Official Barefaced Bass Cab Club

[3rdcurve]

So I almost had to cancel due to leaving the country tomorrow. Emailed Harry Tuesday, and he assured me that the cab would ship Wednesday and be in my hands on Thursday. I have had items take 3-4 days from two states away, so naturally I was skeptical that my cab could cross the Atlantic and land on my doorstep in a 24 hour period. The package arrived unmolested by 11AM! I'm not sure what kind of shipping voodoo they employ, but it definitely works! Bravo Barefaced Team! I may be late coming back from lunch, for I must take a pick of it on top of the Four10.

 

[dave64o]

So I almost had to cancel due to leaving the country tomorrow. Emailed Harry Tuesday, and he assured me that the cab would ship Wednesday and be in my hands on Thursday. I have had items take 3-4 days from two states away, so naturally I was skeptical that my cab could cross the Atlantic and land on my doorstep in a 24 hour period. The package arrived unmolested by 11AM! I'm not sure what kind of shipping voodoo they employ, but it definitely works! Bravo Barefaced Team! I may be late coming back from lunch, for I must take a pick of it on top of the Four10.

Research into advanced shipping methods is just one of the many things that sets Barefaced apart ......

 

[3rdcurve]

Man, this sounds so good!

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• 3rdcurve
• Jun 7, 2018
• barefaced

Barefaced 10s

 

[ahc]

Man, this sounds so good!

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• 3rdcurve
• Jun 7, 2018
• barefaced

Barefaced 10s

I'll bet it does! If you're so inclined, can you do a quick Shaw / Quilter comparo?

 

[Pbassmanca]

Man, this sounds so good!

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• 3rdcurve
• Jun 7, 2018
• barefaced

Barefaced 10s

Oh my gad.....that just looks ledgendarily glorious. A Barefaced 610 stack. Jeez, which tones cannot be realized from this rig, and what depth of low end thickness cannot be experienced?

 

[grimmchaos]

Oh my gad.....that just looks ledgendarily glorious. A Barefaced 610 stack. Jeez, which tones cannot be realized from this rig, and what depth of low end thickness cannot be experienced?

I still haven't had a chance to run both of mine together , but that stack is glorious!!

 

[Turbo Sparky]

Haven't thought I should try my ST with my 610 at a gig yet...yet. Oh, c'est manifique! Yes, the support at Barefaced is to be emulated...oh, wait, no! In addition their cabs, their customer support is second to none. Can you say, "low end"? ...and yes, their shipping is awesome! May the Bass gods bless the entire Barefaced team, and even the international FedEx peeps! P.S. Benefit for Joey Image of Misfits fame, Sunday, July 8, 2018 in Tampa. The 610 will be there!

 

[3rdcurve]

I'll bet it does! If you're so inclined, can you do a quick Shaw / Quilter comparo?

I am heading off on my honeymoon first thing in the morning for a week of all inclusive drinking on the beach. But when I return I shall try to make that happen!

What is not seen in that pic is the Sonic Farm pre that I have been feeding the Quilter. Combo is good enough that I am willing to part with my Shaw!

 

[blastoff]

I am heading off on my honeymoon first thing in the morning for a week of all inclusive drinking on the beach. But when I return I shall try to make that happen!

What is not seen in that pic is the Sonic Farm pre that I have been feeding the Quilter. Combo is good enough that I am willing to part with my Shaw!

oh reaaaally??

 

[Stumbo]

FYI, An HPF allows you to get more audible rumble from your system, not less.
High Pass Filter (HPF) and Low Pass Filter (LPF) Mega Thread

That's not entirely true - it depends on the specific HPF, so the knee frequency, the slope and the Q. Quite easy for an HPF to remove rumble, and more, like the one on the TC RH450.

What did I say?
An HPF adding rumble? Makes no sense. I was way off on that one. Not enough sleep or something. Sorry about that. Strike that from your memory.

 

[ahc]

I am heading off on my honeymoon first thing in the morning for a week of all inclusive drinking on the beach. But when I return I shall try to make that happen!

What is not seen in that pic is the Sonic Farm pre that I have been feeding the Quilter. Combo is good enough that I am willing to part with my Shaw!

Congrats!!! And have a great time! And details... on the SF/Quilter over the Shaw, that is.

 

[Amajew]

A different kinda story....

I ordered one of the 4 ohm version four10's where Alex had posted last year he received a handful of speakers to make 4 ohm cabs. I was interested in this as I have a revsound 215 that 4 ohms and adding another 4 ohm can I can safely run down to 2 ohms with my D800.

I received the cabinet after about 2 months time frame from ordering it. Plugged it in and it was making some crazy distorting noises and loud electrical sounding pops.

It didnt matter which bass, cable or amp I used. I had no issues with sound coming from my 215 as a comparison.

Alex figured it was a cable or amp issue as the cab left his shop in working order.

He sent me a new wiring loom to see if that was the culprit, but it wasn't.

After about a month of wondering what it could be I decided to look a little further by testing the polarity of the speakers and then testing resistance of each speaker, both things I have never done before as I leave cabinet design to the pros.

It was concluded that one of the drivers was bad, no resistance reading from the multimeter. Alex sent me 4 new drivers to make a 8 ohm cab as well as the appropriate wiring loom.

Now the cabinet is doing what it should. I'm really digging the sound of the four10 with my d800 head.

I cant wait to add the 215 into the mix!!!!

So here's to Alex and his team, Harry and Tom who were part of helping me out get the situation right. They really do stand behind their products!!

 

[Cremette]

Hi all!

I bought my first BB2 last year and really like it, so I bought another one a few month ago. But I wanted to use them as PA speakers so I order the new one with the "top-hat" things underneath to put it on a pole. When ordering I ask the guys at Barefaced if it was possible to add the "top-hat" bracket myself to my old BB2...

So they build me a retro-fit kit and made a instructional video that explain how to do it! I made the modifications a few days ago, and I wanted to share you how it went.

So in general it goes pretty well. I encounter some difficulties to remove the grill, there is some sticky foam around the grill that prevent vibration that was really hard to remove without damaging it. I had to cut it at some places to avoid ripping it appart. But I was able to replace it correctly at the end of the process. I had to remove the feet and the metal corners at the bottom, and two of the corners were stucked in the tolex finish so I needed to use a flat blade screw driver and a hammer to remove them. I didn't noticed that some screws where shorter so I pierced the wood when putting back the corner at the front, on the port hole side of the cab. The 12 inches woofer was hard to remove too. It was a bit stuck in place and I used a screw driver to pop it out but dented the wood while doing so. So I use a metal plate (a mason jar lid) under the screwdriver to pry it out without doing to much damage. Everything else was easy. The template to drill the hole provided was really well made and the video was helpful.

I recommend it if you guys want to pole-mount your cab.

Thanks!

I took some pictures!

The retrofit kit:




Removing the grill. I cut the foam to avoid damaging it too much.


With the woofer out.


Remove the insulation


Get the foot and metal corner off. Notice the chip in the tolex.


I snapped the drilling template into place



Drill baby drill!


I placed a old bed sheet inside the cab to prevent wood chips going everywhere.


Put some glue


Screw everything together


I cut a hole in the insulation to let the "top-hat" pass and replaced it




Voilà!

 

[Turbo Sparky]

A different kinda story....

I ordered one of the 4 ohm version four10's where Alex had posted last year he received a handful of speakers to make 4 ohm cabs. I was interested in this as I have a revsound 215 that 4 ohms and adding another 4 ohm can I can safely run down to 2 ohms with my D800.

I received the cabinet after about 2 months time frame from ordering it. Plugged it in and it was making some crazy distorting noises and loud electrical sounding pops.

It didnt matter which bass, cable or amp I used. I had no issues with sound coming from my 215 as a comparison.

Alex figured it was a cable or amp issue as the cab left his shop in working order.

He sent me a new wiring loom to see if that was the culprit, but it wasn't.

After about a month of wondering what it could be I decided to look a little further by testing the polarity of the speakers and then testing resistance of each speaker, both things I have never done before as I leave cabinet design to the pros.

It was concluded that one of the drivers was bad, no resistance reading from the multimeter. Alex sent me 4 new drivers to make a 8 ohm cab as well as the appropriate wiring loom.

Now the cabinet is doing what it should. I'm really digging the sound of the four10 with my d800 head.

I cant wait to add the 215 into the mix!!!!

So here's to Alex and his team, Harry and Tom who were part of helping me out get the situation right. They really do stand behind their products!!

Bam! That's the way it should be done! Totally awesome.
BTW, the D800+ IMO sounds awesome with the 610 AND the ST (212). Dig it. Good luck!

 

[Tim1]

A different kinda story....

I ordered one of the 4 ohm version four10's where Alex had posted last year he received a handful of speakers to make 4 ohm cabs. I was interested in this as I have a revsound 215 that 4 ohms and adding another 4 ohm can I can safely run down to 2 ohms with my D800.

I received the cabinet after about 2 months time frame from ordering it. Plugged it in and it was making some crazy distorting noises and loud electrical sounding pops.

It didnt matter which bass, cable or amp I used. I had no issues with sound coming from my 215 as a comparison.

Alex figured it was a cable or amp issue as the cab left his shop in working order.

He sent me a new wiring loom to see if that was the culprit, but it wasn't.

After about a month of wondering what it could be I decided to look a little further by testing the polarity of the speakers and then testing resistance of each speaker, both things I have never done before as I leave cabinet design to the pros.

It was concluded that one of the drivers was bad, no resistance reading from the multimeter. Alex sent me 4 new drivers to make a 8 ohm cab as well as the appropriate wiring loom.

Now the cabinet is doing what it should. I'm really digging the sound of the four10 with my d800 head.

I cant wait to add the 215 into the mix!!!!

So here's to Alex and his team, Harry and Tom who were part of helping me out get the situation right. They really do stand behind their products!!

I must have missed that. I was unaware that Alex ever made a 4 ohm Four 10. Seems unusual that he bothered to make a run of tens with a different ohmage but did not keep offering the 4 ohm option. No doubt he would have had his reasons - might have been testing the waters.

 

[CassiusRegular]

Hi all !

Quick need for advice here. I've been very happy with my '69er for a while now (3 years is a while considering my GAS!)...however I was thinking about changing...to an Eight 10.

The reason behind this is my band switching from a big (but not huge) family car to a proper big ass van. The guitarist is already thinking about going from 212 to 412 so I thought "what the Hell ! plenty of room in the van, what about ordering THE monster Barefaced cab"

However, I noticed Alex and the crew did some changes in the cab over the years, so I was wondering what was new in comparison with my "oldy" 69er ?

I really like the color (kind of old school 69 -obviously- ampeg fridge vibe) of my cab. It has a nice spot-on sweep in the highs and ultra lows (with a killer bump in the mid lows). Very warm, very punchy and focused. It plays a big part in my sound. Maybe the new Barefaced might be more "hifi" (let's rather say 'less colored') than the 69er, which I don't think I like. Also, 810 might be absolutely OVERKILL for my needs. Then again, we play very loud with a deaf guitarist and a caveman drummer.

Decision, decision. Any advice and feedback on the 810 would be great !

 

[bassdrop]

My understanding is that compared to the '69er, the 610, which is the direct replacement of that cab, has more bottom end and output but otherwise has very similar tone. The 810 compared to the 610 would be a Nigel-Tufnel-it-goes-to-11 scenario.

 

[chris_b]

So your gear sounded just right and then you bought a new van and somehow that created a problem with your sound that only much bigger gear will solve?

 

[Tim1]

So your gear sounded just right and then you bought a new van and somehow that created a problem with your sound that only much bigger gear will solve?

I think just about all of us can relate to this. It's the age old question - Why did you climb the mountain? Because it's there.
Why did you get a new and bigger cab? Because I could. Ain't no further explanation required on this forum.

 

[CassiusRegular]

So your gear sounded just right and then you bought a new van and somehow that created a desire with your sound that only much bigger gear might solve?

There, better.