Merton

Found it:

https://www.talkbass.com/threads/trace-elliot-design.1521151/page-8#post-26263258

Both the TE and the MiniMega use Peavey proprietary design, based on the IPR series; not ICE. Fred also confirms the TE is in no way a rebadged MiniMega, it is its own design outright (incl power amp and power supply) 

45 minutes ago, Russ said:

The power section is, as in many Class D heads, an ICEPower module, similar to that in the MiniMega (with a bit more power), but the preamp section is completely different to anything Peavey have done. 

 

The TE team at Peavey are all Trace fanboys and were fastidious about maintaining the "Trace tone" - the pre-shape EQ boosts and cuts the exact same frequencies as on the classic amps, the dual-band compressor is basically the same as the one on the old SMX heads, and the gain staging is designed to work pretty much identically to the classic designs. They even enlisted a bunch of Trace fans online to get their opinions on what they were doing (including, if I'm not mistaken, on this very site, as well as on TB).

 

Basically, this is a lot more than a rebadged Peavey head. 

The power section isn’t ICE, it’s based on a Peavey IPR power amp I think? Happy to be told I’m wrong but I’m sure that’s what Fred @ Peavey said on Talkbass

Think I might have sussed the compressor. Huzzah!

1 minute ago, Russ said:

I've been having to deal with the input gain thing again recently - I recently got two new Maruszczyk basses, and they're wonderful. The only weird thing is, despite having pretty hot pickups and active 18V electronics, the actual output from the jack socket is quite low, so I'm having to deal with the input gain / compressor interaction again. To my ear, it also affects the EQ. It's fiddly but I'm not going to shy away from a challenge! 

It gives us an excuse to play if nothing else 😎

And I can only imagine how this works with a Big Twin given its affinity with the Super Twin!

@JGSpector that’s similar to where I run the gain - good to know ref the comp settings!

Great review! Thoroughly agree about the gig bag, the rubber handle protector on mine has already started falling apart so that’s annoying. 

I run mine through one or two Barefaced Two10s, and recently like you @JGSpector bought a Super Twin. Took a bit of dialling in as I was used to the Barefaced Tens but now I’m there… my word. Levelling a city block indeed! You mentioned an input level LED but I’m not sure it does have one? My ex-demo one certainly doesn’t… Doesn’t really bother me though, it seems to have oodles of input headroom so it’s not an issue.

I’ve found the amp to be a perfect platform for effects - it seems to make everything just sound great, whatever goes in (maybe except my playing haha). I need to play around with the compressor more as I’ve not quite dialled that in yet - will try your suggestions. I’ve found the comp is affected greatly by the input gain (understandably) so just need to get a better handle on the interaction. One for Saturday afternoon 😃

I’ve had a mixed bag of experiences with them but most recent was a secondhand Barefaced Super Twin. Bought on a whim on night last December when I was home alone and unsupervised, arrived less than 48 hours later well packed and with a nice hand written note on the box. (Dubious idea that - advertising the contents! But a nice touch)

On 02/01/2024 at 21:04, cetera said:

Oh go on then, I'll play 😉

 

I have a Hamer Scarab, white and just like the one Rick Savage played with Def Leppard around the Hysteria time....

 

I also have 3 (yes, three!) incredibly rare Hamer Impact basses. These were designed with Kip Winger and are amazing looking and sounding instruments...

One in black marble, one in red and one in copper....

 

Love them all!

That white Scarab…. One day I will have enough money to persuade you to part with it 😄

37 minutes ago, Woody1957 said:

The first massive bargain of 2024!

Agreed! Stupendous price, surely can’t last long…

I’m in!

I was visiting my sister earlier this year and went there with my son, with the express intention of trying a couple of basses and buying him some drum hardware.

As has already been mentioned, the “in stock” basses were in the warehouse, not the store, so it screwed that part of the plan.

We then went to the screens to order the drum hardware (it feels like Argos in that respect!) and they couldn’t find the very item I had loaded on my phone clearly stating in stock. It couldn’t even find the page for it. Daft.

Thankfully they have people who are good at pretending you’re not there unless you make a point of interrupting them after waiting 5 minutes for acknowledgement of existence and we ended up getting what we had gone there to get.

So…. Mixed bag as a shop. Probably more set up to be an online resource?

Does the Eden sound good? If so maybe you can find two 8 ohm versions of that cab, assuming Eden made them of course…?

What is it about the can that makes it not right? Can prob point you at other options with that info

3 hours ago, MacDaddy said:

My backup bass. Good enough to gig, and I have.

 

 

 

Got a great pic of MiniMert with that at the London Bass Guitar show in 2018 😎

In terms of backups I always take a spare bass and a spare amp these days. Sometimes the second bass gets an airing but depends on my mood and songs in the set etc 🤓

2 hours ago, AndyTravis said:

My worst has literally happened in the last 15 hours.

 

how did I discover this purchase?

 

when eBay sent a payment reminder.

 

god love p*ssed me…

Pics or it didn’t happen 😃

1 hour ago, Mickeyboro said:

What is Naked Bass?

 

And what is that white bass?

The name of the band - thankfully I don’t have to live up to that name or there’d be no-one in the pub 🤣

The white bass is an ACG TKO Classic - quite the beast of an instrument. 30.5” scale, limba body with figured ash top, ash neck with rock lite “ebony” fingerboard. ACG pickups styled on a J and a P, passive volume tone 4 way selector switch (J, both parallel, both series, P). It’s a rock machine!

Loud (possibly too loud…)

Lots of drunk people 

Fun.

Depping for @Graham again 🤓

First gig with my (new to me) Super Twin, it did not disappoint. I still need more time to tweak the EQs in my HX preamps to suit the difference between this and my Two10 cabs but it sounded pretty good (from where I was standing…)

Had one punter come take a closer look at my board and rig but he disappeared so no idea what he actually thought 😆

Home for a rest before the madness of Christmas…

EDIT TO ADD:

I didn’t play great the whole night. Some of the songs seems to get stuck under my fingers for some reason. It was the first time I’d played Treasure (Bruno Mars) and was looking forward to it but played it like a turnip 🤦🏼‍♂️

Ooooft, that is sexy 😍

1 hour ago, Tjohnlee said:

Thanks to Balcro, Bassman Paul, and apologies to all! I just received, in less than 36hrs, an HD115 from Samson/ Hartke! I bolted right in and I just played "Little Guitars" by VH, and "Young" by Nickle Creek! The transient attack is better! But the look is gone, it looks like I have 410s on top of 1 10, but I'm not so vain! Love Carly, I was there on Martha's Vinyard. Maybe I will try the 15 on top of the 410! Fresh strings are next!   

Definitely put the 15 on top. The 4x10 can handle more power so having the 15 closer to your ears means you can hear when it’s starting to struggle

Nice cab! Heavy but sound lush

12 minutes ago, asingardenof said:

Also worth mentioning that the value the amp gives is going to be for when it's going flat out, so if you're never getting the volume past halfway then having a cab with a lower wattage rating than the amp isn't necessarily a cause for concern. If you are then just add another cab  

But also… the volume control does not necessarily correspond in any way to the output power, coz of the various ways manufacturers build things and make all the volume in the first 1/3 of dial movement (for example…)

7 minutes ago, BassAdder60 said:

Ashdown Neo cabs or RM series ? 

My thoughts exactly.

RM800 and then either Pro Neo or RM cabs.

That said there’s a Genz Benz Streamliner in the classifieds for a frankly ridiculously low price of £220 which is well worth a look.

So yes. Depends on budget and what cabs you can get…

3 minutes ago, BassAdder60 said:

Although I agree but a decent lightweight 2x 12 4 ohm cab is all you need but the challenge is getting a reasonably priced lightweight cab. 
Two small 1 x12 8 ohm cabs are easier for carrying if you find a decent make / model 
 

Everything is relative to what each person considers a weight to carry as acceptable. My Ampeg SVT212AV cab is 30kg approx and it’s an easy carry if you are strong but I wouldn’t want to carry it up flights of stairs ! 
 

At the end of the day the budget will determine how good and how light 

Agreed. The irony with my previous post is that I’ve just bought a Super Twin so I can use my Trace TE1200 with a single cab on loud gigs, because I’m lazy and don’t want to carry two cabs, an amp, basses and a pedalboard 🤣🤣

22 minutes ago, cetera said:

 

So you also play in another band with another female singer I work with? Not just Wendy.... but Sally as well?! Small world!

Blimey! Certainly is! Sally is the sometime-singer, it’s a bit of a rotating door with singers and drummers. Her brother Pete sometimes plays with this band too 😀