King Tut

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Well I guess only the design team could answer that. I'd like to think the peeps at Trace/Peavey have done their homework, particularly as they're trying to put the Trace name back in the 'Limelight' (see what I did there!) I guess only time will tell in terms of failure rate. Fingers crossed!

Correct! But imho ELF watts are bigger than some other class D watts!

And it also depends on how efficient your cabs are as well . . . .

I think it depends how you're using it. I feel quite confident. I have pa backup so it wasn't flat out. Although it got warm, it wasn't ouchy too hot to touch at the end of the gig. If you're using it for massive volume and expecting it to fill the venue without a pa . . . . Well that kind of expectation is unrealistic.

Turn the high mids up on your amp

Last week I had a Trace Elliott Elf delivered. The plan is to use it as a nice portable spare in case my GK MB500 dies at a gig. I thought I'd give it a run for it's money at our gig last night, which was at a medium sized pub with decent PA support - The Red Lion at Brackley. I ran it through a Barefaced Big baby 2 (Gen 3) using an AVRI 64 reissue Jazz and a Zoom B3n. The cab was stuck on a chair to bring it closer to head height. To be fair, because I'm stuck towards the back most of the time, I don't need to be silly loud, but it's a five piece band and we're not quiet. Being radioe'd up I also go walkabout and I was never short of volume. First impressions are obviously just how small the thing is, but it really has a nice quality feel to it . . . nice and dense and 'together' feeling! As I feared I'd be short on volume I pushed master up to nearly full and controlled volume with the gain control, but needn't have worried as there was volume in spades, so I pulled the master down a bit and upped the gain. I could hear a bit of (not sure) either compression (from the pre) or limiting (from the power amp) but it sounded OK and never put me off. The EQ has a really musical character that reminded me a bit of my Hartke LH500 in as much as it was pretty easy to get something that sounded decent. It wasn't a scooped tone to my ears and I rolled the mid off a little, but it was really warm - tbh I loved it, much less 'crispy' than the GK. The gig was quite eventful with one of our guitarists forgetting to bring his pedal board, four boys in blue (actually hi vis yellow) ejecting someone and a lady hueying all over the area next to the playing area, but my little elf didn't bat a slanty eyelid. It had got quite warm by the end of the gig but nothing i thought was excessive. Overall I'm really chuffed with it and I think it'll be getting a bit more use than planned. I'll be interested to experiment a bit more with the gain and master volume to see which end is getting limited / compressed but first impressions are very positive! Happy King Tut!

A couple of years ago, I bought a four string Bubinga passive Corvette from here, in great condition Inc lovely hard case for £450, so I'd say it's well overpriced. Just be patient until something more realistically priced comes along.

I just put the address into Google Maps and it looks like a residential property, not a shop or warehouse. If something looks to good to be true, it usually is!

I use one of these regularly. I've never had an issue with the battery door, however . . . . for a while, i kept getting dropouts. In order to overcome this i did the following: 1. I stopped leaving the receiver on top of my amp and placed it on the floor. Apparently, they don't like metal underneath them as it affects reception 2. When setting it up, i choose the channel that has the least interference, indicated by the reception lights on the receiver. 3. The transmitter has two modes - RF-1 and RF-2. The newer ones ship with RF-2 programmed, This is designed to minimise interference with wifi devices. I've changed mine back to RF-1. Do an online search to find out how as i can't remember and it's not obvious. It now works faultlessly. I use rechargeable batteries in it and charge before each gig.

Thank you Charic!

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Thanks guys

The impossible dream maybe, but I'm looking at getting back into fronting a trio playing Rock and Pop in pubs. In order to minimise the amount of gear I cart about, I was thinking of running the bass straight into the PA. In order to minimise the amount of PA, I was wondering if anyone had used a PA with just two 12' powered speakers and no subs and successfully ran bass and kick through them as well as vox and guitar. A couple of units I'd been considering were FBT X-Lite 12's and Yamaha DXR 12's, Just playing small to medium sized pubs. I'd obviously have a monitor or two to run the bass as well as vox through for stage sound. Thanks in advance and have a fab weekend!

+1 on the Sandberg VM or VT. Very versatile. I was really lucky and picked up a Yamaha BB1100s from crack converters for silly money but you can often pick em up for about £250. A massive amount of bass for peanuts!

Here's my take on it from a gig . . . https://youtu.be/GKuOKL-h6Wk

I think you did totally the right thing. If the drummer knew he was 'getting away with it he should've left of his own accord then the rest of the band wouldn't have been put in the awkward position that you were by having to sack him.