PeteBassMan

Hi Mick, If you are still thinking of getting new Trace Elliot stuff, I would suggest that you spend some serious time trying it out in the shop before making up your mind. Recently I had my very old TE 2x10 GP12 SMX combo that I have used for years seriously damaged, and as I liked the sound and gear so much, I simply ordered a new (and eye-wateringly expense) replacement. I also use this with a TE 15" compact bottom cab. Buying the new stuff turned out to be a very bad move. In comparison to the old stuff, the sound for the new stuff is horribly weak, and no amount of buggering about with it seems to produce the drive and and tight sound that I used to get with the original gear. It also buzzed and farted a lot when I first got it. Had I not had a gig that I needed it for the following night, the whole pile of steaming nonsense would have been sent back. Instead I simply tw**ed the top of the amp hard, and the buzzing and farting has not returned since. Doesn't say a lot for the build quality though does it? Something else that I find annoying is that when powered up the amp does not remember the fact that I had stuff like eq, compressor etc switched in or out, but instead decides that what I really want is the 'classic' TE settings instead. Err, no, if that is what I had wanted then that is what I would have set it to. Oh, and as a matter of interest the 'classic' TE setting sounds nothing like the original TE that I replaced! It leaves me wondering if they are using cheap and nasty components (maybe the speakers?) and simply trading on the name they used to have. I would suggest (IMHO) that the new TE stuff is best avoided. Cheers, Pete.