Are Cabs more important for tone than Guitars and Amps? Barefaced Uprising 212V!

[@LivingroomGearDemos]

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[@pasqualevaccaro5506]

Hands down best tone and best riff on the channel.

[@LivingroomGearDemos]

Thanks dude!

[@pasqualevaccaro5506]

Thank you my man, that was legitimately inspiring!

[@Baswt]

Awesome intro riff, interesting topic!

[@mattfleming2287]

I own the Radical 2x12 and yes, everything he says is true. The sound IS much louder, as sound come out of the back of the cab, but there isn't any phase cancellation. As a result, you can get the airiness and volume of an open cab with the bass response of a closed backed cab. If you need something negative to say about the Barefaced cab, try carrying it awhile using the handle. It's a totally normal amp handle and that's the problem. It's a light cab, about 34lbs but the handle hurts after a bit. That's the only negative thing I've found, besides the expense. They ain't cheap, but this is absolutely the case of you get what you pay for.

[@Oldmonstonian1]

I have a Reformer 1x12", Celestion Cream alnico 90 watts, used with a heavy 50 watt valve amp, now switching to a VictoryV4 amp, ultra light rig for gigging. This little speaker set up is better than my old 2x12" and much lighter. The sound you hear near the cab is the sound you have deep in the room, no more off axis sound issues.

[@Andy_Yates]

Really digging your riffs lately! I've watched enough Johan Segeborn to really agree in the influence the cab/speakers have on the tone. That Friedman sounds awesome with that cab

[@philippgrunert8776]

That riff and tone are brilliant, total banger

[@druwk]

Deeper and longer I play guitar, the more I realize how important speaker choice is. I have had a few small amps with a single 10” speaker...through trial and error, I have discovered that I do not dig 10” speakers (at least single 10”). There’s a lot to dig into. Closed back vs. open back, the cabinet material and the actual speaker. Alnico Blue’s are awesome. Celestion’s in general. Couldn’t agree more...an awesome amp can’t sound great without a great cabinet/speaker. Great speaker/cabinet will improve almost every amp.

[@zenwarfare70]

Barefaced radical with vintage30 and classic lead80. And a twin sister on the top. Life is good. And great sounding !

[@craigridley9618]

Nice to hear somebody talk about this! It’s common knowledge when talking about pedals- that the farther down the signal chain, the more influence a pedal has on the tone. It makes perfect sense that would continue to apply beyond the pedalboard 👍

[@Bmcarroll1]

I was so surprised the first time I changed a speaker out for a different one. It makes a big difference.

[@jazzFABRYk]

What speaker did you replace with which?

[@mcmSEA]

Good demo. I love my Uprising 212V with 1 Celestion Blue and 1 G12H70. Best guitar cab I've ever owned.

[@jamesrobinson529]

The opening riff is incredibly cool! I'd have to agree with the overall tone of the video as well.

[@rsaragosa]

Thank you so much for your video that was great. I have to agree with your take on this, that speakers make a HUGE difference in your overall tone. I have a 1-10 and 1-12 Barefaced cab and I just got a Revv D20 and can't wait to get them onstage if we ever get a chance to gig again soon. Barefaced cabs has a different take on speaker cabs but it is really an idea that is long overdue. Thanks again for your work on this.

[@markm668]

Love the opening, what a tune!

[@LivingroomGearDemos]

Thank you Mark!

[@martinpettersenlangebraate5153]

So looking forward to recieve my radical 2x12 cab from Barefaced, especially after your review of this :D

[@LivingroomGearDemos]

I’m pretty sure you will love it!

[@dcruz55]

Got the 1 X 12 Barefaced Cab with Vintage 30's. Love it with my Peavey Classic 20.

[@LivingroomGearDemos]

nice!

[@TheBaconWizard]

Think about it: The speaker and cab perform for an electric guitar the same function as the top and body with sound-hole does for an acoustic. They are the moving surface that shifts large amounts of air to your ear as dictated by the vibrating string (or pickup)

[@CraigFlowersMusic]

There is the complaint that they are all too narrow, they don't do custom tolex or grills or dimensions either so I can't get one to match my Maz18. And they patented a 45 degree baffle . . . so I can't just ask zilla or mojotone to make it for me so I can customize it to match my amp. So even though the maz is really narrow at just 19.25", the only option wide enough for this small head is a 2x12 but on its side so that one of the wave guides is pointing directly into the carpet. That, or do the doofiest look ever and have a head that's wider than its mismatched cab, and I just can't bring myself to do that. Just, if anyone was looking for a complaint.

[@linguafranca86]

Awesome sound on the intro tune.

[@rlpii_]

Totally agree! The speaker is a huge part of the tone. I just got a new one, I got to spec it out this time around. :)

[@LivingroomGearDemos]

Do you break them in as well? Other than just playing through them normally?

[@rlpii_]

Living Room Gear Demos I just feed my looper with riffs and leave it playing while I’m out shopping or something. So yeah, but I do it cause it’s something I heard... you?

[@LivingroomGearDemos]

Yes, I do the same. Haven’t done it with this yet though.

[@midnighthour4299]

Im in the uk and have the Barefaced 112 with creamback reformer up for sale

[@jairyess1074]

That intro kicked my ass man! Nice!

[@joelonsdale]

Mine too!

[@CamiloVelandia]

Yes!!! This is something that doesn't get addressed enough!!!

[@wheresallthezombies]

That’s the best I’ve ever heard the d20 sound

[@Bobby_Digital37]

You got the exact speaker cab and speakers I want!!!!! 😄 Thanks for another great review! This sounds awesome!!!

[@LivingroomGearDemos]

✌🏻👌🏻👍🏻💪🏻

[@delefo]

Which Creambacks are in your cab ? And how do you like it now have you swapped any speakers ?

[@-Atmos1]

Great Tone

[@roberthastings708]

Thank you for bringing this up. Way too little emphasis on this part. Any rig is ultimately limited or unleashed by the speaker and cab. The pickups are the transducer on the other end of the chain. So if you get those two right, everything else kinda falls into place.

[@MatoMisik]

I'm really interested! Tanks

[@tobins6800]

Here's your downside, exploring your room to find the sweetspot for the room mic.

[@PooNinja]

The speaker actually moves the air that makes the tone we hear the cab that it’s in also alters it’s response. The drivers make the biggest difference in tone IMHO 🤘🏽

[@filipzo]

Love the review and the super light chromatic abberation you put on the video, so cool! Btw, that plug in was Bias Fx 2, right? What do you think about that? Have a nice day everyone!

[@LivingroomGearDemos]

Thanks! Did not think anyone would notice the chromatic aberration :) I do it to give it an anamorphic look. Yup, it’s Bias FX 2. I like it and use it very often

[@filipzo]

Living Room Gear Demos I noticed it cause I work with graphics. 😀 Who doesn’t notice *feels* it anyway! I love it. 👍🏻👍🏻 Glad to hear you liked BiasFx2, I’m considering updating mine! It worked very well for almost every gtr I recorded for my project I Am Invisible! Have a nice day again 🤟🏽

[@marcgallant5270]

Which creambacks? M65 or H75?

[@Bobby_Digital37]

Sounds absolutely amazing!! Which creambacks do you have in???

[@kevinb9050]

? Cab I kindly ask -- which IMPEDANCE (16/8) + wiring (parallel/series) did you choose? (Excellent video playing/production value/info) I plan to buy a cabinet exactly the same as yours, with neo-cb.PS.

[@brandonbryson3317]

How are you liking the Friedman 7 months later?

[@alanswanson7515]

What is the weight in lbs of the 2x12 vertical cab ?

[@matthewholtz8016]

What exact creambacks do you have in the cab ??

[@LivingroomGearDemos]

G12M-65

[@silverpairaducks]

I swear by my Carvin open back 4x10. Dont care what amp I use. Its had digital racks on it. Tube amps. Currently a little hot one amp. It's the cab.

[@JksGuitarCave]

Ooo... har venta på denne en stund... helt siden du skrev du skulle best bestille den etter etterlysning av cab anbefalinger... denne videoen skal jeg kose meg med i kveld ☺️

[@LivingroomGearDemos]

✌🏻👌🏻

[@matthiasu.5490]

How long did it take for you to get yours? I ordered mine 9 weeks ago and haven't heard anything ever since (apart from a bill, of course). No response to my emails aswell... still so thrilled to get it one final day, but 9 weeks without any notice seems fairly long, doesn't it?

[@LivingroomGearDemos]

Hi! It didn't take that long, no. Have you tried sending a message on Facebook? Try that. Come back to me if you don't hear anything back from them!

[@matthiasu.5490]

@@LivingroomGearDemos Nope, haven't tried that - basically just because I am not on Facebook. But I tried 2 emails, one contact form on their website, one phone call on which I left a message with my tel no... but no reaction. 😥

[@LivingroomGearDemos]

Ok. If you're cool with it, I can try to talk to them about it?

[@matthiasu.5490]

@@LivingroomGearDemos That would be absolutely fantastic! Thank you so much! ... order number is #2069

[@BarefacedAudio]

@@matthiasu.5490 Hi Matthias, I've had a look through our emails and I can see that you have had two responses via email 11 days ago. Please feel free to send us another email regarding the status of your cab. Cheers! T

[@MrBladle]

Great video and great tone! I've been curious about these cabs for a little while, do you know how difficult it would be to change out the speakers inside?

[@bobbytwoshoe8851]

You choose any celestion speakers you want barefacedaudio.com/collections/celestion-12-guitar-range

[@shmida1991]

Cabs are the most important 'EQ' in the chain. I think that today an IR loader is the most effective way to use your amp in the most versatile way

[@joelonsdale]

And also the most boring ;)

[@Johnny-oy9fh]

All parts of the signal chain are as important as each other... including the cabinet

[@GTX1123]

Surround sound cabs are good for any size venue but the "poor man's" version for smaller venues is quite simple actually. This set up is essentially using the stage and the room as one giant speaker cabinet. It takes some tweaking when you set up for a show BUT IT WORKS. For smaller venues, you take a standard combo amp, set it down on the stage - don't tilt it back and don't use an amp stand etc. Instead of facing the amp straight forward, angle it so that the amp is facing towards the center of the audience. Then put a plexiglass shield in front of the amp. The sound waves coming out of the back of the cabinet will bounce off the wall at the back of the stage while the shield in front of the amp will neutralize the beaming effect that only hits one section of the audience. Facing the amp towards center stage instead of straightforward moves all of the sound towards the center of the room instead of just to one side. The shield in front of the combo also allows you to turn up much louder where you're now up into the power section of the amp where those beautiful magical tones thrive. I've had fellow musicians at our shows who marvel at how the sound coming from a small 1x12 fills the entire room so well. It will actually work the same for a closed back cabinet as well but you have to move it a bit closer to the back wall; i.e. the sound waves bounce off of the shield in front, hit the back wall and project forward. It's slightly different - more focused and a bit punchier and little less surround sound but those differences are only slight. This will work just as well for a slightly larger venue with a 2X12 open back. Large venues with deep stages where the distance to the back wall of the stage is very long are a completely different story. Most of the sound coming out of the back of a combo is completely lost. Larger closed back cabs are better here because the distance to the audience is much greater so you get better sound dispersal but there is still a bit of a beaming effect. This is where surround sound cabs really shine because the cabinet disperses the sound evenly without any help from a back wall.

[@profile_01]

So it turns out the cab makes all of the tone. Literally all of it. That was a surprise

[@LivingroomGearDemos]

its a great cab

[@mishastone]

You wrote that riff? You have an EP out or something?

[@LivingroomGearDemos]

Yes, I did! No music out at the moment. Not like this at least.

[@helgirg]

Great review! Witch Creamback speakers did you get?

[@LivingroomGearDemos]

Thanks! G12M-65 ✌🏻

[@jaywishmaster1984]

I didn't think cabs were a big deal.... Until I plugged into a shitty cab. Super important.

[@acinemastare]

Any upcoming review of the RevvD20?

[@LivingroomGearDemos]

Yes!

[@thegrimmriddle]

Rad!

[@0megalul309]

Cabs>Amp>Pickups>Guitar>Pedals(overdrives/distortions)

[@DeadWhiteButterflies]

More cabs should have wheels as standard, I think.

[@grimoire7851]

are cabs electric

[@daveandrew7014]

Are you still using them? If not, what did you replace it with?

[@LivingroomGearDemos]

Still my main cab

[@daveandrew7014]

@@LivingroomGearDemos wow that says a lot. I might get one. Thanks!

[@daveandrew7014]

@@LivingroomGearDemos Does it make significant difference in close mic recording?

[@LivingroomGearDemos]

@@daveandrew7014 I think that's hard to say or prove. I'd say no

[@joelonsdale]

I'm a roller too, honey....

[@mo-draws]

Great opening track. Makes me wanna jam! Please don‘t make me buy more stuff ... :D

[@LivingroomGearDemos]

😉😉

[@amritjanardhanan]

ASK JOHAN SEGEBORN

[@Dirge4july]

Yes! Cabs>guitar>amp.

[@flobeeonekinobee2353]

I've down sized from a Marshall 1960a 4x12 to a 1936 2x12 and wow I think it's better!! The bottom end is amazing

[@schlo9358]

EPIC Slape like (;

[@LivingroomGearDemos]

Simon Schlo slap like right back at you.

[@goobiecaro8135]

Thin Lizzy!

[@lowrencemayfield4271]

Straight into P.A. with I.R. and preamp pedals it's the future, no more hassle lugging around amps or cabinets, the audience don't give a damn anyway...🤘🏽🤘🏽🤘🏽🤘🏽

[@joelonsdale]

Do you monitor through a wedge?

[@popeye089]

I spend more money on speakers than anything else. Thy have affected and changed my tone more than anything

[@stefanofranchini5485]

too loud????

[@brentvalleywhag3477]

No

[@patbassman8251]

Warning stay away from Barefaced audio they are a rip off company , the prices they advertise on their web site are not the prices you will end up paying eg they will advertise 750 for a 2x12 bass cab but the real price will be more like 900 pounds , the person I spoke to about the hinden charges had attitude was arrogant a rude , not only that it will take them three months to build it for you.

[@BarefacedAudio]

Hi Pat, we're sorry you feel that way. Could I ask you send us an email so we can clear up any confusion?

[@patbassman8251]

@@BarefacedAudio There is no confusion we have spoken on the phone and by Email and I know what your going to say ( we stand by our product ) I noticed you have recently changed your website layout and are now advertising the true end prices , would that be as not to create any confusion by any chance , its a shame you didn't do that in the beginning then we wouldn't of wasted each others time.

[@bobbytwoshoe8851]

Pat, you seem to have an issue with us that goes back to before 2013. We have tried to talk to you in 2016 about whatever problems you seem to have, but the responses you have provided are difficult to agree with. I don't really understand why you would decide to go on here to attempt to damage our reputation, apart from trolling, as you have never actually been a customer of ours. I hope your TC Electronic RS 212 has treated you well for the last 5 years, and wish you the best Patrick. B

[@patbassman8251]

@@bobbytwoshoe8851 As you can see by my previous comments it was about your hidden charges at the time , when I inquired about having a 2x12 cab built the price on your website was around 700 - 750 I don't remember exactly , I remember being told id have to make an advanced payment and then pay the remainder of the 930 when the cabinet was completed , I objected to the extra 130 pounds on the advertised price and the speaker was never built . Its seems many people are happy with your cabs good for you , unfortunately my experience with your company was bad I would put this to bed if you admit that the way you advertised your products at the time was wrong, many musicians don't have an extra 250 pounds to add on to an advertised price . By the way my TC electronic 2x12 with the 450 head sounds amazing and well worth half the price of your cab shame because I was keen to try yours out , Im thinking of adding a compact 2x10 .

[@ticeman69]

Are Cabs more important for tone than Guitars and Amps? Yes, of course, because in the end it's where the signal becomes sound. Before the Cab it's just electricity in a wire.