fEARful™ Bass Cabinets
Be afraid, be very afraid
fEARful™ bass cabinets are made with one goal in mind - Accurate fullrange sound that fills a room with crystal clear bass. The fEARful™ utilizes the best in modern driver technology, no compromise crossover design, and advanced cabinet construction.
With the efficiency to fill a room by using minimal power and the ability to handle enough power to shake it from its foundation, the fEARful™ is in a class all by itself.
By use of our proprietary composite material, the fEARful™ revolutionizes the phrase 'light-weight'. At just 35 lbs, the 15/6 is the hands down winner in lightweight bass technology. Need more sensitivity in a taller format? The 1212/6 is for you. The 12/6 is the smallest cabinet, but still packs the same room filling sound. Our largest cabinet, the 1515/66 will crush any 8x10 cabinet on the market and weighs under 60 lbs. No matter what your needs may be, there is a fEARful™ for you.
With the efficiency to fill a room by using minimal power and the ability to handle enough power to shake it from its foundation, the fEARful™ is in a class all by itself.
By use of our proprietary composite material, the fEARful™ revolutionizes the phrase 'light-weight'. At just 35 lbs, the 15/6 is the hands down winner in lightweight bass technology. Need more sensitivity in a taller format? The 1212/6 is for you. The 12/6 is the smallest cabinet, but still packs the same room filling sound. Our largest cabinet, the 1515/66 will crush any 8x10 cabinet on the market and weighs under 60 lbs. No matter what your needs may be, there is a fEARful™ for you.
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Bass Players all over rave about the sound of the fEARful™, here is what one said after playing the 15/6
First impression is that this cab REALLY lets the individual character of each of these basses and amps to come right through. I'm assuming of course that's exactly what the fEARful™ design is intended to do.
Secondly, even though Robby wasn't able to get the tweeter installed in time, the 18sound mid driver lets plenty of high end content through. I know it's obviously not going to produce the super high end sparkle, but IMO it sounded just fine with that natural rolloff going on. Especially with the M6 and it's high mid, clear presence, there was more than enough high mids to cut and project well. Speaking of the M6, granted we didn't crank the thing up, but the 300 watts it produces at 8 ohms seems to be more than enough to drive this cab. That said, I'm sure a high powered PA amp would really make this thing sing and bring out the most of that 3015LF.
What was really insane was how well the cab handled the Veillette. There were some serious ultra lows going on through the piezo pickup, especially through the AI head. There were zero signs of compression or cab rattling of any kind at moderate volumes. The lightweight material certainly has no issue providing the stability/rigidity required when reproducing these loud low frequencies.
Also, this thing is ridiculously light! I used to think that my old Epifani UL212 was king of the lightweight medium sized cabs, weighing in at around 45-48 lbs IIRC. But this thing beats it out by a significant margin, sounds much better and from what I can tell can get as least as loud, if not more. - Jason
Garret, Robby, Jason, and Alex in March 2011
Garret had a similar response
I really dig the beautiful wine/quilted black color that Robbie wrapped it in. It's crazy light for how big it is, and I think we both heard content from our amps and basses that we weren't necessarily used to hearing. The mid-high clarity was astounding, we both kept rolling off the treble. It was never harsh, even when popping loud on my high C string. It just really cut. A very different cutting though than say my Schroeder, which is definitely colored. Robbie's cab wasn't any color...just very clear. I think we all agreed it was like a giant studio monitor.
The lows were incredible. Like J said my Veillette was making the speaker nearly jump right out of the cab, but there wasn't any perceivable compression or farting out. It was just extremely clear and loud. I think Robbie said he'd recommend putting a 20 Hz low filter in the cab in the case of what the Veillette was doing, as it's not going to produce anything useful below that. I recall he, Alex (Robbie's friend who was running the board), and J were looking at a spectrum analyzer when I was playing and seeing some real low end content coming through the Telefunken (AK-47 I think?).
Speaking of loudness, the volume coming out of this thing at 8 ohms was more than I think I've ever heard on another cab. I'm guessing it's because it's just so clear and balanced through all the registers. I think Robbie and Alex captured a few runs from low B to high C, and it just sounded so damn even. Certainly the old 15" Avatar and Peavey cabs that I have are no where near the performance of this thing. - Garret
The lows were incredible. Like J said my Veillette was making the speaker nearly jump right out of the cab, but there wasn't any perceivable compression or farting out. It was just extremely clear and loud. I think Robbie said he'd recommend putting a 20 Hz low filter in the cab in the case of what the Veillette was doing, as it's not going to produce anything useful below that. I recall he, Alex (Robbie's friend who was running the board), and J were looking at a spectrum analyzer when I was playing and seeing some real low end content coming through the Telefunken (AK-47 I think?).
Speaking of loudness, the volume coming out of this thing at 8 ohms was more than I think I've ever heard on another cab. I'm guessing it's because it's just so clear and balanced through all the registers. I think Robbie and Alex captured a few runs from low B to high C, and it just sounded so damn even. Certainly the old 15" Avatar and Peavey cabs that I have are no where near the performance of this thing. - Garret
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the best in driver technology
The fEARful™ takes advantage the most advanced professional audio drivers available. For a speaker to make a lot bass, it needs to move a lot air. This means that it must have a long excursion, or in and out movement. A typical bass cabinet speaker has an excursion of about 4mm. The driver used in the fEARful™ 15/6 and 1515/66 has an excursion of almost 10 mm. That's why they can put out so much low end without bottoming out.
midrange clarity
The critical aspect of any bass cabinet is in the midrange clarity. A dedicated midrange is the only way to achieve uncolored, accurate midrange sound both on axis and off. Our cabinets utilize only the highest quality Italian imported driver from 18 Sound. With a typical 10", 12", 15" speaker, the sound begins to beam out of the center of the cone as the frequency rises. With the dedicated 6" midrange in our fEARful™ cabinets, the midrange is distributed in a hemisphere around the cabinet, so it sounds great on stage to the player and out in the audience.
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...for that extra sizzle
Many players find that the midrange offers superb treble response, however the optional tweeter will add that bit of air and snap for slappers, 6 stringers, harmonic pluckers, and anyone who can coax the very top end out of their instrument. Even if you find that you don't need the extra top end, all of our cabinets come with a variable level control for the tweeter mounted right on the jack plate so that you can tailor it to your sound.
