Customer Feedback

03/08/24 - Big Twin 2 - USA

Took my rig today to an outdoor reggae festival after being told the venue didn't have any backline. Unloaded and found they had a bass rig after all. So i set up and tried both cabs out with my bass head and whilst the Markbass sounded good, it couldn't take the low end my rack gives.

Delano Mills

19/08/24 - Big Baby 3 - UK

I'm liking the BB3s very much. I love being able to pick them up with one hand, and the fact that they are half the weight of my Pearson/Beyma cabs. They bring a bit more heft to the bottom end of my sound, which I also like. I'm looking forward playing more gigs with them.

Richard

20/08/24 - Super Twin - UK

The cab is wicked, thanks so much!!!

Charlie

20/08/24 - Big Baby 3 - Germany

Hi Alex!

First I'd like to say thanks a lot for the cab! It fits my needs very well and I don't know what I was expecting when ordering the cab, but the performance is beyond expectation. Incredible, how clean and loud this small box can go.

Werner

14/08/24 - One10 - NZ

My 1x10 arrived today

Fantastic, thank you so much.

For interests sake, NZ customs charged me NZ$282.79.

I await the results… My first gig with 2x Barefaced 1x10s and my 100 watt WW amp…

Cheers chaps!

Steven

09/08/24 - Super Mini T - Germany

 The cab arrived safely yesterday and was packed in an exemplary manner! As I saw so many photos of the SMT on the net, I thought it must have been a bit bigger and was very happily surprised by its size and weight!

Unfortunately I’m quite a bit sick since almost three weeks and I don’t have an amp here at home to play this little beauty. As I’m mostly played combos in the last years, I only have a Fender Dual Showman Reverb in my classroom but as soon as I recovered a little, I will play it and tell you immediately.

Honestly I’ll have to tell you that I already have a next cab in mind :-)

Thank you and all the people at Barefaced for your superb products and your perfect support!

14/08/24 - Usurper 112 - USA

The beauty arrived safely yesterday, and no issues.  I'm glad you used it for a video, new speakers can only benefit from being used.  Unfortunately I can't play loudly here, but it sounds lovely at lower volumes using my AC15C1 head, which will likely be parked on it for the long-run.  When I play bass through it later, that will likely help loosen it up, along with volume swell on chords.  I like to watch the speaker move as I play, so the easy to remove speaker grill is appreciated, as is the tone switch on the back to keep my bass from booming (until getting a bass combo). 

My compliments to the BA team - cheers!

David

09/08/24 - Big Baby 3 - USA

I went to Chuck’s here and put a Quilter BB802 through it. Sounded marvelous. Several staff came over and said they had to see what was making the sales floor shake but still sounded clear.

I had all the 40+ snare drums in the drum dept. 50-100ft away vibrating their snares!

So I have the Quilter on acceptance.

Can’t wait to hear the BB3 with your new amp!!

I feel so happy now. Remarkable! I have never heard a cabinet that clear except through mid to high end PA systems.

Erik

30/07/24 - Radical 212H - UK

Look at this handsome rig. It worked beautifully and the gig went really well. 

Thank you to you and the team for all your help and attention. 

Best

Julian

30/07/24 - Four10 - UK

The Four10 arrived a few days ago band on estimated wait time. I had first run though in the practice room last night.

It delivered everything I’d hoped it would. More low, more highs, more clarity but still part of a cohesive wall of sound.

It paired up really well with the Matamp and its 4x10 which was a touch duller and maybe rounder/ slower in transients (isn’t describing sound fun).

Anyway just wanted to swing by and say thanks for the patience with the advice on sound and size, it fitted perfectly in the Mercedes A200 boot :)

Chris

26/07/24 - Two10S - USA

Hi there!

I have two of your Two10 bass cabs I bought last year (no tweeter). I just purchased a new Epifani bass amp head that’s rated at 1000W @ 4 ohms. Was just curious if I can use the amp with just one of the cabs @ 4 ohms.

I don’t tend to crank the amp, I usually have the gain around 3 and turn the volume up as needed. I just didn’t want chance overloading the cab. No problem using the 2 cabs I just would use the 12 ohm switches.

Thanks in advance for your response!

Ben

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Hi Ben,

If I were you I'd just use a single cab with it switched to 12 ohms. If you find the amp is clipping and you need more headroom then switch it to 4 ohm but keep your ears open for the speakers overdriving - you can push them so they growl but don't push them into full distortion or you'll blow them. Hope they're sounding good!

Best regards,

Alex

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Great, will do, thanks for the quick reply and the useful info! The cabs are sounding great, love them!

Ben

03/06/24 - Reformer 112 + Reality 112FR - UK

Hi Alex,

For the last few years I have been learning to play an NS Design electric cello. I normally play sax/clarinet with different jazz, folk and experimental musicians, often with a PA, often with a mixture of acoustic and electric instruments, rarely at high volume or in large venues.

Now I want to try using the cello with these musicians too. The NS Design has a completely solid body and piezo pickups. My priority so far has been trying to create a core sound which is as close as possible to an acoustic cello. However, I also want to explore its great potential as an electric bowed instrument in the future. Until recently, I had long term loan of an AER amp which I used with the cello. The sound I got was quite mediocre. It improved massively with the addition of Cello IR software from a firm called 3 Sigma Audio, I run it in a TC Electronic IR loader pedal. However, the sound still remained rather dull and boxy.

I have now returned the AER to its owner and have bought a Katana 100W head. I decided on this because (1) my cello is an electric instrument, not acoustic (2) It is highly dependent on Impulse Response to create a decent acoustic sound (3) the Katana has powerful multi effects built in, modelled on classic Boss pedals, giving lots of potential to explore experimental playing.

So far, I’m very pleased with the Katana plus IR loader combination. The cello sounds a lot better using the ‘clean’ amp models (set to minimum gain) rather than the ‘acoustic’ settings - ie it’s more authentic, vibrant, dynamic. I now need to decide what to do about a speaker cab.

So far, I have tried:

1. The Katana head has a 35W 5 inch driver built in, intended for home practice. Considering its size, it sounds amazingly good, even at the lower end of the cello’s range. It has a vibrancy which the AER lacked and it produces a lot of volume, though not really the depth/richness to make it suitable for playing with other people. Bowing vigorously can produce unpleasant woomphing distortion.

2. I have a small HK Audio Polar PA. I have put the Line Out from the Katana through it and the signal is surprisingly weak, it needs a lot of boosting. Even then, the tone remains soft edged and very bass heavy. I’m sure I could improve it with some EQ work but it’s not inspiring.

3. I have tried a friend’s 1x12 cab for guitar which has a small port on the back. It’s old, unbranded, but apparently has a Celestion driver in it, I don’t know which model. The sound from this is the best I have had from anything, with lots of depth, detail and sparkle. Interestingly, I need to cut both bass and treble on the amp. The Katana has three options for modelling Cab Resonance (Vintage, Modern and Deep) and Vintage sounds the best. The sound to the rear of the cab is fairly good (due to the port, I guess) but at the sides is very weak.

All this makes me think that a 1x12 cab is what I should buy. Whilst researching different makes I came across your website and I am impressed by your approach to speaker design. In particular, I love your aim of filling a room with high quality (but not necessarily high volume) sound in the same way as happens with an acoustic instrument. I also very much want to be able to hear myself play as clearly as possible when I am with other musicians - being able to do this feels crucial on an unfretted instrument. I would greatly appreciate advice as to which of your speaker designs would best suit my needs: I read initially about the Reformer 112 and thought it sounded ideal. However, I then learnt about the Reality 112FR and suspect this might make more sense given my use of Cello IR software and the Katana?

Many thanks for your help!

Andrew

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Hi Andrew,

If you don't think this is a crazy idea, as we have a one month trial period then you could order both a Reality and a Reformer, compare them head to head and then return whichever one isn't best for you.

Alex

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Hi Alex,

It has been very interesting comparing the two side by side. They both sound very good, much better than anything else I have used and I would happily live with either of them. The differences I noticed were:

1. More powerful bass on the Reality, with enormous dynamic headroom at the bottom end. Fantastic, but actually the bass is overwhelming most of the time and I had to cut it to a minimum on the amp which seemed a shame.

2. It’s hard to put into words, but the Reality sounds a bit too refined, particularly in the low midrange where I sense a kind of stuffiness. I had a subtle feeling of there being something in between the instrument and the sound generated from it - as if the sound is artificial and coming out of a loudspeaker... a ridiculous thing to say because obviously it is exactly that, particularly as I am playing through both a cello IR and a modelling amp!! I get the same feeling (but to a greater degree) when playing through a PA - however, playing through the Reformer feels vibrant, gritty and directly connected to the instrument. 

3. As you would probably expect, the sound from the Reality was more consistent at the sides and the rear of the cab than the Reformer. That’s a great bonus and I really liked it. In fact, ironically, I think the best sound of all came from sitting directly behind the cab with the tweeter full on! Maybe you need to add a second tweeter on the front...

4. I have spent a while experimenting with the tone controls and can get the Reality feeling quite similar to the Reformer. That tempts me to choose the Reality and I imagine it’s possible that careful tweaking with a parametric EQ might completely solve the issues of excessive bass, stuffiness and feeling distanced. However, I don’t have the experience to do that quickly or to know if it’s really achievable. It would also feel a bit perverse to be needing to manipulate the EQ in sophisticated ways. So, I think I’m choosing the Reformer because it feels straightforward, honest, connected, vibrant.

Hope this all makes sense. I’m interested to know how my experience compares with that of anyone else using your cabs with modelling amps and instruments other than electric guitars…

Kind regards,