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    Trace Elliot

    in Amps and Cabs

    Posted

    Hi Chris,

    As has been mentioned previously you cant go wrong with the older Trace gear. I've been playing through Trace stuff since buying my first rig in '86 (MKV AH150 with GP11 pre & MKV 1048 cab) and have never looked back.
    I recently bought a really nice MKV AH250 from a fellow basschatter and have aquired a couple of 1518 cabs so I basically have 2 Trace rigs now: AH150 with 1518 cab and AH250 with a 1518 & 1048 on top!
    As my missus continually points out, there's absolutely no need for both rigs so, very reluctantly, the AH150 and one of the 15" cabs have to go. (I'll [i]eventually[/i] get round to placing an ad in the For Sale section at some point I'm sure!)
    It's a shameless plug I know but here's your chance to own a classic TE rig at a very reasonable price :)
    PM me if interested

    Your first bass.

    in Bass Guitars

    Posted

    Behold the monstrosity that was [url="http://www.watkinsguitars.co.uk/basses.htm"]My First Bass![/url] :)

    Old man bought it off a friend for me in 1982/3. It was strung with four different strings (including one blue nylon thing) and played like sh*te!
    I ended up painting it black with some Dulux gloss. :)

    MusicMan Stingray Bass

    in eBay - Weird and Wonderful

    Posted · Edited by johnDeereJack

    Not much of a MM fan but I agree with Moos3h; that IS lovely! The only thing ruining it for me is that dreadful clear PG.

    First thing I'd do if I won the bass would be to remove said PG and set fire to it so no-one else could defile such a nice looking instrument with it! :)

    PS - Jazz Bass is really nice as well. I take it this person likes their basses to look natural then?

    Trace Elliot heads - which is your favourite model and why ?

    in Amps and Cabs

    Posted

    [quote name='Delberthot' post='1261855' date='Jun 8 2011, 09:09 PM']I forgot about the Mk V 1518 cab...

    ...I was offered an obscene amount of money for it and away it went[/quote]

    I tried to get rid of one of my 1518's on here as spares/repair (voice coil had finally given up the ghost after 20odd years) and couldn't shift it for love nor money!
    I decided to keep it and now have a Fane Axiom 15-300B on order from Blue Aran. :)

    Trace Elliot heads - which is your favourite model and why ?

    in Amps and Cabs

    Posted

    I'm still using the old TE MKV stuff.

    I have a MKV AH150 which I've owned since 1986 (bought together with a 1048) and as Delberthot says it's an absolute cracking head. I totally refuse to part with it even though I recently purchased a MKV AH250 from a fellow BC'er.
    I just love the old Trace stuff; built like tanks and the sound is second to none. I currently own the two MKV heads along with two MKV 1518's and a MKV 1048 and I can only see me adding to the gear I have.

    And yes, Chris Thorneybank is your man for all things Trace! :)

    Fretless Porn

    in Gear Gallery

    Posted

    OK, my avatar is my custom 1987-8 Larkin Recter Fretless 4B:
    Mahogany body and neck, Irish Walnut veneer with matching headstock, Ebony lined board, Schaller hardware, Kent Armstrong humbuckers, 3band active eq (can't remember what make the preamp is) currently strung with Rotosound 55's.

    Attached pic is a before/after of my modified Squier Vintage Modified fretless:
    Gotoh 301, fake grounding strip, tort pg, Fender pull-bar, Fender pup cover, Fender style Jazz Bass knobs, new switchcraft & CTS electrics with an old .05 cap and wired for series/parallel. Currently strung with Rotosound 66's.

    [attachment=80254:Fretless...ison_001.JPG]

    I'll post more pics if anyone's interested.

    [i]I rather like fretless basses! [/i] :)

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