The Compact by barefacedBass is now shipping! Our first customer has just received his cab and said:

"From the two seconds it was plugged in, my initial reaction was "quiet and distorted", which I think must have been something to do with the mini-head - but I didn't even have any time to change the settings on the amp... ...It looks great and is very light so I'm looking forward to trying it out with all the different heads tonight. It's nice and tall too!"

Fortunately a little later we received this message: "Hah! It was just a dud cable! Cab sounds wicked."

And now to more fully introduce The Compact. The aim with this cab is to give you a very easy to carry speaker that can still play seriously loud - no problem hanging in almost any rock band. Because it is so small it doesn't naturally have massive bottom but it won't mind if you crank up the lows on your amp to get that fatness. Thanks to the very latest speaker design we use a single 15" speaker to produce amazingly punchy midrange and just enough treble for clarity - more than many 4x10" cabs.

Specifications:

Ready to travel - one-hand carry!

Why is this so light?

• lightweight neodymium magnet speaker
• thin hardwood ply cabinet

Why is this so loud?

• high sensitivity speaker to get as much sound from every watt as possible
• carefully designed cabinet for the best balance of loudness and depth
• high power handling ability to allow you to continue to get more and more sound output as you apply more and more power

Why does it sound so good?

• advanced 15" speaker with lightweight cone giving remarkably flat response across the critical sound spectrum
• very stiff and strong cabinet with cunning bracing to reduce unwanted vibrations and distortions
• cabinet/speaker design that ensures the speaker operates with much lower distortion than other similarly sized models
• attention to details such as the damping of internal reflections, reduction of floor reflections, sizing and tuning of the ports to ensure low noise

What else do I need to know?

• hardwearing textured coating which is tougher than tolex finishes yet can be easily touched up if badly damaged
• stacking corners to add further protection, act as simple lightweight feet and to allow you to stack a a pair of cabs
• single strap handle on one side - The Compact is so light and slim that you can easily carry it in one hand
• powder coated steel grill to protect the speaker from the roughest of knocks.
• airtight Speakon jack positioned to maximise access and panel integrity

OK, I'm sold, how do I get one?

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, less than half of what you'd have to pay to get a similar quality speaker through a conventional retailer. Don't compare these speaker cabinets with equally small or light ones - compare them with what they could replace!