Big Baby 3

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Prepare to hear every detail of your tone like never before.

Huge power handling so it can move as much air as a good 4x10", keeps punching hard even on relentlessly loud gigs, wide dispersion so everyone in the venue can hear it properly, but still easy to carry with one hand. High sensitivity so you can use it with low power lightweight heads and still play louder than other small cabs. Not only for bass but arguably the most potent FRFR guitar cab yet made and a great compact PA speaker that doesn't need subwoofers to fill in the lows.

Need more output? Add a second Big Baby 3 to make a modular Big Twin 3 or a Super Mini to make a versatile modular rig with small, medium and large options to suit your gigs.

The BB3 and BT3 take the outstanding performance of our ground-breaking BB2 and BT2 models, but step things up another level with a host of improvements. For more details of how the tone and accuracy and gigging ease has been made even better, click on this link.

Features

Single 12XN extended-range high-accuracy driver
Ultra low distortion neodymium HF compression driver with cast aluminium waveguide
LR4 CD-compensated crossover with enhanced thermal stability
Self-resetting HF driver and crossover protection system
Fully variable HF control with treble boost
Monocoque Spaceframe enclosure
Vertical slot port and thermal convector
SuperCooler Tech for reduced power compression

Top bar/dish handle
Base rubber feet
Nickel-plated 2/3-sided steel corners
Dual parallel combi speakon + 1/4” sockets

Durable textured acrylic finish
Powder-coated black steel grill
Optional high strength silver or black cloth grill with white piping

Specifications

Dimensions (H x W x D)	56cm x 52cm x 32cm 22" x 20.4" x 12.6"
Weight
Steel Grill	14.5kg / 32lbs
Cloth Grill	13.5kg / 30lbs
Broadband Sensitivity	97dB
Max Amp Power	800W RMS
Max Output	~127dB
Frequency Range	30Hz -20kHz
Impedance	8 ohms

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Customer feedback

22/07/25 - Big Baby 3 - UK

Hi Isaac, Alex and Team,

Just wanted to thank you for getting the Big Baby 3 speaker safely to me last week.

I used it for a gig at the weekend and was absolutely blown away by the quality of sound compared to my previous set-up. I’m using it with an Aguilar AG700 V2 head and didn’t have time to adjust tone/EQ prior to start of gig so literally plugged in and played and the sound was massive, especially from perspective of delivering the bottom end whilst also cutting through clearly. I’m super-impressed and am so glad that I made this purchase.

All Very Best,

Mike

27/06/25 - Big Baby 3 - CZ

I must say, that the Big Baby 3 is wonderful speaker, it could play almost open air (in an open tent) with a little band (drums, 2 guitars, singing, bass and piano) even when powered by 60W Mark Bass Micro Mark

:o) Congratulations!

Daniel

02/06/25 - Big Baby 2 - UK

I've recently moved on from a 15 year stint with a band and started a new project, in which we've also decided to try using IEMs and going amp free. That means that the Big Baby 2s that have been sounding fabulous in my bass rig for the last 5 years would have been unused, unless 🤔...

I also run the PA and I'd heard, and read, that BB2s sound great as PA cabs, in fact they were available with optional top hats so you could stick them up on tripods. Mine didn't have these but, since I've built a few decent speaker cabs, I decided to retrofit them myself, so I went past the point of no return and took a 40mm hole saw to them. I fitted the top hats using another layer of ply inside to reinforce the base of the cab. Before drilling holes, I took care to find the centre of gravity ('cos the cab is heavier at the front where the drivers are...turns out it's in line with the strap handle almost as if it was designed that way 🤣) and also took care to seal the top hat and the bolts, nyloc nuts and washers that I'd used to mount the top hats because you can't have air leaks.

Driven by my X32 Rack (my new Wing Rack arrived last Friday but I haven't learned how to use it yet) and a new Yamaha PX8 power amp they sound incredible as full range PA speakers, like a big pair of studio monitors and LOUD! I'm confident that even up on tripods and with some modest EQ they'll kick out enough bass for the kick drum and my low B, have more than enough clout for the places my new rock band will play at and let me leave the heavy old sub at home.

Ironically, their first outing was doing a PA gig at a Jazz Festival in a fairly big church, that I covered for a pal of mine, and they sounded fantastic. Rich, full bodied, well balanced on a mic'd up grand piano and various saxes and guitars throughout the day. Filled the place with quality sound with the amp cruising at -30db.

So now I have some top notch PA cabs and, when I'm doing bass gigs they still sound exactly the same as they always did in my rig. Well happy! I can also confirm that, when you get inside the cab, they're every bit as well designed and constructed as you'd hope!

Jools

04/04/25 - Big Baby 2 - USA

2x Big Baby 2 + GK MB800 doin' the business. Outdoors, not in the PA but sounds like i'm in the PA.

Alan

28/05/25 - Big Baby 2 - UK

I own a Barefaced Big Baby 2 bass cabinet provided to me by a good friend. It has proved nothing short of excellent driven by an Eich T900 which is capable of giving 600W into the Big Baby 8ohms nominal resistance which is ample for pretty much any gig.
However, it is a bit ‘overkill’ for practice and rehearsal purposes.

I was thinking, therefore, of adding a Super Mini which when put with the Big Baby 2 would, with 4ohm resistance, make use of the Eich’s full power where necessary and provide a more portable cab for practice purposes etc.

I see from the information available on your website that you recommend pairing a Super Mini cab and a Big Baby 3, so my initial query is; will the Super Mini work as well with the Big Baby 2?

Mike

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Hi Mike,

Great to hear!

Yes, the SM or SMT will work very well with the BB2.

Best regards,

Alex

30/04/25 - Big Baby 3 - Italy

Hey Alex et al!

[Big Baby 3] is here and sounds TERRIFIC, had the best of the afternoons yesterday jamming for hours.

Thank you for sorting out everything for me, super grateful.

All the best,

Fabio

23/04/25 - Big Baby 2 - UK

Well it was sounding nice and well balanced at the rehearsal last night.

Simon

09/04/25 - Big Baby 3 - Canada

These two little fellas showed up today. Incredible.

Ian

22/03/25 - Big Baby 3 + Big Twin 3 - Germany

I just finished a little amp and cab shootout. We compared my BB3 with a BT3 and a Rheingold BA112.

The Barefaced speakers outshined the Rheingold by far (especially in the low end department)

Mischa

22/03/25 - Big Baby 3 - USA

Mezmerized...

Sean

21/02/25 - Big Baby 3 - USA

The BB3 has been truly amazing this past year. It crushed my last band practice with only half the power from my 250W @4ohm amp (BH250). The performance is just as good if not better than my past MAS manipulated vortex cabs

Cheers!

25/02/25 - Big Baby 3 - UK

I bought two Big Baby 3 cabs from you that have been amazing, but I'm looking for a lighter cab. I saw you had the Super Mini T. If I ordered one, what would the turn over time at the moment be?

Cheers

Alexis

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Hi Alexis,

That's great to hear! The queue is quite long at the moment but if you need a cab urgently we can rush one through:

https://barefacedaudio.com/pages/production-and-delivery-times

Best regards,

Alex

12/01/25 - Big Baby 2 - Belgium

Good afternoon, I just bought a second-hand Barefaced Big Baby 2 cabinet yesterday, which looks like a brand-new cab, but I have some distortion in the low frequencies on the E string when I turn up the volume.

The problem appears with an Aguilar 500 at volume 3 and gain 3, unless the cab can support 800w. Could you tell me if I have to check the HP or another setting? A good advice would be appreciated. Otherwise, the cabinet is perfect - light, with an excellent sound, thank you for that (and for my back!)

Alex

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Hi Alex,

Sorry to hear about the unwanted noise! Are you sure it isn't the amp distorting (I know you don't have the volume very high but that doesn't mean the amp isn't reaching full power and clipping. But do check through this page and report back: https://barefacedaudio.com/pages/cab-troubleshooting?_pos=5&_sid=3af682ffa&_ss=r

Best regards,

Alex

05/02/25 - Big Baby 3 - USA

Hi Alex,

After reading your note, I bought a used Big Baby 3. As I began playing it, I first thought, “Hm, this sounds kind of weird”. As I kept playing it over the next few days and compared it to my other cabs, I began to realise that the sound from the cab just wasn’t what I was used to. Eventually, it began to sink in that the BB3 was doing all kinds of things my other premium cabs approach but don’t fully achieve. The BB3 is clearer, it goes deeper, it has more detail, and is tighter, in terms of the sound starting and stopping on a dime, than any of my other high end cabs. My old cabs have begun to sound unsatisfying in comparison. It’s really cool that the BB3 is small and light and absolutely holds its own as a solo cab, but the BB3 would be my preferred cab now, even if none of those things were true, because it simply sounds better than anything else I have ever played. The BB3 is an amazing achievement!

PS - I don’t need to add another cab to get the depth I’m used to with pairs of cabs. The BB3 does it solo.

Thanks again.

Phil

20/01/25 - Super Mini / Big Baby 3 - UK

The Super Mini is awesome and when paired with my Big Baby 3 I reckon I could demolish buildings with the sonic barrage.

James

16/01/25 - Super Twin / Super Compact / Big Baby 2 - UK

I'm enjoying gigging my Super Twin, Super Compact and BB2. They sound as good as they ever had but cosmetically they are starting to look a little rough around the edges. Could you recommend a suitable textured paint so I can touch them up?

Dave

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Hi Dave,

We can sell you some of our paint - it's custom made for us so I don't know of anything else you can buy that'll work. The texture is all in the technique though - it's the same paint on the outside and the baffle and ports etc.

Alex

14/01/25 - Big Baby 2 / One10 / Big Twin 3 - UK

I love the cab I have a 1x10 and a Big Twin as well

Barry

16/01/25 - Big Baby 3 - USA

Hi,

The Big Baby has been great for me these last two years.

Recently, I've noticed some noise with the tweeter. It sounds like occasional crackles. I don't come anywhere near pushing this speaker to its limits although it has gotten a lot of hours of stage time. I haven't done any testing besides noticing the noise goes away when I cut the tweeter off.

Any ideas about what could be causing this?

Thank you,

Chris

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Hi Chris,

Glad to hear it's been sounding good but sorry about this issue now. I had something similar happen to one of my BB3 cabs and thought it was a faulty tweeter but it turned out to be a bad connection on the spade connector/wire to the HF driver's terminals. Are you comfortable taking the grill off and HF driver out to check if it's that?

Best regards,

Alex

10/01/25 - Big Baby 3 - USA

Hi Alex - since our last communication I've used the BB3 in the studio and also used it in rehearsal with one of my four(!) gigging bands and... YES!!! All is good.

The cab sounds amazing. It will be making its gig debut on January 19 and I can't wait! Thank you again for your patience and for holding my hand through the entire process. Means alot to be able to communicate directly with you and your team.

So... now that I've had a chance to use the BB3 at stage volume with a band, I'm thinking I might just want another! I play in loud rock bands (with very loud drummers) so I can definitely envision stacking another BB3 for certain gigs. So while I wait on moving a couple of pieces of other gear to free up funds for another BB3, I thought I would ask your opinion about whether or not it would make any sense to try and pair the BB3 with any of my existing cabs in the event I want to move even more air. Probably I won't need to pair it with anything else before I obtain a second BB3 but I'm also just curious about possibilities. So here's what I have:

(1) Orange OBC115 (1x15, 8 ohms)

(1) TC Electronic K210 (2x10, 8 ohms)

(2) Fender Bassman 115 Neo (1x15, 8 ohms)

(2) EBS Classic Line 410 (4x10, 4 ohms)

(1) Barefaced BB3 (1x12, 8 ohms)

The BB3 is my first 12 inch speaker cab (and I don't know enough about pairing cabs generally) so not sure if it would ever make sense to pair the BB3 with any of my other cabs. What say you?

Best,

Andrew

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Hi Andrew,

Glad it's ok - that was a stress!

You could try it with the Bassman 115 Neo cabs. None will be a great match, they'll all make things blurrier but they will get you more output. Just be careful not to push the Fender cab too hard, same with the OBC115. EBS410 will handle the power better but will lose more of the BB3's tone.

I'd definitely want two BB3 with a LOUD drummer, gives you much more room to be dynamic in the band.

Best regards,

Alex

17/12/24 - Big Baby 3 - USA

I picked up a Big Baby 3 earlier this year and I love it a little more every time I gig it out. It was the perfect upgrade for my mini rig.

I wanted to pick up a 4x10 and 2x10 for a modular 6x10 setup. My plan was to get both as 4ohm models because pretty much every head I have is 2ohms capable. Currently rotating between a trio of Mesas (strategy 8:88, big block 750, and TT-800) and an Eden WT800. Based on the comprehensive information on the site and the youtube channel

I’m assuming this will be a badass rig but wanted to reach out in case there was something I hadn’t considered. Thanks in advance!

Alex

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Hi Alex,

Glad you're loving the BB3!

Regarding the impedances, I would tend towards an 8 ohm Four10 and a 4/12 Two10S, so you can get equal power distribution when run as 6x10CR. What cabs are you currently using in your big rig and what do you most like/dislike about them?

Best regards,

Alex

16/08/23 - Big Baby 3 - USA

Hi - I have a question about the crossover on my Big Baby 3s. The documentation implies that the knob moves the crossover point, rather than just controlling horn level; my question is, where can I set this so as to run the 12" as full-range as possible? Any tips?

Love these boxes - they've changed my thinking on weight, watts, etc...

Thanks,

Chris

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Hi Chris,

Glad you're loving the cabs! The effective crossover point moves but the 12XN always runs full-range. If you have the HF control most of the way up, then the cab sound will be very very close to the DI sound. If you mic the 12XN it'll be smoother/mellower because you won't have the top-end of the HF driver. Lots of options! Trust your ears!

Best regards,

Alex

10/12/24 - Big Baby 3 - Switzerland

My BB3 arrived last Friday .

I would like to thank you for the excellent packaging! The parcel had several bumps and bruises on the outside, but the BB3 took no damage thanks to the multiple layers of cardboard and foam inserts.

Excellent work. I am really looking forward to taking the BB3 on the road.

Johan

10/12/24 - Big Baby 3 - USA

Could not be happier with my BB3 cab , I'm pairing it with the new Boss Katana-500 bass amp and it's the best bass rig I have ever used... period!

James

09/10/24 - Big Baby 2 - UK

Hi,

I have a Big Baby 2 and it seems to have started distorting on the low notes ( C on the 3rd string downwards).

I've read through your troubleshooting guide and I've taken all the steps suggested re: different leads, basses etc but the problem is consistent. As far as I can tell the sound is coming from the centre of the speaker cone. Adjusting the tweeter appears to make no difference. I have had the cabinet for a few years and it has been used 2 or 3 times a month but has never been pushed hard- the biggest amp I use is 300watts.

Can you help? Thanks,

Andy

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Hi Andy,

Sorry to hear about this! It looks like your cab was purchased by Andertons in mid 2020 so it's out of warranty but we can sell you a replacement speaker which will solve the problem. It doesn't sound like you've blown it but it's had far too many hours of use to be a manufacturing fault in the normal sense - a bad glue joint on a dustcap is usually found in final QC here or goes on the first few gigs. Here's the link to the replacement driver:

https://barefacedaudio.com/products/replacement-12xn

Hope it was sounding good until this happened!

Best regards,

Alex

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Hi Alex,

Thanks for the prompt reply and I was obviously aware that it was out of warranty - I think I was just hoping you'd send me magic spell to fix it!

It is a little bit disappointing to have to replace the speaker on such an expensive item given the amount of use I've had out of it , but these things happen and I think your offer is very reasonable in the circumstances.

I'll order the replacement now - is there anything I need to know about removing the old one and fitting the new one?

Thanks for your help and yes, it was sounding very good before the problem arise!

Thanks

Andy

02/12/24 - Two10 + Big Baby 3 - Canada

I got home from holidays and was finally able to put together my new rig. I'm in love with these speaker cabinets. I love the 1x12 but that 2x10 has incredible tone just like you said. They sound great together as well. I think the 2x10 will be my go-to most of the time. Thanks again for all your help and for making such an incredible product.

I am promoting you quite a bit on the Facebook pages that I belong to for bass players.

Debbie

29/11/24 - Big Baby 3 - USA

I wanted to thank you for getting our order turned around as soon as your drivers came in. We have just received the speaker today and it looks and sounds fantastic. Thank you very much for the expedient shipping!

Mike

17/11/24 - Big Baby 3 - USA

Hello, I have a question about the current model of the Big Baby 3. At what position of the tweeter control would the overall frequency response of the cabinet be flat? Thanks for your help. I’m enjoying my BB3.

Bill

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Hi Bill,

It's about somewhere around a third of the way down. In any given acoustic space it's best to adjust by ear so it sounds right. Glad to hear you're enjoying it!

Best regards,

Alex

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