Barefaced will ship to USA

[KJung]

how can a cab be super flat AND have a big bloomy bottom? bit of a contradiction in terms, eh? and we've already discussed how impossible it is to have a "super flat" cab. how flat is "super flat"? come on rp...you're slipping

Two different concepts... 'flat' just means no big peaks or valleys WITHIN A SPEAKER'S FREQUENCY RANGE. So, a box can be flat between 100hz and 2K... like a little 115 box, for example.

That RANGE can vary greatly among cabs. The Acme is tuned/built to go all the way down to 33hz or so... right around the fundamental of an open B string (hence the name 'Low B'). While the Acme's seem relatively flat across their wide range, that huge low end extension can actually make them sound unbalanced on the gig, since many times you need a peak in the mids and a roll-off down low for the cab to actually SOUND balanced (i.e., the small 5" mid driver and very small soft dome tweeter just don't seem to have the SPL capability to balance that cab out in a difficult, boomy room at high volumes).

 

[JimmyM]

i see...rp was talking about the extended freq range down there being big and bloomy. well now i feel a bit thick for not getting it. sometimes it takes a sledgehammer

 

[KJung]

i see...rp was talking about the extended freq range down there being big and bloomy. well now i feel a bit thick for not getting it. sometimes it takes a sledgehammer

I know the feeling!

Back to the main topic... pretty cool that Alex can get some of his cabs into distribution here. He sure has put a lot of thought into the design, the components, and keeping the weight down. Those little 115 cabs (I've played similar designs) with the 3015HO drivers are just killer if you like it warm and tight and punchy with a bit of grind up top... GREAT sounding cabs IMO.

 

[Mystic Michael]

Those little 115 cabs (I've played similar designs) with the 3015HO drivers are just killer if you like it warm and tight and punchy with a bit of grind up top... GREAT sounding cabs IMO.

A couple of those Compacts with a big tube amp and a good ol' P bass would be the cat's whiskers...

MM

 

[alexclaber]

Oh... does Canada count as the US? Normally I'd be unhappy to be lumped in there with the US of A, but just this once, I'd be happy to let it slide!

I don't think it does but I shall find out what effect that has on costs and let you know!

Not shipping Big Ones to the states??? wahhhh

Following rather a lot of interest I've relented and decided to let our Barefaced Big Ones cross the Atlantic too. I was worried that the large port might prove less than sea-worthy but apparently FedEx use aircraft...

Alex

 

[loopee]

so how much would a compact or midget cost if shipped to Canada?

 

[251]

This thread would've been about 10x more useful had it provided a link.

http://barefacedbass.com/

 

[Rosebud]

yessss!

 

[SactoBass]

Following rather a lot of interest I've relented and decided to let our Barefaced Big Ones cross the Atlantic too. I was worried that the large port might prove less than sea-worthy but apparently FedEx use aircraft...

Alex

I have been eye'ing Barefaced cabs for a while. I really like the "Big One" and I was happy to read that Alex is now shipping those to the lower 48 states. For those interested, I copied and pasted his pricing from his website:

We are now shipping the Midgets, Compact, Super Twelves and Big Ones to the USA. The $ (USD) prices including all shipping and handling charges to the lower 48 states are as follows:

Midget = $750
Midget T = $850
Compact = $850
Super Twelve = $1100
Super Twelve T = $1200
Big One = $1200
Big One T = $1300

I like the idea of a cab that is 8 ohms, handles up to 1000 watts, pumps out thick low end, nice smooth mids with no mid-bump, and only weighs 45 pounds. The Big One is mighty tempting!! Two of those is even more tempting!! Hmmm......isn't Christmas coming up soon? "Hey honey....remember when you were asking me what I want for Christmas this year?"

EDIT: I was curious as to how much the added cost was to ship a Big One to the US. So I took the English price of 675 Pounds (per Alex's website) and multiplied that by the current exchange rate of 1.5716 and came up with $1060. So that's what a person would pay for a Big One if they were local (in England). So, the difference between that and the $1200 amount listed above is $140. IMO, that's not bad at all!