Barefaced Bass V1 Dubster 2x15 1500w bass cab. Great condition

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I’ve owned this rare beast from new, back when you had to wait 3 months for them to be made. Freakish light, huge bottom end and stupidly loud, being capable of delivering the same output as two 8×10’s cabs. It needs a decent amp to drive it but nothing crazy. When I used a Darkglass 900w in rehersals I had to switch it into lower power mode if I want to be able to up the gain much.It hasn’t been regularly gigged and is in great condition. The sound quality is fantastic, they are pretty special guys at barefaced. The tightness in the low end is remarkable. You will see from the link below you cannot buy these anymore and they don’t do anything with 15-inch speakers these days just 10’s and 12’s.The only signs of ageing are cosmetic and I have tried to capture them in the pictures. The plastic brackets of the handles have faded or been marked, the corner guards have some wear and what the pictures cant pick up is that If you stand in front of it and peer directly down the face of the grill, and the light is just right, you might notice a slight variance in darkness on freshly painted parts that had some light scratching. I touched these up with the official barefaced bass touch up kit. There is plenty left and I will include this. The badge looks worn but it’s actually that the plastic protector is on still.If you want to discuss postage or delivery email me before you bid. Otherwise it’s pick up only. Happy Biddinghttps://barefacedbass.com/product-range/dubster.htm The first bass cab specifically designed for Jah!The Dubster’s name tell you what it’s designed to do. Ska, rocksteady, reggae and dub. Or indeed any other genre where you like to use a tone that is all about the lows and nothing about the highs. If you think this could be the cab for you then get in touch and we’ll work out if you’re right!I’m confused, this looks just like the Super Fifteen – what’s the difference?completely different woofersdifferent enclosure alignmentSo how does that affect the performance?much mellower upper midrange and essentially zero treble outputmuch greater excursion-limited power handling for unprecedented quantities of bottom
What can this cab do?With a 200W amp pushing it this cab produces similar output to 100W into a classic 8×10″ but with much greater depth and fatness in the lows. That’s plenty loud enough for smaller indoor reggae gigs. Stick 1500W into it from one of the biggest bass amps on the market or a bridged power amp and you’ll get similar bass output to two 8×10″ stacks in unison at full blast (the 8×10″s will have a bit more mid-bass boom, the Dubster will have more fatness and depth down low).But how? That seems impossible!It’s all about moving air with this kind of bass sound and these woofers have the volume displacement to move a ton of air whilst this port can support them low down without choking on the sheer amount of air that it too has to move. It’s not dissimilar to a high-end 2×15″ PA sub in its abilities, but tuned to suit reggae bass rather than PA subwoofer duties, which makes it smaller and louder, plus these woofers go higher than normal subwoofer drivers so there’s enough punch in the midrange for you to be heard as well as felt.What makes this cab capable of such enormous bass output?A pair of unusually high excursion yet sensitive 15″ woofersA tuned port with very large cross-sectional areaAn enclosure alignment for maximum output where it really matters for reggae bassAn enclosure constructed to be stiff enough for all that bass energy to come out as sound rather than wasted vibrationsAnything else?You probably won’t care because you thought you’d need a couple of huge cabs to get this kind of bottom but this cab is also unusually light for its size. Built the uniquely cunning Barefaced way with complex internal stressed bracing and dual-density plywood resulting in no unnecessary extra weight, it actually weighs less than half what its size would lead you to expect!Oh yes, and if you’re into Doom (the mutant offspring of early Sabbath) then this cab is ideal for providing the foundation of your sound as you then pile up suitably nasty and dirty sounding speakers around it for your mids and highs.

DIMENSIONS36″ high x 21″ wide x 16″ deep 90cm x 53cm x 40cmWEIGHT49lbs / 22kg
LF SENSITIVITY101dB – That is a LOT of bottom!
USABLE FREQUENCY RANGE31Hz – 1.5kHzRECOMMENDED AMP POWER200-1500W RMSMAXIMUM LF OUTPUT135dB – comparable to two 8×10″sIMPEDANCE4 ohms

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