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Official Barefaced Bass Cab Club

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anton72 said:
The Deep End said:
But then again ... 1x10 + 2x10 is brilliant!
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I was thinking I'd love 12" but not sure now, cause I am sure to prefer more mid-range quick response and I think the Two10 is the ticket.
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Could certainly love both! Since you have & love the sound of the 110 with the D800, makes sense to go with more 10's. I've got 12's (BB2 + SM), love em, but will check out the 10's eventually.
 
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Got a chance to play a Kemper head into my BB2 today. My guitarist buddy dragged it over, and we made some noise in the apartment. We mostly ran everything DI and out through my stereo speakers. But, we took a few minutes to play around with things, as he was curious about the BB2. As you might expect, running high gain guitar through the cab wasn't terribly pleasant, until he kicked in the cab sim/model, and then it was brilliant. Running the BB2 with the tweeter off and no cab sim wasn't quite as nice as running it full range with the cab sim software. He had blown out most of the bass patches, so I don't get to try much. The SVT patch he had was huge in the lows, and the B7K patches sounded pretty Darkglassy to me.

I think that's a pretty good bit of performance from a "bass" cab. It certainly has me interested in what a Kemper head could do for bass, particularly with the BB2, or even an FR800.
 
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Reporting back from last night's gig - finally got to try out my new Genzler Magellan 350 and (recently traded for) Two10 at live full volume. Happy to report that both completely held their own with a loud band and NO PA support, and sounded amazing! I was worried that the Magellan 350 might not have enough oomf for the full band and no PA, but it's got a lot of headroom for 350 watts and honestly can get just about as loud as my Streamliner 600 (I had the Magellan with gain and master both at around 1 o'clock and it was plenty loud). And I'm in love with the Two10 - no regrets about trading my SM for it. As amazing as the SM is (the volume to size is unbeatable), I find it much easier to dial in "my tone" with the Two10 underneath. GAS cured (for now at least)!
 
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The ICE 1000 power amp in R.A.D. Engineering's enclosure fits perfectly on the Super Midget. I'm running this with the Noble tube preamp and the match sounds great!

Info on the RAD amp is here, it's builder Randy Dritz can be contacted here on TB at radbass

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anton72 said:
And I now realized that I stupidly sold one of my One10s bacause after that I got my Mesa D800 and it sounds just great with One10. Should I have the other one still I'd be happy now...but I placed deposit for SM thinking I need a flat response cab...so now should I wait and try SM or switch the order to 4 Ohm Two10?
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If you're really happy with how the D800+One10 sounds, yeah, don't take experimenting too far - this never ends, and after a point you're basically throwing money down the drain. Get a Two10 and you'll have a great modular rig, then you can have one, two or three 10" depending on the gig.
 
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I received my shipping notice from FedEx today. Woot!
I was hoping BF would have sent me a final "Its going out today" email so I could ask them to send it could be held at a FedEx location instead of shipping to my home.
The tracking says the estimated delivery date will be tomorrow. That's some crazy turn around time. In everyone else's experience, how accurate do you think that is?
 
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Dragonlord said:
If you're really happy with how the D800+One10 sounds, yeah, don't take experimenting too far - this never ends, and after a point you're basically throwing money down the drain. Get a Two10 and you'll have a great modular rig, then you can have one, two or three 10" depending on the gig.
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I appreciate your input, thanks! On the other hand yesterday I paid the balance for my SuperMidget LOL. I put it this way now: I have to try their 12" as I already have One10. If I don't like SM I'll let it go and come back to another One10. Easy ;)
 
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anton72 said:
I appreciate your input, thanks! On the other hand yesterday I paid the balance for my SuperMidget LOL. I put it this way now: I have to try their 12" as I already have One10. If I don't like SM I'll let it go and come back to another One10. Easy ;)
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I'd look at it this way: you'll now have 2 completely different Barefaced flavors, and the SM will get significantly louder than a 110 and may be enough on its' own for much of your needs. Take delivery....take the time to learn your way around each cab on its' own and both together and don't make any further, rash decisions until you've really tried 'em in many situations.....looking forward to hearing about your experience, as I'm someone who loves the One10 stack but has never heard a BF cab with a tweeter.....
 
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