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Not kep this up to date but here are some pics [IMG]http://i420.photobucket.com/albums/pp287/spongebob_sqaurepants/5aa143ecf7e6ac020c4046972197a9cf_zpscbdeb6e0.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i420.photobucket.com/albums/pp287/spongebob_sqaurepants/bc4f74be7d12ca7c93527a5b67fc369b_zpse6a7f5f6.jpg[/IMG] Also added an RFB and 4 way selector switch

[quote name='RichF' timestamp='1382092303' post='2247739'] those pedals are fookin enormous (or you've got tiny feet?) [/quote]

[quote name='fretmeister' timestamp='1381795358' post='2243985'] Well, after all this I'm probably going to buy...... a couple of Berg CN112! I shall now run to the hills having caused this thread! [/quote] Good choice

Should be in the for spraying this week

Can't get a badass for love nor money so opted for a Gotoh 201 to keep a classic look and some more mass

Cool! Really interested in this

[quote name='gafbass02' timestamp='1381662727' post='2241884'] To be read with a sense of whimsy. Not a rant. I generally avoid posting in BF threads, for a number of reasons. It's been getting more and more like the hysterical EBMM or R**K forums on here where this subject is concerned. My feeling on this fawning is that it's most likely, in most cases, unconsciously perhaps, seated in sycophancy. A subtle hope that Alex will note those who leap to defence in their deferential way, and maybe, just maybe, return the favour in some way. That and/or a sense of satisfaction of a 'fame by association' thing; being able to wax lyrical about how they are on first name terms with the Barefaced guy. That's one reason, people get weird over it. Another is that having watched closely from the idea, to the beginnings, to where Alex is today, I've nothing but support for him and what he's done/doing. It's a HUGE hats off from me, wether I like the product or not, and I don't want to damage that. But this one is the biggie, why I generally avoid BF threads...'cause if you criticise the cabs in anyway, you always get leapt on by one of the fanatical few insisting that its your playing, you must suck, you must have cloth ears, you must be used to crap gear, you don't know how to listen properly, you're playing it wrong, you're listening wrong, you've stacked it wrong, it's the wrong room/amp/bass/technique/settings, you dont know what you're doing!!! Etc Etc Etc That bugs me. Prior to buying, and owning, and gigging BF cabs (in a variety of venues, inside and outside, big and small, loud and quiet, with a range of basses, active and passive, with a range of musical styles. ) I'd owned a full trace stack, AH400 smx, bright box, the works, other stacks including a prototype laney beast, god knows how many heads,Warwick to H||H, peavey, Marshall, promethean, you name it. And that's just what I've owned, in a working capacity I've played through everything else I hadn't owned. Amped, GK, ashdown. Etc etc etc I was running a mark bass LM2 into a pair of mark bass 2x10's when I decided to change to BF. I bought a compact and a midget T and a Genz shuttle 9. To lighten my rig further. Loved the portability, I could carry a midget to gigs! Hated the looks, looked poorly made, grills badly cut, badly fitted, with sticky foam tape behind them looking awful. Not at all what I'd expected at the price point. The parts, fit and finish we're awful. Folks took the mickey!! I felt no pride in ownership, more a creeping sense I'd wasted my money. I missed my markbass cabs. Btw I quite liked the litte promethean combo and matching extension cab I had for a while, but it all broke The handle meant my head wouldn't sit, so I used soft feet. The cabs finish started to react with them! I tried hard feet, the amp slid about. Folks still laughed at my home made cabs, and asked why the badges were different ways around. And why I kept sticking my head and hand in the port. ...Because I needed to adjust the tweeter, constantly, because I just could NOT get a good, consistent sound, that sounded like me?! The midget sounded like an old school, boxy 12" driver in a small box, loud because it had a ton of mid, I tried it on the floor, on a table, in a corner, under the table, etc etc Still sounded like I'd expect a 12" in a small box to sound. The compact sounded like an old school, Woolley 15" speaker in a small box. Exactly like I'd expect one to. No bite, attack, no tonal 'complexity' or punch to speak of. Just a big, old fashioned woofy, retro bass sound. Together they sounded, well, like those two things stacked on top of each other. A bit more 'solid' perhaps. But still very 'twelvey'. Not the punch and response I'd grown to love when using tens. All the things that break the speaker configuration rules. Yes. I Know that you cant say a speaker size sounds like this or that etc, based on graphs and maths, but in use, I can. Maybe some cant, maybe some drivers i cant, but these, im sorry held no surprises in that department. It's at this point I can hear the frantic typing of outraged fingers, 'You were listening wrong! You are just used to hearing tens, you are used to hearing it wrong! It's the colour, you couldn't play without the colour!! Youre listening with your eyes!!! You suck!!' Go for it. I'm a very good player,in this company I don't say that lightly. But I am, and ive been gigging some 22 years ish. From the crappy local to the Hammersmith apollo/SECC/various apollo theaters, huge festivals etc etc I've worked as a sound engineer, as a bass player/musician, in hi-Fi and audio business' my whole life. I have good ears and know what I'm listening to and for. But you go ahead and tell me it's my untrained, inexperienced ears. Ymmv, each to their own etc, you hear/see what you do, i hear/see what I do. But please dont tell me I'm wrong because I'm not good enough to own them, which has been levelled at me on here before!! So I lived with em, I got other players to play them, I tried a range of heads and settings through them I contacted Alex, he was VERY helpful, and insightful. He knew his gear, and how they would react to different heads etc. he was always dead right. Trouble was, I just couldn't get away from the way they looked and sounded. Cheap, home made, impractical design issues, a middy, barky, boxy 12, and a big, flumpy 15. Id escaped those sounds way back. Even my markbass 15" had sounded fast, full ranged, and just more 'complete' than the compact. Loved the weight though. But pride in ownership escaped me. My bass playing friends also remained baffled by them. They simply didn't see the appeal... beyond the weight. Even though I DI often, (not always, not by a long shot) and the cab sound was for me, and the weight was a critical factor. Hugely so. I simply couldn't live with the tone. It took away my enjoyment, and with it my groove, my feel and my concentration, I started to find myself distracted by trying get a decent sound and RESPONSE out of them. I gave up trying. So I sold them, and bought Bergantino AE210's. Dear god!!! Best music money I've ever spent! Nothing I've EVER played through has made such a difference to my sound. I've no intention of moving them on till I can no longer lift them or make someone lift them for me. When that's the case, I'll go straight back to barefaced and give the new stuff a whirl, I know lots of these issues he's addressed already so hopefully by then Alex will have built them into a British juggernaut of manufacturing and export. Hopefully he'll have forgotten that I criticised his cabs online too. But for now the bergantinos are beautifully built in every tiny detail. They ooze class, prestige, care and attention. They are easy to get a stunning sound out of with any amp I've tried. I went back to markbass with the head, ditching the Genz for a MoMark. They are VERY loud, never distressed, always composed, punchy, detailed, with a 3D quality to them. I feel proud to set em up onstage, even though they are pretty innocuous from a distance. Especially after my glowing eight foot trace monster. But for just effortlessly sounding beautiful, in any venue, big or small, indoors or out, loud or quiet, with any head, or bass, active or passive, or tuned down to C with a huge synth sound. They just can't be beaten. And at 40lbs. They ain't too heavy either. For gigs where I used to use a midget, I now play a GK MB112 ii combo. At low volumes it sounds amazing, very very good, easy to get a fantastic sound from. At volume, it goes middy, and boxy, and starts to sound like a 12 in a small box, just like the midget T did at any volume. Its certainly not left me lacking in comparison to the midget T audible, appreciable volume with tone. IME IMHO ETC) But. The GK looks like a berg in its fit and finish, and I don't need to carry a head. A good buy I think. Incidentally, they all have a similar, 'painted' finish. So there you go. Flame away if you wish, deride if you wish, but maybe first, if its not what you want to read/think/hear/see. Then. Perhaps, instead of leaping to BF's defence, lance in hand, all wounded purchaser pride and hoping for a discount or free handle, or just a 'handshake' from the man himself, just give a shrug and move on to a more suitable post for you. These are my experiences and opinions, it's past and done, so I can't change them. So please don't have a pop at me all offended, I probably won't respond anyway. I just wanted to pass on my experiences as an actual owner of three BF cabs. (Yes, three, I even bought a midget AGAIN!!! Just to check!! Still didn't like it.) If you enjoy your barefaced cabs, then great. Enjoy them. Not for me, neither is the colour red or sopranos, or FIAT. Y'know. I'm so impressed with what you've achieved Alex. These days I think a lot less about my gear. It just does what I want it to do, when I want it to. Maybe It's why I post less, maybe it's the kids. Who knows. Peace. Gaf [/quote] Well said that man! Think one if those AE210s was mine. I tenner delivering it to you

[quote name='Sibob' timestamp='1381434430' post='2239171'] I'm sure they sound great, but what a stupid enclosure design (ask Aguilar). Assume they don't want guys using flat right-angle patch cables?! Si [/quote] I was thinking the same thing

Just seen these pop up in eBay and was wondering the same

[quote name='Ticktock' timestamp='1381311581' post='2237240'] Thunderpaws- the £100 off is for the amp and cab deals only...... I just spent beyond my means. Bugger. [/quote] Says this on the website Buy any two Focus, Shuttle, NX2 or Uber cabinets and receive and extra £100 discount;