That sounds great! 👍🏽

Not entirely unaffordable. Ha!!

Impressive engineering is the status quo at Barefaced!!!

Talking of tone "arguments" I'd really be interested to hear your take on the Class D vs Class AB power amp tone argument and the whole "heft" thing (whatever that is).

That AVD slot reminds me a little of the old Trace Elliot BLX combos.

I liked the super compact the best

YES FINALLY! Someone doing drop tunings on these Hempbacks. Been wanting to get these for a hardcore band just because, but I wasn't sure if they would really work well for them. While it's not the distortion I would choose. I can tell these Hempbacks wanna chug. I'm excited.

Simple my strap is the same length standing up as sitting down. 😂

Nothing but praise for Barefaced. My Super Twin cab is amazing. Thank you to Dave for his patience for letting me try lots of cabs out and to all at BF. Best thing I bought 👍😎

In a 1x12, I would go with the 100. In a 2x12, I would probably mix the 100 with a Gold.

There's more wood/organics in Gold. Remember the GOLDen rule...

I really appreciate these stacking videos. I'm looking at getting a new 212 with mismatched speakers and this is extremely helpful. I'd be interested using an Alnico Gold as the never change speaker and adding speakers like the Redback, 'A' type, H75 and Heritage for stacking. I may take the "winners" (to my ears) of these comparisons and order one of your 212s. Thank you!!!

The 100 sounds in the middle of the others. The blue is like if a fat switch was hit on the 100. Nice sounds all round

I like the Blue and the Gold!

The 100 probably cuts through better byt the Blue still feels like the platonic ideal to my ears

Alnico Gold 90's... Warm & clear happy times for me! Can't go wrong with Fuchs for truth telling. Well done Gents!

it's probably the best alnico guitar speaker ever made .... it sounds like it is for sure.

Awesome, thank you!

I can’t wait to play through the Super Compact that I’ve ordered

To me you could sell me a phone book speaker and I would buy it. The difference between these two escapes me though. PS you sound horrible get someone else to play, PS we love you and your dedication.

What is the name of your band? Do you have material we could listen to?

Looks like a good cab, I’d like to hear it without all the distortion, just clean deep bass

Dude you talk so só só muchhhhhhhh. I really believe the product[business] makes sense. I am a lover of deep low frequencies and besides you are one of that person's who talks alot I would invest in you like ampeg. My experience with people talking about your company is insanely good. I love l9ve love a good valve bass amp in a svt with 8x10 and never thought about other sound. Now,,,, you getting in a way of my attention . What a way for discovery and dedication. Again, you talk alot buttttttt , I think it makes sense, at least I believe . I am doing a sub cabinet to go with my guitar rig. There is so much knowledge in consideration,,,,, I truly think you know it 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂. Keep doing it ,please.💪🏻

Hi Alex, BB3 owner here. Since this and the BB3 fall into the FRFR category, what position would the HF attenuator be in to produce FRFR? Anything other than that spot would be 'almost FRFR', wouldn't it? Love my cab regardless, and this one sounds great too. Just curiosity, and I'm not about to acquire a measurement tool to try and figure it out.

Really love these detailed videos! How do you think this cab (or a pair for pseudo stereo wet/dry) would fair at taking on baritone guitar from a Fractal Axe FX rack setup?? thanks for doing what you do!

I have an old Laney GC 120C with some 12" H | H Invader speakers that weren't doing it for me. Found a good deal on a Celestion Hempback and an A Type. They arrive tomorrow. Will update on the sound!

Any chance of putting a "Big 12" into production, for players who want all the custom options/retro aesthetics of the Big 24, but still need the modularity (and ability to use as stereo PA cabs) of 2 x BB3?

It sounds pretty good! I will send the link to our bassist.

I might be the first guy to order a 2x15 Upsizing

Let's see my experience is with Celestion 70/80, Hot 100, G 12M, G12H30 Anniversary, and Marshall Vintage 12. They all work great for different purposes. I think I am not in love with the 100db sensitivity for some stuff. Something about pushing the power amp a little more. Also I feel like resonant frequency plays a good part in the overall character of the speaker. 70/80 sounds really good with solid state or clean pedal platform. Hot 100 is good for cleans and modern metal, G 12 M - great for classic rock sound, not for cleans unless you like dirty cleans, G12H30 is very bright and in your face - sounds great in alot of situations, but man that thing can wear out the ear drums a little sometimes - great for bluesy clean and hard rock/metal. Marshall Vintage 12 is darker than G12H30, brighter than Marshall Lead 80, and really brings the classic rock sound out of my DSL 20 and Blockhead 5150 in an old ADA cab. I have a few widely different types of amp I use from a small solidstate amps to large tube amps. These speakers all can bring out different qualities of an amp.

Too much talking fellas ….. get to the. Sounds, and THEN DISCUSS

Cleanish, the Gold sounds like guitar from tv and film in the 60/70s. Distorted, it makes me think of Alice Cooper songs. I suspect the speaker has made the rounds, acoustically speaking.

Hi Alex, do you have frequency response curves for these speakers and your cabinets? Just being curious. Thanks

Eminence made the drivers to bagend specs

What amp head were you using here? As for the speakers, my vote goes to the Redback!

That cab looks like it could kool-aid man through a wall, all by itself

i use two different speakers via a 2x12 cab, to achieve "MY" tone. i cant get the tone otherwise. that being said, they are the same ohm, so it works out for me.

What have I learned from this? 1. There's just something magical about the whole SVT rig. 2. The Dubster or the Big One blows all of these away 3. Alex ain't a great bass player 4. You can't disagree with him, he'll go in the huff or have a massive rant. I go way back with Barefaced before the hate starts, at this point I've bought 9 cabs direct from BF and more cabs than I can remember 2nd hand. At this point in time I am gigging a Dubster & a Big One, both of which have 15 inch speakers, you know, the ones that Alex says don't have a 'sound'. This is where our worlds collide; 15's in my 45 years experience of gigging do have a sound. Why did he ever use 15's if they don't work for bass? Having said the above, the 15 inch BF cabs are INSANE. I gigged my Dubster last night to a 2000 seater and I didn't need P.A.

The Dubster blows all of these out of the water

You’ve made a lot of big claims in the comments which a lot of seemingly knowledgeable people have been disagreeing with. I’m very interested in the results, but moreso the methodology, of your testing. When can we expect these follow up videos?

Question: If the resonant frequencies of "electric" instruments make such a difference, then why don't manufacturers make body sensors for the acoustic properties instead of using cruddy piezo sensors in the bridge? I have a hard time believing that this hasn't been researched before... Is there something wrong with the idea of a body sensor on a solid body electric?

Yesss. Nice. Thanks for doing these. It took me a bit, but I now really appreciate the style of these videos. It's like being in the shop with someone else testing cabs, not an overproduced marketing video. I must say, I REALLY like the Three10. That would work really good for me as a damn fine rock tone. And now I'm torn, because my initial plan was to get one of your 12s for the accuracy and then play around with modelers and maybe cab sims if i need more "color". What am I gonna do now 🥲

That is some very serious Hogwarts tech there. Now, when asked why my BF cabs sound so 'magical', I will skip the technicals and go straight to: ITS THE GLUE!!!