A Hill Country bar where the cabinets live in the trees and the stage runs 24/7 weather.

A Hill Country bar plus restaurant plus outdoor live stage plus fire-pit patio plus indoor sit-down all sharing one operational system. We hid weatherized 12-inch coaxials in the trees along the patio perimeter, mounted others on poles for the seating zones, and ran a single 18 sub for the outdoor stage that handles touring bands without bothering the highway noise floor. Inside: single 9 coaxials and a single 15 sub for the indoor stage. The whole thing runs off one FBS control network.

Hill Country Outdoor Bar + Restaurant (Screaming Goat)On-camera with the operator

Texas Hill CountryBulverde, TX

Capacity200 to 400 (indoor + outdoor) guests

YearEstablished 2022

The brief

What the owners told us going in.

The operator wanted a multi-zone venue that did not feel like four separate rooms. Outdoor patio sits next to a busy state highway (high noise floor), so the system had to push through ambient road noise without being unpleasant. The indoor bar has a small live stage. The outdoor stage hosts live bands several nights a week. Multiple zones, multiple weather conditions, year-round Texas heat and cold and rain.

The build

What we put in the room.

Role	Product	Qty	Why this cabinet
Patio perimeter speakers	Weatherized 12-inch coaxials	6+ cabinets in trees and on poles	Hidden in trees and mounted on perimeter poles. Polyurea finish handles Texas weather (sun, rain, cold) year-round. Multiple cabinets distribute coverage evenly so no single position is loud.
Outdoor stage sub	Dual 18 production sub	1 cabinet	Single dual 18 handles touring bands on the outdoor stage. Sized appropriately for the outdoor reverberant field; bigger would project past the property line.
Outdoor stage tops	Weatherized 12-inch coaxial pair	2 cabinets, stage front	Same weatherized coaxials, deployed as front-of-house tops for the live stage. Touring bands describe being skeptical when they see the rig, then impressed when they hear it.
Indoor bar tops	Single 9 horn-loaded full-range	4 cabinets	Compact single 9 with 90 by 60 horn. Small footprint inside the bar; reads clean at conversation level + party level.
Indoor stage sub	Single 15 install sub	1 cabinet	BB15 for the indoor stage. Small footprint per the indoor space premium; provides real low end without crowding the room.
Multi-zone control	FBS network DSP across all 4 zones	1 main + wireless surfaces	Outdoor patio, outdoor stage, indoor bar, indoor stage each route independently. The bar staff runs everyday operation off a single control surface; the FOH engineer at the outdoor stage can override during shows.

The result

How it performs.

The front-of-house engineer at the venue describes the cabinets as "some of the best sleeper cabinets I have ever worked with. Touring bands roll up, see the gear, and ask whether it will be loud enough. The minute the sub comes on, their eyes light up. They come to me afterward saying these are really impressive cabinets." The outdoor system runs through every Texas weather extreme and the indoor zones never bleed into the patio.

In their own words

What the operators said.

From the interview

Josh

Front of House Engineer

My name is Josh. I am the front of house here at the Screaming Goat Yard Tavern in Spring Branch, Texas. I just want to give a little quick review on BASSBOSS cabinets. They are some of the best sleeper cabinets I have ever worked with. I will have bands from all over the country roll up, and they will see the subs, they will see the tops, and they will be like, oh, well, is there going to be enough output? Is it going to be loud enough? Is it going to have enough frequency spectrum? And I tell them, just you wait and see. The minute they hear the sub come on, their eyes light up. They are grinning ear to ear. And they are coming to me afterwards saying, these are some really impressive cabinets. So BASSBOSS, whatever you do, keep it up.

Inside the room