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Official Barefaced Bass Cab Club
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Being 6'4", I would prefer stacked vertically (easier access to stuff) Thanks!
Yes, one for indoors two for outside. I love how Alex and Co. have designed two to sound just like a Super Twin. Thanks!
(sorry for the single replies, still haven't figured out how to reply to multiple in a single post!)
I used to run 2 SC's. One might have been enough, but I always ran both, because 2 sounded so much better. Even at low volume. You get a big sound, loud and lovely full tone. There is reduced high end due to no tweeter. That was fine for me for about 3 years then I started to think about a change.
Since January I've been running an SC and a Super Midget. Love the range of these two cabs together. I even sold the second SC.
Placed an order for a One 10, my first BF cab.
Tried to read as much as possible of the past 2 years thread but you guys are writing so much!
I will pair the cab with a GK MB200, mostly for bed room practicing and small gig if backline is not provided (but it is usually the case as moving around gears in the Tokyo area is not easy). If more small bar gig are coming I will get a second One 10 to stack.
Not planning to replace the GK MB200, a few month ago I bought a Darkglass DG210C (attractive price as their liquidating inventory), gigged it once, love the tone and the loudness but 25kg to haul in the subway was just too much
So excited
Tried to read as much as possible of the past 2 years thread but you guys are writing so much!
I will pair the cab with a GK MB200, mostly for bed room practicing and small gig if backline is not provided (but it is usually the case as moving around gears in the Tokyo area is not easy). If more small bar gig are coming I will get a second One 10 to stack.
Not planning to replace the GK MB200, a few month ago I bought a Darkglass DG210C (attractive price as their liquidating inventory), gigged it once, love the tone and the loudness but 25kg to haul in the subway was just too much
So excited
Y'know, you've given me an idea. One of the things I love about the Barefaced cabs is that I can hear everything so clearly. In fact, I used to eschew effects because it made my tone like mush. But with the SC (and my One10) I can hear things so clearly that now I've built a pedal board that allows me to branch out sonically. That said, maybe a second SC is not ideal, maybe going with a midrange tweeter in the mix, I might be able to hear even more of the effects. Starting to lean toward the SC/SM pairing now. Thanks Chris!
Interesting product, I'll take a look at the specs.
The reason why I got intersted in the Elf is the super small size. I already have the perfect amp for all my needs, I was just thinking about something that small mainly for practice, it's not really a problem.
See my comment above.
Thanks for your help guys.
I used to use this exact same setup, and it's excellent. Much louder than you'd expect. I even used it on large gigs with PA support, and I had no problems hearing myself onstage.
The Baby Sumo is a power amp only, not a head. I have one, it's great, but you'll need a preamp as well.
Oh yes, I think I gave up catching up with the thread around September 2017 and you still had that rig
I juse the GK MB200 always the way to powering 8x10 and I always found it loud enough (staying clean), with the DG210C it IS loud too
True.
I assumed Mingus used a preamp anyway, since AFAIK he has a SLO, and also since I found the quilter a bit .. boring ? on its own.
But maybe that was just me projecting my assumptions on him
My BTII has officially had its tenth gig and all I can say is damn...this is a helluva cab! Really glad I took the chance on Barefaced!
I just picked one up yesterday in a local deal and can't wait to try it.
Quilter on its own is my go to sound, and I don't find it boring at all. It's simply the sound of my basses.True.
I assumed Mingus used a preamp anyway, since AFAIK he has a SLO, and also since I found the quilter a bit .. boring ? on its own.
But maybe that was just me projecting my assumptions on him
I use the SLO when I gig with PA support, basically. Thru goes on the BB800, out goes into PA with cab simulation.
The Baby Sumo is very nice, quiet with a clean, relatively "transparent" output. As I mentioned earlier, it is a power amp only. It weighs about 5 pounds. There's also a larger version, the Sumo (of course!) at 1000 W. I have no experience with it.
I wanted a Quilter until I had one. The built in limiter/compression circuit took all the teeth out of my distortion pedals. It sounded transparent and clean with just a bass going in. It was a little "smooth" sounding dry but not wildly effected. As soon as I'd stomp on a dirt pedal it would round off all the top end bite. It didn't sound dark, more like highly compressed. Combine that with the DI volume situation and it was a pass for me with the BB2 pairing.
Other folks love it. Other settings and sounds are good and useable. If I had an amp arsenal then I'd consider it having a place, but I needed a single amp solution, and it couldn't unseat my old Demeter VTBP 800 or the Darkglass 900 head I was using around that time.
YMMV
Just one finicky old man's opinion.
This finicky old man loves his Quilter through two One 10s. I use no effects, never have, likely never will.
