ossyrocks

It's usually a mystery as to where they've been before, sometimes we get a bit of an anecdote, or info on the immediate previous owner. Full history is usually not available. With my '73 Jazz, which is very heavily worn, I bought it from BassBros, but Nick (@oldhorsemurphy RIP) contacted me as he'd only just sold it to them. He told me how long he'd had it, and where he bought it. He'd bought it from the original owner, who was responsible for ALL the wear on that bass. He must have played it every day since 1973!

The '64 Jazz has some serious mojo! Love that one. The price isn't ridiculous when compared to other dealers either.

Yes I agree, the footprint is relatively small. However, when our drummer sees the Three10 with a vintage 400RB on top, his eyes light up and he sees it as an opportunity to hit a bit harder. So I take a rig commensurate with the size of the room, and it keeps the drummer at a reasonable level. It's odd, I know, but you haven't met our drummer (he's a great drummer btw). The first time I took a One10 instead, it was amazing how much quieter he played.

I can't comment on whether it handles a 5 as I' don't use one. But I can't see any scenario where this cab wouldn't work. It's a cab I expect to keep forever (famous last words). However, there have been small gigs where it has not been the most appropriate cab for the job, and I've used my One10 for those so far. Occasionally I have felt the One10 to be not quite enough, so I've ordered another one. Hopefully by Christmas I'll have all the options covered, 1x10, 2x10, and 3x10 depending on the gig. I love the sound of Barefaced 10" cabs. Rob

I looked at their website only yesterday, and it still said shipping October. It does make me wonder what's going on. Production problems? Perhaps the fanfare and launch was a little premature? Rob

Yes. I recently had an issue with a Barefaced cover which was too big, but Barefaced resolved it very quickly, and the replacement cover was shipped to me directly from Hotcovers. Rob

I totally agree, but not because of anything you might have written which you may consider to be drivel, but simply that I too appear to be a "Grand Master", which completely baffles me! I come here often for sage advice and information from people who have much more knowledge and experience than I do.

I'm going to try to hang onto this cab and see if I can use it occasionally. It would also be interesting to take into the studio next year when we're planning to do some recording. Please have a look at the speaker frame. This speaker mounts into the cab from the front, so I would have thought it would have had some kind of gasket around the rear edge of the frame. There's certainly remnants of all kinds of gunk around the rear edge now. I was wondering if it would benefit from a gentle cleaning up and applying a new gasket before refitting into the cab? Please share any thoughts you may have, and also if you know a source for a suitable gasket. I'm also thinking about casters. It appears to have had some before, but they would need to be really heavy duty, and perhaps secured with T-nuts inside rather than just woodscrews. Rob

Well, I've pulled it to check. D140F with the orange frame. Reconed, but with paper dust cap. I've fired it up tonight, and it's got a proper old school vibe going on with a P bass with flats. My wife is not convinced however. Rob

I blame Martin (@The fasting showman) for this. He sent me a message yesterday about an old Fender Bassman cab which was for sale on Facebook about an hours drive from me. I didn't know I wanted one of these cabs, and to be honest, I'm still not sure! But it was so cheap that it didn't make any sense not to go and buy it. So here it is. I am still in shock as to how big, heavy and awkward it is, the pics on Facebook didn't give a clue to scale, and I certainly needed help getting it in the back of my car from the house. Now it's home, I'm trying to figure out how to convince my wife that it's a good idea to keep it, when I don't have anywhere really to actually keep it! The speaker is a reconed JBL D140F apparently, but I'll check that out in due course. Anyway, feel free to roast my stupidity at today's purchase. Though it does look quite nice with my Bassman 50 on it I must say. Rob

I do like the Rumbles. I did a gig last weekend at Lancaster Music Festival, where the band before us had offered use of their PA, lights backline and engineer, because set up times were tight, and there was no time to break theirs down and set ours up. Yes please we said. I did try to find out what I'd be playing through, but I didn't find out in advance. Then on the day their bass player walked in with a Rumble 100. Hmm, I thought, this might not cut it. Sound check allayed all my fears, and the amp was just great all night. In fact a perfect foil to my P bass with flats. Rob