Official Barefaced Bass Cab Club

[monsterthompson]

Plugging the Buster into the One10 now. Just waiting for tubes to warm up...

Well, that was unexpected. I was not satisfied with that experience, and I find the Super Compact to be a better mate for the Buster. I found myself fiddling with the gain and EQ and port location here. I couldn't quite get "the sound." I'd find elements of it, but never get it all together. I found the amount of bass this combination had to be lethal (considering size here). It was big and deep and low, but not mushy. It shook my apartment walls pretty easily, and I'm sure my neighbor noticed. However, I couldn't get the mids where I wanted them. Something was always too bright, or not thick enough. I found it sounded better with the gain set lower than I usually run, and that cranking the gain wasn't what I was after. I found this bright head to be pretty bright and bite-y, so turning the EQ down in the highs got me a nice warm sound, but it still wasn't the thickness I was after. Perhaps the mid eq is voiced a bit high relative to my Demeter head, or maybe the low eq is voiced lower, or both. I wanted a bit more low mid and upper bass when running my P. I found one voicing I liked, except for the G notes jumping out and rattling the walls with bass. Could be my living room. It was that bass that didn't sound loud but was obviously there and shaking things. Dang. Guess I need to play more and experiment


Edit - to be fair, I didn't touch the Buster's graphic eq. I'll see what that does for me.

 

[kringle77]

Try plugging the port tightly so the buster.

 

[alexclaber]

Monster, I'm surprised that you didn't notice a big difference in low end and feel with the port plugged. Set the cab in the middle of the room and walk around the room, you should notice a difference. Usually a sealed cab will be more consistent from left to right in front of the cab.

The One10 is not a normal ported cab, so plugging the port won't change things like you might expect.

 

[N. Kentucky Bass]

There was a faint mechanical buzz while playing my Reiner Studio 1200 amp atop a Bearfaced BB2 cab. I thought the buzz was in my house joists/rafters. But after adding a 12x12" Auralex 2 pad, the buzzing disappeared. I suspect reverberations off the thin walls of the BB2 cab were passing through the amp. The combination of this amp and cab produce huge, thick lows even at low volumes. So the lesson here is ... there is no rule for using an amp pad with the BB2. Sometimes you may need one; sometimes you may not. It also provides peace of mind for protecting the amp's 3 preamp tubes from daily reverberations.

Auralex Acoustics BABYGRAMMA 15 x 15 x 1 3/4 Inches Isolation Platform
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[monsterthompson]

Buster update -
Graphic EQ engaged is better.
40 slight cut
100 & 250 boosted
625 & 3,900 cut
lower gain than usual (10:30 ish).

 

[tombowlus]

There was a faint mechanical buzz while playing my Reiner Studio 1200 amp atop a Bearfaced BB2 cab. I thought the buzz was in my house joists/rafters. But after adding a 12x12" Auralex 2 pad, the buzzing disappeared. I suspect reverberations off the thin walls of the BB2 cab were passing through the amp. The combination of this amp and cab produce huge, thick lows even at low volumes. So the lesson here is ... there is no rule for using an amp pad with the BB2. Sometimes you may need one; sometimes you may not. It also provides peace of mind for protecting the amp's 3 tubes from daily reverberations.

Auralex Acoustics BABYGRAMMA 15 x 15 x 1 3/4 Inches Isolation Platform
Amazon.com: Auralex Acoustics BABYGRAMMA 15 x 15 x 1 3/4 Inches Isolation Platform: Musical Instruments

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I highly recommend using a GRAMMA Pad (of appropriate size) between the cab and the head if the head either A.) has output tubes, or B.) has preamp tubes and tends to be at all susceptible to vibration issues.

 

[monsterthompson]

Really beginning to think about flipping the One10 and/or SM to finance a BB2. Mainly to use with my Genz head and laptop for playing Maschine live. I need (okay, want) the big bass, and clear treble for those synth and drum sounds. The SM is nice but the BB2 would be extra nice. The BB2 and SC stack would be a cool modular way to go.

However, I like the 110 for practice but would never run it live in my current applications. Maybe I flip the SM only. As it is, I can't see myself using the SM as a live stand-alone either; only to stack on the SC to add output and treble. The SM is a cool little box but it seems less functional in my current/anticipated line up.

Am I just being silly at this point? Yes is an acceptable answer

 

[JxBass]

Perhaps rent time on IBM's Watson to figure it out

 

[monsterthompson]

It's so difficult being nearly independently wealthy. I can almost get away with these kinds of silly decisions without worry of consequence.
#billionaireproblems

 

[John D Harris]

It's so difficult being nearly independently wealthy. I can almost get away with these kinds of silly decisions without worry of consequence.
#billionaireproblems

Seems like the SM would work great as a practice cab?
Buy one of all the Barefaced models then flip what doesn't work for you. You're what almost halfway there already?

 

[monsterthompson]

Seems like the SM would work great as a practice cab?
Buy one of all the Barefaced models then flip what doesn't work for you. You're what almost halfway there already?

It does. So it doesn't make sense to have it and the 110.

 

[HaphAsSard]

Really beginning to think about flipping the One10 and/or SM to finance a BB2. Mainly to use with my Genz head and laptop for playing Maschine live. I need (okay, want) the big bass, and clear treble for those synth and drum sounds. The SM is nice but the BB2 would be extra nice. The BB2 and SC stack would be a cool modular way to go.

However, I like the 110 for practice but would never run it live in my current applications. Maybe I flip the SM only. As it is, I can't see myself using the SM as a live stand-alone either; only to stack on the SC to add output and treble. The SM is a cool little box but it seems less functional in my current/anticipated line up.

Am I just being silly at this point? Yes is an acceptable answer

Do you see yourself having no full(er)-range BF cab other than the Big Baby 2? As in, is it going to be small and light enough? If not, I'd actually keep the SM and flip the 10 and the Compact unless you're afraid the BB2 isn't going to cut it alone in extraloud situations. Speaking of which, is stacking the Midget with one of the big horn cabs kosher or does Alex recommend against it?

 

[monsterthompson]

Do you see yourself having no full(er)-range BF cab other than the Big Baby 2? As in, is it going to be small and light enough? If not, I'd actually keep the SM and flip the 10 and the Compact unless you're afraid the BB2 isn't going to cut it alone in extraloud situations. Speaking of which, is stacking the Midget with one of the big horn cabs kosher or does Alex recommend against it?

85% of the time, I think the BB2 is going to be stand alone for synth and/or bass. 85% of the time, the SC is a stand alone for bass. It would seem the BB2 should then kill the need for a SC. The issue is that my industrial/metal leanings puts me in loud bands, like the one I'm currently working with, which would make a SC/BB2 stack more comfortable. If I were to engineer it over from the start, perhaps a BB2 and 210 would be the right arsenal for me.

 

[John D Harris]

I think an SC on top of a BB2 would be a killer stack!

 

[N. Kentucky Bass]

I think an SC on top of a BB2 would be a killer stack!

I thought about that one. Above all, I needed at least 12"x12" on top of the cab to accommodate my amp. So the SC wasn't big enough. And frankly, it's not that much smaller and lighter compared the bigger benefit of a matched pair of BB2s. At 29lbs, the BB2's full-range (and adjustable) performance is hard to beat.

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[Splimcity]

I agree with lo-freq, an SC and BB2 seem like the perfect pairing to me - options to use both separately for different tonal needs/demands and then the ability to use them together to almost give you a BT2. What is not to like?

 

[kringle77]

Im more of a 1-way, colored sounding cab kind of guy but, the bb2 would be my vote for the "do it all" small cab. Easily.

 

[John D Harris]

I thought about that one. Above all, I needed at least 12"x12" on top of the cab to accommodate my amp. So the SC wasn't big enough. And frankly, it's not that much smaller and lighter compared the bigger benefit of a matched pair of BB2s. At 29lbs, the BB2's full-range (and adjustable) performance is hard to beat.

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Can't argue with your choice (except for possible budget constraints).
The SC page shows it is 17.5" wide x 12" deep, but the above rig is a major winner!
There's so many possibly great combinations with Alex's cabs!
Currently, I'm in the modular camp with what I have, but in the past, I've always been a one cab that can do it all kind of person.
With that type of approach (if money were not an issue), I'd get a ST2 & a BT2 then decide if I wanted to keep both or just have the one solution.
Both at the same time would just be outdoor festival type settings with a really big stage!
99% of those have decent PA coverage, so that still might be overkill (& pissing the FOH soundperson off)!

I gotta tell you Ukiah, you've got one of the sweetest rigs I've seen in a while!

 

[John D Harris]

Anyone use a BEADG 5 string bass with the Super Twin II?
Just wondering how solid the low end is down low - I don't care so much about the fundamental of the note, just the perception of the notes below 40Hz.
Also, with the right EQing, could you get a convincing Reggae tone out of it?

 

[BigBobbyBass]

Anyone use a BEADG 5 string bass with the Super Twin II?
Just wondering how solid the low end is down low - I don't care so much about the fundamental of the note, just the perception of the notes below 40Hz.
Also, with the right EQing, could you get a convincing Reggae tone out of it?

I have a BigTwin2. The fundamental is,crazy. I've never "felt" it like I have with this cab. I play pickstyle, real mid-rangey. With 2 guitar players, I need to punch through. This cab is the first to do it all, big bottom, and grindey mids. Perfect for me.