Ordering and Availability
Ordering
To place your order please get in touch via the contact form. or email barefacedbass@gmail.com
Availability
Current models - Compact / Midget / Big One / Vintage
Due to high demand there is now a one month lead time on all current models
New models - DM / DMT
The first DMT will be departing shortly and subsequent orders will be fulfilled within six weeks until full production is up and running
Future models - Big Baby / PA / Hi-Fi / Studio / Acoustic
These will take as long as it takes to get them right! If you're curious then let us know.
Pricing
We would love to make these cabs less expensive but the components are not cheap and the ultra-lightweight but very stiff cabinets take a long time to build. Fortunately because we don't go through the retail network these speaker cabinets can be sold at a reasonable price, roughly half what you'd have to pay to get a similar performance speaker through a conventional retailer.
Don't compare these speaker cabinets with equally small or light ones - compare them with what they could replace! Our prices have just been revised to reflect our recent structural improvements which have significantly reduced the weight without any detriment to performance - we hope this will be the last price change for a long time.
Postage and packing
Postage and packing is charged at a flat rate of £25 for small cabs (Compact/Big Baby/Midget/DM) and £50 for large cabs (Vintage/Big One)
There have been a number of international enquiries of late - as standard we ship all over Europe for just an additional £25. If you are further afield then please contact us for shipping weights/dimensions so you can calculate the shipping cost. if you are in the USA then we are looking for stateside distribution - please register your interest to help us entice a suitable importer. Please note that we will not offer refunds on international shipping should you choose to return your cab within the one month trial period - we will cross-examine you extremely thoroughly to minimise the chance of this happening.
Local collection
If you live near Brighton you can arrange to collect your cab rather than have it couriered. Please contact us to arrange a mutually convenient date and time. Be aware that we do not have the facilities for extensive demoing of our products - and we stand by our belief that the only way of finding if a cab works well for you is to try it with your band making a load of noise!
Trial period and returns policy
We offer a ONE MONTH trial period from your date of receipt of the cab until your date of returned postage - no trying these cabs in a shop and finding out they don't work on the gig. Use the trial period to give your cab a true workout so you can be confident it will provide you with tone and volume for years to come. When testing your cab bear in mind that the acoustics and environment (like a cranked up Marshall stack next to it) will have a significant affect upon your judgement. Also bear in mind that if you have been using the same rig for a long time your brain will be pre-programmed to pick that sound of noisy mix with ease - it will take you some time to lock onto your new sound (weird psychoacoustics that affect us all).
However, should you find your purchase unsatisfactory in any way you have the right to return your cab undamaged for a full refund of both your purchase price and the outbound postage and packing charge. Please retain all the original packaging and do your best when repacking to ensure the cab will survive the return journey - if the cab is damaged due to inadequate protection you will be liable.
Our smaller cabs should cost only about £10 to return to us, our larger cabs about £20. We can arrange collection ourselves and debit this cost from your refund - at the moment this is the cheapest way of getting the Big One, Double Midget and Vintage back to us but it's cheaper for you to return the Compact, Midget and Big Baby yourself using Interparcel's Fedex service.
Manufacturer's warranty
We cover your Barefaced loudspeaker system against any defects in construction, parts or performance for three years from the original shipping date, to the original owner and any subsequent owners within this time period. The warranty does not cover damage due to any kind of abuse - please note that although our components are very tough they are not indestructible and any attempts to claim despite abuse are unlikely to be successful as it is relatively easy for an experienced technician to determine how a component was damaged.
Please feel free to demand extremely high SPL output from our products without fear of failure but do not waste your time trying to unscientifically find their limits, blown components are expensive to replace.
This warranty is voided by any attempt to modify, improve, or reverse engineer the speaker.
Intellectual property rights
Although we do not claim any of our current models contain features which are patent pending they are unique in many ways when compared to other speaker cabinets within the bass guitar amplification field. Any demonstrable theft of our intellectual property will face litigation.