Barefaced Big Twin on order!!!!

[Ncognito]

Well I pulled the trigger. Having had a fearful 12/6/1 and a 15/6/1 and not being completely satisfied with either one, I'm giving the Barefaced Big Twin a try. My Eden 410XLT's have been GREAT for the last 14 years, but knocking off 40 pounds to all of my load ins sounds just too good to pass up.

Haven't heard from Alex as to when to expect it, but I'll keep everyone informed. I don't think there is a Big Twin or Super Twelve in the states yet, so let's see how it goes!



Barefaced Bass - Big Twin

[greenboy]

Hoi, Ncognito,

As I dimly recall your "fEARful" was not built by an authorized builder, all of whom I require to back their builds with responsible support, and and that arrived with some things wrong with it? Just wanting to note that it was questionable whether it was properly up to spec, fully operational, and well-finished...

Anyway, I hope Alex's fine product does all that you expect.

[::::BASSIST::::]

Hey Bro, just curious... what about the 15/6 did you not like?

Good luck with the BF. Alex is a great guy. I'm a former Compact owner.

[Joe Louvar]

Totally Awesome - please keep us up dated about the Barefaced Big Twin. Thank you.

[Joe Smithberger]

looks great

[Ncognito]

My fearfuls were built exactly to spec by an unauthorized builder I guess. They both were awesome boxes. I LOVED the 12/6/1 except I needed more SPL from it. It would have been fine for about half of my shows but I'm goofy about using the same set-up all the time. The 15/6/1 did get louder, and for finger style and slap it KILLED. Problem for me is that I use a pick about 50% of the time and the attack and overall sound of the 15 just didn't work for me. The 12 was much more pleasing to my ear. Also, I had the Eminence mid with my 12/6/1 and 18 Sound with the 15/6/1.

Hope that helps. Cheers to greenboy for these terrific newer engineered designs!

[rodl2005]

Congrats on getting a BF cab.
Sub'd I wish getting these to Aus wasn't too $$ .........one day perhaps.
Alex, I'm your Aus destributor

Please?

[Joe Louvar]

Alex - we need a Barefaced distributor in the USA too (located in the center of the US) - I have GAS for the Super Fifteen but I’d like to A/B it with the Dual Compact too.

[4-string]

I love my Big Twin, great cab.

[alexclaber]

There's been a flurry of orders on these but hopefully we can get them out pretty quickly! Joe, we don't make a 'Dual Compact' - when we refer to dual Compacts on the site it's a stack of two Compacts. A Super Fifteen is essentially two Compacts in one box, so a Dual Compact would be the same cab - something for us to clarify on the site...

[redcloud]

Originally Posted by alexclaber

There's been a flurry of orders on these but hopefully we can get them out pretty quickly! Joe, we don't make a 'Dual Compact' - when we refer to dual Compacts on the site it's a stack of two Compacts. A Super Fifteen is essentially two Compacts in one box, so a Dual Compact would be the same cab - something for us to clarify on the site...

Alex,

A "flurry of orders" is a good thing. You are doing something well. I am looking forward to getting mine. Keep working hard.

Scott

[Ncognito]

Thank you 4-string for your comments on the Big Twin. I helped me make my decision.

[Merton]

The Big Twin is an INSANE cab. If I needed the lows and spl it produces (and had an amp capable of really giving it a run) then I'd have one. As it is I have an awesome Super 12T instead,after recently swapping from a Vntage (precursor to the Super 15). I only swapped for convenience of size - the Vintage didn't fit in my car but the S12T does with loads of room to spare!

[Ncognito]

Alex at Barefaced thought the Super Twelve was the cabinet for me, but after having a few boxes with a 6" mid I kinda wanted to go the Big Twin route.

[Joe Louvar]

Thank you Alex - I have two more questions but I don’t want to hijack this thread so I’m starting a new thread - please look for it. Thank you.

EDIT:
Quick link to thread - Barefaced Super Fifteen vs. two stacked Compacts

[B'Boom]

Me too, I ordered the Big twin. It will be sent next week.

[CDweller]

Looking good, and looking forward to hearing a report on it. I got good mileage from two single 12" cabs stacked (GK Neo11 12" cabs), but of course they didn't have the frequency response of a 3 way cab. Two 12"s seems to hit a sweet spot for portability vs. spl capability, at least for me. So much so that I have a 1212/6/1 on order with one of the authorized fEarful builders.

Let us know how it works out!

[Derek Kiernan]

Originally Posted by Ncognito

My fearfuls were built exactly to spec by an unauthorized builder I guess. They both were awesome boxes. I LOVED the 12/6/1 except I needed more SPL from it. It would have been fine for about half of my shows but I'm goofy about using the same set-up all the time. The 15/6/1 did get louder, and for finger style and slap it KILLED. Problem for me is that I use a pick about 50% of the time and the attack and overall sound of the 15 just didn't work for me. The 12 was much more pleasing to my ear. Also, I had the Eminence mid with my 12/6/1 and 18 Sound with the 15/6/1.

Hope that helps. Cheers to greenboy for these terrific newer engineered designs!

If the 12 sounded pleasing to you and the 15 didn't, then I doubt they were built to spec, as they're nearly tonally indistinguishable. Hopefully you'll enjoy the barefaced, which should be beautiful as well!

[Ncognito]

Hi Derek

As I said in my post, my two fearfuls had different mid drivers. I went through them completely and they were 100% to spec.

[azzyrazzy]

You guys have no PA? Hehe I got a Compact