I bought my two GR Bass cabs from Bass Direct and BassBros. in England . Good luck getting your hands on these cabs , they sell as fast as they are made . If you look online , there seems to be only a handful of them at any one time in the world ..........Worth It !!!
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GR Bass Natural Fiber cabs
- Thread starter gtirard
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I bought mine used, because I contacted EVERY listed US dealer for stock and they all said they would only order for me and couldn’t keep an inventory. So found an AT212 used and bought it!
Great cabs, but I think there needs to be some reinforcements added for the rubber feet on the bottom and corner joints. They seem a little fragile from that perspective. But definitely light weight and sound great.
One of the first things I did was swap out the rubber feet for something more durable.
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You're right, my mistake. But I do hate it has the way to shut off the tweeter completely and mine doesn't. First world problem ...
Can you please compare your new GR to your Barefaced cab? The sound/tonal differences between the two that you hear (likes/dislikes).
I love them both.
It would be more interesting to compare the NF or AT210V with the Barefaced Big Baby 3, because they punch in the same category (loud cabs, neutral tone).
The Barefaced One 10 is perfect for home practice and small clubs.
The GR Bass NF210V is much louder and produce more low ends, but it's normal since it's a 2x10 compared to a 1x10. In my case, I think I will never need more than this cab, because it's enough to keep up with my drummer and guitarist, and if we mic up the drums I will also get PA support.
Concerning the tone, they're very different and I love them both, sorry I can't say more (partly because I'm French - English is not my native tongue, and partly because even in French I'm not good at describing subtle sonic nuances)
I like the aggressive ordering of different products. This brand seems to move when available. It seems a bit silly now to have had one person making 100% of the ordering choices for an entire country.
I just picked up a 2x12 from Thomann that was in stock, but I noticed that even Thomann doesn't have the natural fiber - @gtirard , you mentioned you ordered yours, do you know if this line is order-only?
I was monitoring the availability of NF since july 2022 when they announced it, and one day, after I had posted a bitter comment on Facebook, GR Bass adviced me to contact their support by email. They answered quickly and nicely, advised me to get in touch with the French distributor, IML. I could have visited their show-room, but it was 2 hours away from Paris, so I emailed Bass Maniac in Paris, and they said they don't have any NF in stock but they could order one for me from IML.
He said: "Natural Fiber is too specific, we don't have enough room in the shop to have all GR Bass cabs, but we can order for you the other references"
To answer more briefly: I don't think this line is order-only, because if a physical shop wants to display them, they can, at least in France (if I was the manager of a bass music gear shop I would put them in the window display, but I'm not). But a typical bass music shop in Paris have room for maybe 20 to 40 amps max, including Ampeg, Fender, Markbass… So we would be lucky if they decide to display more than 5 GR Bass cabs, and even more lucky if a Natural Fiber is one of them.
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"Pure tone" is GR Bass's tagline. True to your instrument's tone.
I would put them in the "modern sounding" cab category, in a good way -> Detailed, fast, crisp.
This 210 has glorious low frequencies, that's going to hit you to the guts. And it's never muddy, it always stay tight and well defined.
The best way to imagine how this cab sounds without actually trying it is to think of "the opposite of a muddy cab".
It also has a very high sensitivity (103 dB). In fact this figure is so high that I can hardly believe it, it could be exagerated a little bit. But I can confirm that it is incredibely loud. Higher sensitivity means you will get more decibels from the same amp. For example, you can expect to be loud even with a small wattage amp, like a 50W or 100W tube amp, or some 350W amps from GR Bass or Mesa, or even GR Bass's battery powered micro head.
I don't know if other GR Bass cabs owners read this, what do you think?
So, now I have finally discribed the NF210 in my previous comment #34, I can compare to Barefaced:
- I think the Big Baby have the same qualities: neutral, great low frequency response, "anti-mud" crisp and tight tone. I'd really love to A/B test the BB3 with NF210, as I honestly don't know which one I would prefer.
- By comparison, the One 10 is not neutral. There's a color, something happening in the mid frequencies that I can't really explain (that's why I didn't want to compare them in the first place), and I also love that tone/color.
Thanks, that’s helpfulSo, now I have finally discribed the NF210 in my previous comment #34, I can compare to Barefaced:
Not sure it helps, but at least I tried my best
- I think the Big Baby have the same qualities: neutral, great low frequency response, "anti-mud" crisp and tight tone. I'd really love to A/B test the BB3 with NF210, as I honestly don't know which one I would prefer.
- By comparison, the One 10 is not neutral. There's a color, something happening in the mid frequencies that I can't really explain (that's why I didn't want to compare them in the first place), and I also love that tone/color.
According to @GR Bass Staff, "the natural fiber line has the same price as the carbon one"
Edit: and, from what I see, the same exact specs
I guess the only review you've seen is mine, correct?
From what I understand, they are identical to the normal carbon fiber cabs, except for the esthetics.
