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

07/11/25 - Big Baby 2 - Mauritius

I have 2 Big Baby's already (best cabs I ever had) but I have a new weekly gig where I must go up 2 flights of stairs. We don’t play loud up there so the Super Mini T will be great.

Jean-Jacques

31/10/25 - Big Baby 3 - USA

Aloha my friends at Barefaced! It’s been a few years since I’ve purchased my BB3 and it has amazed everyone with stunning clarity and SPL. On every stage, large or small I get the same reaction. Upon the first note of my bass, the band members turn their heads with curiosity and a big smile while the sound engineers always ask me “what is that”? It’s awesome! But you know that already…

Anthony

29/10/25 - Big Baby 3 - USA

ALCHEMY, I SAY! Seriously, how do you get so much true volume (not just loud, the sound is encompassing) out of your cabs?! Love everything you guys make. Twin BB3s 🤘✌️

David

25/10/25 - Big Baby 2 + 3 - USA

Glad to see you are still doing what it is that you do as a company. I've owned a couple of your products and have been very impressed regarding the level of performance they offer for their size and weight.

Patrick

22/10/25 - Big Baby 2 + Big Twin 3 - USA

My Big Twin and Big Baby have covered every single gig since I’ve purchased them flawlessly…

Even use them for keyboards!!!!

Grateful,

Steve

24/09/25 - Big Twin 2 / Big Baby 2 / Super Mini - USA

I’ve got the BT2, (2) Big Baby II’s, and a Super Mini - love ‘em all. Thanks for the great cabs!

Kevin

17/09/25 - Big Baby 3 - UK

First off, just to say how much I’m enjoying my two BB3 cabs (order ref #5439).

At some gigs however, the stage has been so small that I’m literally backing up against them, and on some gigs on a steamship, I’m not taking any cabs, just my amp straight to desk and a monitor signal to a floor monitor. The bass therefore does NOT sound great for me.

So basically I’m wondering if a “tilt back” or “monitor wedge shaped”, version would be an option for a one10 or maybe a super mini?

I kinda get the feeling that tooling etc costs might make it prohibitive, but thought I should ask!

Kind regards,

Stuart

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Hi Stuart,

Glad you're enjoying them!

We've just moved premises (this is literally the first hour of all of us being in the new space) and we now have more space so this does open up quite a few options for customisations like this.

Best regards,

Alex

02/05/25 - Big Baby 3 - USA

I hope this message finds you well, and you're enjoying the day -

I am thoroughly enjoying my new BB3 but had some general questions in regards to decoupling... Are there any dos & do nots regarding this? I feel like the web seems to give vague and not consistent information, and this seems right up your (and Alex's) alley. Perhaps this could be another informative video- I feel like after decades of playing, I have learned a great deal from watching many of the Barefaced videos online.

Oh, also waiting patiently for information about a Barefaced bass amplifier- hints are welcome! Thank you in advance for your time, and I hope to hear back soon!

Sincerely,

Sean

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Hi Sean,

Glad you're enjoying the BB3!

I should make a video about coupling etc. Amp is progressing!

Best regards,

Alex

21/06/25 - One10 / Super Compact / Super Mini / Big Baby 2 - UK

I have a very early One10 and I think the only things holding the Tolex on are the corner caps. Two questions: What glue would you advise me to use to stick the Tolex back on, and what would you charge me for you to re-Tolex the cab?

Cheers,

Chris

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Hi Chris,

We can send you some of our "jelly glue" to reglue it. Unfortunately it isn't possible for us to retolex your cab, it would cost more than building a whole new one! Hope it's sounding good despite this issue.

Best regards,

Alex

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My Barefaced cabs have been making me sound good for the last 11 years. I use combinations of a Super Compact, Super Mini and BB2 and 2x One10's. All with Aguilar amps. The compliments keep coming.

Chris

05/08/25 - Big Baby 2 / Big Twin 2 / LF1400 (discontinued) - UK

Hope all is good in Brighton. Still promoting Barefaced here in Cornwall.

Question:

I use a Dynacord TGX10 amp. It runs Sub aux at 1250W into 8 Ohms which I have been doing passively whilst sorting LF1400 amp fix. It will however will deliver 2500W into 4 Ohms. I like using a singe front facing Sub stage centre, plus easy transport.

What is the current speaker in the LF1400?

Would it be worth upgrading to Fane 18XL1600 (4 Ohm) or 18XL2000 (8 Ohm). Would the cab design handle it and would they fit?

I run 2 channels F/H L + R into 2 x BB2 and add 2 x BT2 in parallel for bigger gigs. Did a 800 audience Country Festival at weekend. Sounded great.

Martin

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Hi Martin,

Rig looks epic!

This is the driver in the LF1400: https://faitalpro.com/en/products/LF_Loudspeakers/product_details/index.php?id=201070125

It's only available as 4 or 8 ohms and we used the 8 ohm version so we could bridge the power amp module.

I don't think you'll gain anything from changing the driver, the current one is really good - and I don't know if those others will fit and work well with the cab design.

Best regards,

Alex

14/09/25 - Big Baby 2 - USA

Fantastic sounding! TY

Joe

30/08/25 - Big Baby 2 - UK

I've just moved on from a 15 year stint with a loud classic rock band. I got two BB2s to make sure I had enough headroom...and never needed to turn up enough for them to break sweat!

Jools

22/08/25 - Big Baby 2 - Netherlands

Back to Barefaced after trying a Fearless F112, Phil Jones and Glockenklang.

Keep up the good work!

Cees

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Hi Cees,

Aha, that's good! How did the other cabs compare? They're certainly all good ones!

Best regards,

Alex

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Hi Alex,

At home everything sounded pretty much okay, raising volume at practice sessions showed the weaknesses of the other cabs. The Glock got drowned to easily, the F112 was really power hungry and made my amps struggle. The Phil Jones C8 was pretty decent. My best experience in bands was with my BB2. I wasn’t in a steady band for a few years and starting experimenting again.

This BB2 will probably be a keeper. I’ve used two of your One10’s. Didn’t really work for me. And a Barefaced Four10. I’m obviously a 12XN lover.

Thanks for your support!

Best regards,

Cees

21/08/25 - Big Baby 2 - Germany

Hi,

I have bought the Big Baby some years ago and I am very happy. I am thinking of buying a Super Mini. What is the difference between a Super mini and a Super Mini T? There are 4 different weights. Steel and cloth is clear, but why 4 different weights? Is one with tweeter and one without?

Best,

Felix

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Hi Felix,

Glad you're pleased with the Big Baby! Your deduction on the SM and SMT is absolutely right - the latter has a tweeter and crossover, hence the extra weight. If you use a Big Baby 2 or 3 then I'd expect the SMT to be a better match

Best regards,

Alex

11/08/25 - Big Baby 3 - USA

So I got the cab and it is freaking SPECTACULAR man!!!!!

I love it! (Also I use too many exclamation points!!!)

It arrived safely and it works perfectly for my needs.

I wish you all the best and you’ll probably hear from me at some point soon when I convince myself I need yet another bass cab.

Mike

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