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Do all cabs feel like a compromise?
- Thread starter MultiScaleMale
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Yup!
Thats what I use and everytime I play them in context (with the band), I am always just astonished with how well they work and sound. I used to feel that the amp was more important than the cabs being used but I now feel these cabs are the most important part of the sound.
The problem with trying to overspecweasel the problem is that you always leave loopholes.
$16 8" driver + 600W worth of heat dissipation would meet this guy's spec.
The only cab I’ve never felt like I compromised on was a GK NEO 212. Just flat-out lovely. Plenty loud, lots of power handling, just over fifty pounds, very full range and balanced, and if you add a 700RB to two of them they’ll blow the house down.
Yup!
Thats what I use and everytime I play them in context (with the band), I am always just astonished with how well they work and sound. I used to feel that the amp was more important than the cabs being used but I now feel these cabs are the most important part of the sound.
Yep. Cabs are what people hear (ignoring huge stage, DI, PA situations)
I don't know if Mesa uses proprietary speakers; They may not be around forever. Look at the present situation Carvin owners are faced with.
Not sure who you are referring to, but this is a 9 page thread now, so who knows.
If it's that intense of a search I'd reach out to an artist rep of a company you like.
Compromise never sounded so good! 
Are they called BareFace, because there's no logo?
I think that's a Fearful cab you see there. Barefaced cabs have their logo predominately displayed.
My .02. Read some of the different manufacturers club threads (Mesa Boogie Subway Series, Audiokinesis, Barefaced Bass Cab, Big E speakers etc). PM some people that seem to like the cabs closest to the configuration and voicing you're shooting for and then make a decision based on what you think will work the best for you!!
I've received a lot of good information from forum members and utilized that info to pick what I thought was the best solution for me.
I've received a lot of good information from forum members and utilized that info to pick what I thought was the best solution for me.
Don't the fearless wedges stand up on the end just as well?
Last resort, buy the cab you like that can't be had with bedliner but get it naked. Strip the hardware and pay someone to bedliner it. Put the hardware back. Done.
Last resort, buy the cab you like that can't be had with bedliner but get it naked. Strip the hardware and pay someone to bedliner it. Put the hardware back. Done.
The Barefaced Super Midget fits this description. 23 pounds. Takes tons of power as I routinely used an ICE 1000 amp @ 525watts into this 8ohm cab. I've used one for a year. Perfect cab. Gigged two of the larger Big Baby IIs before, have owned and gigged lots of Greenboy Fearless and fEarFul type cabs, AudioKenesis, Acme, etc etc. After years of experimentation, haven't thought twice about the SM.
Barefaced Bass - Super Midget
Yeah, I think Barefaced deserves to be on the short list.
One thing that I think seems apparent in this thread is that the notion of "compromise" is being tossed around like it's a negative attribute. The flip side of compromise is "specialization." It seems that no one cab design will be ideal across the range of possible bass-playing approaches and contexts. Clearly the OP is not after a cab designed to meet a low-ish price point, and nothing with rat fur.. With that out of the way, what performance attributes are required? Does it need a lot of high end extension? A solid low B? Are we strictly concerned with fine cabinetwork? Seems less like juggling negatives that way.
All cabs are compromises to some extent. There are always trade-offs. Make it more capable in one aspect and you decrease its performance in another.
No, but they always have the money
Longevity of Mesa is not likely a problem.
Hehehe you said naked.
There have been some pretty high-endish costing, looking and sounding cabs dressed in rat fur (not my fav finish!).
