK

Hi I am the owner of a Barefaced 2x12 non-tweeter cab. Described by me as the best cab I have ever owned. I am no longer playing large venues and have downsized to a Barefaced Midget which is ideal for the smaller venues that I now play.

A buyer for the 2x12 cab has asked if it is 8 or 4 ohm and I cannot remember the spec. Can you assist in stating the correct rating. I have owned the cab for approx 10 years and include a picture.

Thanks in advance.  

Eddie

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Hi Eddie,

That's a Super Twelve. 4 ohm. ~1000W. Glad it's done so well for you, ask its new owner to let us know how they like it!

Best regards,

Alex

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Was asked to drop you a message after buying a 2nd hand Barefaced 212 cab from a member on Basschat last night.

The seller set it up flat with a TC Staccato head. First thing was it was so blooming loud even with a reasonably low master setting.

2nd thing that hit me was how even the tone was. It was warm and deep but with amazing clarity. No boom, no shrilling high end, just an even tone across the board.

3rd thing which was one of the main reasons I was looking at BF cabs was that no matter where I stood, in front, the side or even leaning over it i could hear this cab the exact same as if standing directly in front of it. Not sure i've ever experienced that with a cab before.

4th point was the weight. My current Mesa SW210/115 cabs are lightweight but I could lift this cab one handed to chest height. My head was asking questions like "How can a cab this light with only 30cm depth be so deep and warm sounding ?"

Got the cab home and was able to crank it a little bit more (detached house in countryside) and everything sounded the exact same at higher volumes apart from everything rattling in the room. Boosted the bass levels on the active Sandberg VM4 to max and WOW it just got better and better. (I normally run amps and bass EQ almost flat with some slight tweaks for different venues)

I normally use either my Mesa TT800 or Handbox WB-100 heads depending how i feel. Leaning more towards the HB all valve head at the moment and I reckon the 212 cab will sound gorgeous with this head. I can seriously say I'm a convert to BF cabs. I bought 2nd hand just in case it wasn't for me but I can see why these cabs are so popular. I will be leaving a review or NCD post on Basschat at some point probably after the gig on Sat.

Hope this helps

Dave

18/05/25 - Reformer 112 - USA

Hey there,

I have a Reformer and love it.  I don’t have an open-back to compare it to, but it certainly seems like an “open-back without the loss of lows”, so kudos!

Where it gets interesting is comparing it against my Mesa Recto 2x12. Which is somewhat apples vs oranges, but hear me out :)

I took one of the Mesa’s speakers (both original V30s from ~2000 and sound very similar to each other) and moved it into the Reformer.  The remaining original stayed in the Mesa alongside a rotating speaker du jour.

The Mesa 2x12 jacks were separated so I can plug into only the V30.  The other non-powered speaker  becomes a passive radiator, and the active V30 likely sees less resistance/damping (than it would have with both speakers active in the same closed 2x12).

Both cabs (Reformer and Mesa) are adjacent, on the floor, and angled.  Trying to keep conditions similar.

As expected, the Reformer sounds more open and balanced.  For clean tones, lead tones, and many other scenarios, I’d say the Reformer wins!

The Mesa has pronounced lows, and less mids.  But when playing high-gain (hard rock levels, think Tool or Alice In Chains), it sounds glorious.  Specifically when playing rhythm, and especially when palm muting, I’d say the Mesa wins!

So I’m trying to determine the differences and if I can get the Reformer to match/best the Mesa in this scenario.  

Tried using EQ to make the Reformer sound more like the Mesa.  Using the 5-band GEQ on my Mark IV head.. e.g boost some lows, cut some mids.  Sounding great no matter what, but different… feeling.

Listening closer, I realized a couple things: The Mesa is “tighter”, and there is some kind of dynamic eq/bloom thing going on that is especially noticeable with: high gain, hard pick attack, palm muted chord.

I suspect “tighter” is coming from the damping of being a sealed cab, i.e. the air-spring pressure resisting the speaker movement.

I’m guessing the “bloom” thing is related to that as well.  That damping is likely uneven across frequencies.  I vaguely recall a speaker “impedance curve”, but not sure if that’s supposed to be more electrical vs mechanical etc.

I know the AVD is a port of sorts, and allegedly the speaker should still “see” a closed cab above an octave of the port tuning (or something like that), but it seems like it’s “breathing free”.  Which in many ways is a good thing.

I’d love to hear your thoughts on this!

I wonder if it would be possible to make an AVD/closed “convertible” cab.  Close the back/AVD for the full “closed-back” experience. Just need access to the jack :)

Can Barefaced make a (non-AVD) closed-back cab?  The customizations page mentions an Upsizing 212BB where the (divided) bottom is closed-back but with port(s)?  The same page also mentions the ability to plug port(s) for lower tunings.  I’m curious if ports, like the AVD, would result in the loss of “tightness” of a fully closed/sealed enclosure.

Matt

17/05/25 - One10T - USA

16/05/25 - Reformer 112 (Neo Copperback) - Germany

As far as I concern, your company is now the only one remaing, which deals with 3D-ish sound emission.
Dietmar Kammler, Hamburg based, closed his business as of 31st DEC 2024 after 15 years to retire.
His approach and patents to achive his sound expectations were too resource demanding to be transfered to a factory production. Hence his Kammler cabs - he once told me his annual output were 55 - are second hand goodies now. 

Anyhow: Your Reformer 112 with the Neo 250 Copperback was eye and ear opening to me not to lean on ordinary cab constructions anymore. 

At that time I had a 2×12 by BluGuitar (Thomas Blug, more than 2 decades sound designer at Hughes & Kettner before being entrepreneur with his own company), but the Reformer soundwise 'killed' the 2×12, and even my 4×12 cab (V30) wasn't better sounding. 

After I had sold the 2×12 I missed the format. At a local PRS meeting we did a comparison of Kammler (1×10 and 1×12) and my Barefaced cab. Is their any difference in the 3D-ish sound?

One observer was the opinion, that the Reformer had a noticeable beam. That was not my observation. 

As a result I called Dietmar Kammler if he would build me a cab. And after discussion with him I decided for his Fusion design, combining a 10" and 12" speaker in a 2×12 format. The Neo 250 Copperback was set, the 10" was to be selected. For my ears the best company was the EVM-10M. Sensivity is 100dB to 99dB.

I got my custom made Fusion cab in the first half of 2023. Don't ask about the mass. Lightweight is not the nickname of the cab. Could be 15lbs.

Comparing the Reformer with the Fusion, the reformer has more low end, whilst the Fusion has a balanced clarity. 

My EQ setting is High 8, Mid 2.2, Bass 3.8.

The Reformer is perfect for hasty obligations, it offers a lot of power handling although it's very light. 

Thanks for this invention!

Martin

09/05/25 - Super Compact T - USA

13/05/25 - Activier One10T + Two10S - UK

I must say that I'm delighted with the three cab modular set-up. 

Over the past years it's been really good to see how well your business venture has taken off.

Dave

11/05/25 - Super Twin - USA

I got my Super Twin June the 19th of 2017. Happy? Hell yes. These days I am playing a Wyn 5 string bass, into an Aguilar AG500 with the Super Twin, I create what the sound guys call liquid bass, not loud, just makes everyone feel that 40HZ all around them and it melts dancers. Thank you from the bottom of my heart, what a rig to play. Then in November of 23 I got a Super Compact which I take out for small stuff. Still the same results, which prompted a bass player near me to buy a Barefaced cab. Great fun to show up to a job in my Smart car with all my stuff. Bottom line. (Ha) Barefaced is superior to everything else I have played or heard. What a Cabinet!!!!!

Frank