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03-28-2012, 02:14 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Bonn, Germany | | | greenboy's non-fEARful cabs
I thought it'd be a good idea to start a thread to post questions, answers and pics about the cabs greenboy drew that aren't fEARfuls.
These cabs are only availiable through his network of authorized dealers, while fEARfuls are a DIY design first and foremost. As of now I know of the
Crazy8: 
(built by Barry Audio Designs)
Crazy88: 
(built by Mike Arnopol)
Bassic (115): 
(built by Barry Audio Designs)
Dually (215): 
(haven't found a pic "in the flesh")
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03-28-2012, 06:28 PM
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Authorized fEARful/FEARLESS/greenboy designs builder | | Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Nashville, TN | | Personally, cant wait to try a crazy88 for myself...should be building our first dually very soon  |
03-28-2012, 06:43 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: MEXICANADAMERICA | | | i heard the Crazy88 was not optimized for electric bass!
¿Sí o No?
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03-28-2012, 06:45 PM
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Authorized fEARful/FEARLESS/greenboy designs builder | | Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Nashville, TN | | | Mike uses them for electric, if memory serves |
03-28-2012, 06:46 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Central CA Coast | | Quote:
Originally Posted by pacojas  i heard the Crazy88 was not optimized for electric bass!
¿Sí o No? | Mike Arnopol, the co-creator of the 8 and 88 uses them now for BG.
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03-28-2012, 07:04 PM
|  | Supporting Member | | Join Date: May 2006 Location: Mendocino County, California | | Read about Mike's cab here: Arnopol 8 Cabinet - A Winner!
I've been using the Crazy8 for several weeks. It's a terrific cab, especially for acoustic bass. I've also got it sounding fantastic with my Fender Aerodyne Jazz bass, but the cab requires EQ. I use an Empress ParaEQ to dial in the sound. Lovely sounding cab, and can get quite loud. |
03-29-2012, 07:45 AM
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Builder for Audiokinesis, Big E, and Greenboy speakers | | Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Chicago | | | The Crazy 8 sounds great for bass guitar. I use either 0ne for a medium volume gig and an 88 and an 8 for a loud gig. They are stackable and it's nice beause you get floor coupling and have a speaker 30" off the ground. The dispersion on the 8 is so good that you can hear yourself really well. It's nice to not have to decide between on the floor or on a chair. Also, on the Crazy 88 we have moved to a single 4" Precision port on the back. This gives about 3 db more low end than the corner ports and little or no port turbulence. A big improvement. |
03-29-2012, 08:22 AM
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Authorized Builder: fEARful bass, greenboy designs, Bill Fitzmaurice | | Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Massachusetts | | | I've used the Crazy8 for bass guitar. It sounds great but in practical use, probably not loud enough for more than coffee house and small gigs. FWIW, I think every cab needs EQ. I have the tweeter on a fixed lpad to take away some of the guesswork involved in the variable lpad. |
03-29-2012, 08:38 AM
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04-03-2012, 04:05 PM
|  | Ruff | | Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: In the dog house. | | The latest version of Mike's crazy88:   |
04-03-2012, 04:39 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Santa Rosa, CA USA | | [quote=truebenjaman;12409429]Bassic (115):
I must admit that I didn’t like the looks of the first Bassic I saw with the round grill and etc, I thought it was ugly - but this new Bassic design with the full metal grill, and etc looks great and if its loaded with a Eminence Kappa 3015, under 30lbs and priced between $600 to $650 it could be a winner. Thanks for the pic - that is a great looking cabinet.
EDIT: what kind of finish is that?
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04-03-2012, 07:08 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Andover, MN | | | Even though I've built 10 or so cabs, my day gig at 50 + 12 per week driving, doesn't allow me much time to do anything but wait for Leland to start selling Dually flatpacks. I've subjected my 3015 loaded TL606's at an outdoor gig, (without FOH), and they sucked. I'm on board for the same outdoor gig 30June, and I'm already getting nervous.
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04-03-2012, 07:11 PM
|  | Supporting Member | | Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Grand Rapids Michigan | | Quote:
Originally Posted by JazzbassArt Even though I've built 10 or so cabs, my day gig at 50 + 12 per week driving, doesn't allow me much time to do anything but wait for Leland to start selling Dually flatpacks. I've subjected my 3015 loaded TL606's at an outdoor gig, (without FOH), and they sucked. I'm on board for the same outdoor gig 30June, and I'm already getting nervous. | Don't think you will see a flatpack any time soon. Plans are only available to authorized builders.
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04-03-2012, 08:30 PM
|  | Johnny and Joe | | Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Chicago | | I had the pleasure of meeting Mike at Dan Lakin's GTG a couple weeks ago. The fEARful isn't quite my bag, but his descriptions of the Dually and Bassic sure are tickling my old-school tastes. I'm hoping I'll get a chance to go up to his place and try one out one of these days.
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04-03-2012, 09:18 PM
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Builder for Audiokinesis, Big E, and Greenboy speakers | | Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Chicago | | | What weights are you getting with a wood Bassic? 30#? With the composite builds I feel that I have to stick with the round grill build. (even if some think they're ugly) They keep the weight down and it's the only way that I can get corners on---maybe it's just me but I want corners all around. Maybe overbuilding and too paranoid. I'm trying to see if I can find some more interesting and less spartan looking round grills than the ones I use. The ones that Duke and I both use are the heavy duty ones. There are some that look cooler with round holes but they're too light. By the way, 2 88's sound killin' with electric. 20# in either hand---a doable schlep and loud. I'll have a Dually done next week.
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04-03-2012, 09:19 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Andover, MN | | Quote:
Originally Posted by CL400Peavey Don't think you will see a flatpack any time soon. Plans are only available to authorized builders. | Join the fEARFUL forum, go to page 4 of the Dually thread. You'll find what I refer to there.
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04-03-2012, 09:23 PM
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Originally Posted by JazzbassArt Even though I've built 10 or so cabs, my day gig at 50 + 12 per week driving, doesn't allow me much time to do anything but wait for Leland to start selling Dually flatpacks. I've subjected my 3015 loaded TL606's at an outdoor gig, (without FOH), and they sucked. I'm on board for the same outdoor gig 30June, and I'm already getting nervous. | A 15/6 or 1212/66 are available in flatpacks and will likely have you very satisfied.
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04-03-2012, 09:27 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Andover, MN | | | Already own two 3015's.
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04-03-2012, 09:28 PM
| | Your life is your message. | | Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Vancouver, BC Canada | | Quote:
Originally Posted by GregC I had the pleasure of meeting Mike at Dan Lakin's GTG a couple weeks ago. The fEARful isn't quite my bag, but his descriptions of the Dually and Bassic sure are tickling my old-school tastes. I'm hoping I'll get a chance to go up to his place and try one out one of these days. | Just for the record, I like an old school tone as well, and I can easily get there with my fEARful 15/6...... I just cut about 6db of 800hz and I am there with my tone pot on my Jazz rolled off.
These cabs are chameleons! 
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04-03-2012, 09:34 PM
| | Supporting Member | | Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Grand Rapids Michigan | | Quote:
Originally Posted by JazzbassArt Join the fEARFUL forum, go to page 4 of the Dually thread. You'll find what I refer to there. | I've been a member. Read through that thread, I saw where the flatpacks were mentioned, but didn't see confirmation that they would be released.
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