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Barefaced Bass - Ultra lightweight high power bass guitar speaker cabinets

Customer Feedback

08/11/24 - Upsetter 110 - UK

Without doubt the best guitar sound I have ever had! Barely have to turn the volume up for it to sound massive! I'm delighted!

Mark

07/11/24 - Radical 212H w/Activier - UK

Your cab sounds great. The weight is very welcome, and the amp module is slick and convenient to “ready to go” installed in the cab. I liked the dispersion of frequencies, though I have a larging and acoustically lively living room, and so sound tends to disperse quite a bit and echo around the room anyway, so perhaps this wasn’t the best environment to gauge the effectiveness of this part of the cab design.

I was shocked by how much I liked the cab with the V30 speakers. We have an 80’s 1960B cab in the office, also with V30’s, and it sounds harsh in comparison. I’d say of all the speakers I tried, the V30’s just seemed to fit perfectly with the acoustics of the cab.

I tried installing some vintage G12H (55Hz) speakers and they also sounded very good. The JBL D120F speakers worked, but a little less well, as I think the LF tuning of the cab didn’t really match the drivers. The low end was lacking. The JBL speakers are more of a pro-audio design and so tuning plays a bigger role.

I really hated the Bluesbreaker cabinet since buying it around 5 years ago, and this was part of the motivation for wanting to try your cabinet, having watched you YouTube demos. I bought the pin stripe cloth a couple of months ago out of desperation. I’d experimented with some Laney 2X12 cabs that sound great, and having ruled out the acoustic properties of the cab, I decided that the Laney cloth was the thing that sounded good. Like the original Marshall pin stripe cloth, the 60’s/70’s Laney cloth is coated with a pattern of rubber, or similar material. The pin-stripe cloth has the effect of reducing harshness, as well as slightly boosting low end. In comparison to your cab, the pin-stripe equipped cab was softer on the top-end, and the low end was more consistent across the range of speakers.

This is all a very long-winded way of me saying that I love your cab, but that I’ve found something I really like in the time that’s passed since we first spoke. I guess more to the point, it works well with my favourite speakers and so there seems no reason to change. I really appreciate you giving me the chance to try out the cab.

Simon (Origin Effects)

05/11/24 - Reformer 112 w/ Neo 250 Copperback - USA

I tried it with a variety of amps, large, small, high watt, low, clean, gain, high gain, simple circuit reactive, multi-channel bells and whistles... etc. This was partially because I'm selling off a lot of amps, so had them out to photograph and list.

Let me say this... I love the cabinet and speaker. I have found that I prefer full response Neo speakers because I can always dial in or use cab sim to get other legacy tones. And I directly compared this to two other cabs that I think are relevant. The first is an original Forte side ported 2x12 cab with Celestion Cream and V-Type. The second is a custom cab made for me replicating the Electro Voice TL806 front ported build plan that the Sica/Jensen people recommended to me for the Jensen N12D (also flat/full response).

Have to say, from the start, I was disappointed with the Forte, probably most because of the darkness of the speakers. It also ways a ton on it's own without speakers, so I chose not to replace with neo speakers, and am selling it. Aside from that and relevant to your product, I found that it seemed to work like a half a pie, where the front sound had mid/high, with gaps between front and the mid/lows coming out of the sides with little reflection from the back wall... as one would expect.

The EV front port is actually my go-to cab. I get rich full sound with good dispersion. I run it closed back, but can open a center panel for rear reflection. I have it in a corner which helps dispersion (I think... I'm very naive about gear, and don't know much more than what my ears tell me... didn't grow up in bands so little direct input to my brain from experts.)

So now, your Reformer. I guess I expected to clearly hear very specific differences, but didn't... which is why your cab is so great. It has even dispersion 360 (maybe even up, but I don't know that... just that I played it both seated and standing. I should say, I also played facing it, not back to the cab this weekend, Will have to turn around in the coming days when I get time.)

Here's the thing... it's just the beautiful clear articulate sound I love, that I can paint in many ways from pedals to attack to guitar knobs to equalizer to modeling. And the sound fills the room in a way that doesn't draw attention, but does give an immersive feeling. I haven't tested it in a group setting yet, but I would suspect that it helps bring the whole band together. My wife and I see a lot of live music in small venues, and we like to sit closer to the stage so we hear the music direct from the band's gear rather than the house. As you can imagine, the location of the seat can vary the mix we hear off the stage. That's okay for us because we are trying to distinguish the artists and instruments which makes it more interesting than a wall of sound. Having said that, I imagine your products would tend to help blend the stage sound and connect the other instruments within the dispersion your cabinet creates, but that is just speculation.

In a few words, I love it, and it will be near my EV/Jensen cabinet in my primary playing space, and go to for other amp heads I have. (The EV cab has a one off head from VTAmps built for me and detailed together with the cabinet, so those always stay together.

Some folks use the term "reference" to mean an archetypal specific tone, like a Strat, or a vintage Magnatone, etc. I think of it a bit differently. I feel that a clean clear articulate cabinet like yours is the "master reference" from which all others are defined by subtraction. Yours is the "everything" cab, though partly because of the speaker choice. I need to spend more time with it, but if I had to pick one, it would be the Reformer or the EV, and probably break the rules of the thought experiment and keep both. If you ever are bored, you might try to build the EV front port just to experience it. I attached a spec from the interweb... there are a few out there. Last note, I have mine on it's side with the port on the left, no reason, just fits the head better that way.

The Reformer is the best gear purchase I've made in years.

Happy to provide additional feedback, though I fear I've already shared too much :) and may be displaying huge swaths of technical ignorance.

Best of luck, though you shouldn't need it with your product excellence.

Oh, and I offer this to the best makers that have provided me super gear and instruments. If someone in the New York City area wants to try one of your cabs before buying, I'm happy to give them some time with it (as long as they're not a serial killer :) For example, I've done this for Frank Scheucher of Zerberus guitars, and even held some US based stock for him. Back then we had a tiny little gear shop as more of a hobby than business for a few years before Covid when we shut it down.) To be clear, we aren't representing anyone any more, but I'm surely happy to help you and other musicians find what works for them, and definitely more musicians should have one of your cabinets.

Also happy to clean this up into a single paragraph if you want to use it in your marketing anonymously or just my first name, or feel free to do your own edit. Humbly, I'm not sure it would help you, but you're free to take it and do as you wish.

Jim

04/11/24 - Super Compact - UK

Hi.

I have a Super Compact which sounds amazing BUT, I sort of miss the high end of a tweeter in certain applications.

Having driven the Super Compact hard a couple of times, I certainly do not need much more volume. I only play 5 string basses, need the bottom end but most of my gigs are in fairly small venues (with the odd festival here and there).. Options. Do I add a Super Compact T, or perhaps a Super 3rd T....or, or do I go with one cab that does it all, e.g. a BB2?

PS. I occasionally use an old Trace Elliot tube head, so need the space for one of these to sit.

All the best

Paul

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Hi Paul,

It sounds like adding a Super Compact T is the way to go! A Super 3rd T won't stack as neatly and if you like the sound of the SC (apart from the lack of tweeter highs) then it makes more sense to stay with the SC's tone/feel in the lows than the more accurate BB3. And the SC is better for sitting sideways with a big tube head on it. Glad it's sounding amazing otherwise!

Best regards,

Alex

05/11/24 - Reformer 112 - UK

Hi Barefaced,

Is the Reformer fitted with a Celestion Vintage 30 as standard? 

A friend of mine owns a Reformer cab and it absolutely blew me away. I must have one. 

Sincerely yours,
Glyn

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Hi Glyn,

That's great to hear! Yes, the V30 is our standard choice but we offer lots of other drivers as customisations. You can order one by going here:

https://barefacedaudio.com/collections/avd-guitar-cabs/products/reformer-112

Obviously ask if anything isn't clear!

Best regards,

Alex 

04/11/24 - Super Twin - USA

I have a Barefaced Super Twin (2x12, no HF driver) I've had for long while. I highly recommend these as well. Only cab I'll ever need again unless something happens to it, and would buy another immediately if it did. Have a few different amps I pair it with (GK, Eden, SVT) but they all sound great through it. For 90 percent of the gigs I play though, load-ins can be iffy and if I'm certain there is PA support, I bring my "practice" amp which is a Hartke KB12 (1x12, 500w, DI out) which sounds perfectly fine, plenty of volume to hear myself if needed, light, and won't kill me or break the bank if something happens to it. Load in everything in one trip.

Mark

04/11/24 - Super Twin T - USA

(In response to a video listing Barefaced in a 2024 best-of round-up:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zzvalYDAAHM&t=690s)

I second a vote for Barefaced cabs, I have two myself, mostly use a Super Twin T which I've had for many years and is been a joy to gig with, what with being so light yet punchy AF when I run my Mark Bass Little Mark Tube 800 through it 😁

Dave

 

04/11/24 - One10 - USA

Barefaced cabs are incredible! I run two One10 cabs (actually a One10T and a One10). Those two tiny cabs rock.

Chad

01/11/24 - Two10T

I received the Two10T yesterday, I greatly appreciate the expediency, how this was handled, and the amazing service you at Barefaced provided.

I’m super happy with the new cab.

I absolutely love all my Barefaced cabs (One10T, Two10T, Super Mini T and Super Compact T), they all sound amazing!

Thank you so much for everything. 

Mo

01/11/24 - One10 - Canada

2 years ago I bought a One10 from you. I love it, but wish that I had bought a One 10T. Do you sell a tweeter kit that I can install in my cabinet?

Thanks

Tom

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Hi Tom,

Sorry, it isn't possible to retrofit our tweeter - almost all the panels are different on the One10T vs the One10 because of how the inside is changed to fit the tweeter in and mount in securely. The resale is pretty good on our cabs if you want to upgrade though!

Best regards,

Alex

03/11/24 - Reformer (w/Copperback) - UK

I recently took delivery of a Reformer with a Copperback and had a couple of gigs with it this weekend. It really is quite incredible (but you knew that already 🙂)

Brad

04/11/24 - Super Compact T - UK

I used my new cabs for a couple of shows this weekend. They sounded incredibly awesome!

Matthew