New BF Active OneTen coming.

[TorturedSaints]

I thought there might be some discussion about BF’s new active bass cab on here, but I couldn’t find any. I’ve seen a couple of teasers on FB and apparently there will be a playing demo by Alex released at 5pm UK time today.  Basically it’s a OneTen T with added Activier amp module from the guitar cabs. It’s certainly piqued my interest, although over a thousand notes is certainly a big investment.  It would save me carrying around a BB800 as well.

 

https://barefacedaudio.com/collections/10cr-bass-cabs/products/one_10?variant=54891039490430

[Merton]

Love the idea, less keen on the outlay! But you know it’ll be a quality product of course…

[chris_b]

Passive cabs for me.

 

If anything breaks or I want to upgrade, I'd prefer everything in separate boxes.

[fretmeister]

51 minutes ago, chris_b said:

Passive cabs for me.

 

If anything breaks or I want to upgrade, I'd prefer everything in separate boxes.

 

Me too.

 

I'm kind of looking at this as being a middle ground between a fully featured combo and a separates rig, and ultimately not doing either job.

I get it a lot more for guitarists using modellers more extensively.

[TimR]

 

 

[Kev]

Almost £1k for a 1x10 combo.   Does the tolex still peel?

[Merton]

7 hours ago, Kev said:

Almost £1k for a 1x10 combo.   Does the tolex still peel?

No that is fixed now. Wrong choice of glue and tolex in the early days

[Merton]

Having now watched the full video, I have to say they sound very impressive as PA speakers. Didn’t expect that.

[JPJ]

Would have liked to see a balanced input (XLR) as well, but obviously this is aimed at those of us using pedalboard preamps. As others have said, its a lot of wonga for a 1x10 combo but unless I’m mistaken its British made so that’s got to be worth something these days.

[Cuzzie]

I think these sound mega and offer a lot and a lot of variability.

granted for a lot of people (esp on here) if you are happy with your set up and nothing needs changing (although we all like to tinker), something has to be ground breaking in your mind to make a whole sale change.

 

There will be lots of people on a first set up, or change of  journey and this will be phenomenal.

 

liked the bass sound, liked the PA capabilities.

 

great addition to the range and market place IMHO

[EBS_freak]

1000 pounds - competing with some high end powered 10 PA cabs there.

[Musicman20]

That is probably very impressive, but wow £1000! Ideally I’d want a bigger / more powerful cab for that price. I know they work wonders with their custom drivers, but I’m not sure I’d get away with a powered 1x10 in a band.

 

I do think powered cabs are becoming more ‘normal’ now due to amazing modellers and pre amp pedals. 

[Beedster]

20 hours ago, TimR said:

 

 

 

Such an entertaining video (as are their others). I've had a couple of disagreements with Alex over the years, largely - well entirely - my fault, but we should all be bloody grateful that Alex and BF are out there doing what they're doing, and that they're doing with such class and without compromise. I've often wondered why they didn't get into combos given how highly rated their cabs are, but I'm guessing they've identified the direction of travel with this unit. Well done guys 👍

[TimR]

There was (or is) a bass head in production being funded by pre-orders. 

[Jack]

My pair of FR800s was the single best rig I've ever owned, so hopefully this has a bit of that dna. 

[alexa3020]

I might be a bit out of order here, but I wish they would get someone that could play on their videos. I know he's not trying to show off his chops and thats not the point, but I find his playing pretty hard to watch.

[Beedster]

4 minutes ago, alexa3020 said:

I might be a bit out of order here, but I wish they would get someone that could play on their videos. I know he's not trying to show off his chops and thats not the point, but I find his playing pretty hard to watch.

I think it’s part of the appeal 

[Cuzzie]

Absolutely agree his playing is fine, it represents the vast majority of limited players like me, so you get an idea of what u may sound like.

 

Dont buy an item of clothing based on how David Beckham looks in it, you wanna see Romesh Ranganathan, Wayne Rooney currently etc in it - then u know what you’ll look like!

[Beedster]

6 minutes ago, Cuzzie said:

Absolutely agree his playing is fine, it represents the vast majority of limited players like me, so you get an idea of what u may sound like.

 

Dont buy an item of clothing based on how David Beckham looks in it, you wanna see Romesh Ranganathan, Wayne Rooney currently etc in it - then u know what you’ll look like!

 

Very well put mate 👍

 

Personally when I see equipment demo'd in the usual fashion, slap or technical funk in one or other form - I find it a turn off, and over and above it all too ofetn being an ego trip for the person doing the demo (understanadle biut not necessary), it's not letting me know how the gear is going to sound when I play the rock/blues/soul stuff I tend to play.  

[Musicman20]

I don’t think it’s Alex’s playing, I think it just needs setting up a bit differently as a sound demo. 
 

The tech is there, but it must be hard to get that across.

 

Maybe a tech talk then it changes to a sit down demo with plec/slap/fingerstyle. Hell even get a basic backing drum track on it. 

 

 

[Jack]

5 hours ago, Cuzzie said:

Absolutely agree his playing is fine, it represents the vast majority of limited players like me, so you get an idea of what u may sound like.

 

Dont buy an item of clothing based on how David Beckham looks in it, you wanna see Romesh Ranganathan, Wayne Rooney currently etc in it - then u know what you’ll look like!

Don't think Romesh looks an awful lot like Wayne personally, but whatever.

[Cuzzie]

7 hours ago, Jack said:

Don't think Romesh looks an awful lot like Wayne personally, but whatever.

You have to squint, but it’s there……😝

 

just picked 2 fellas with normal figures for the sake of comparison, although we all know bassists are Adonis’s 

[TimR]

On 18/01/2025 at 19:53, TimR said:

There was (or is) a bass head in production being funded by pre-orders. 

 

Looks like he's sidelined that and made it a 200W guitar amp/amp for the 10" PA.

 

I'm a bit confused. Is this bass combo available yet, or is it what's coming, or is it the 200W PA being used as a bass amp?

[EBS_freak]

22 hours ago, Jack said:

Don't think Romesh looks an awful lot like Wayne personally, but whatever.

At least Im not alone!

 

[clauster]

The One10 with Activier been available to configure on the website for a few weeks now.  I was able to have a play through this one before Christmas when I paid a visit to Barefaced HQ.  

 

The bigger stand-alone amp is still in development, this has not replaced it.  The BF team are making sure it's 100% as good as it can be.