Fettsman

One in, one out. You know the score. Had this for a year, it's a fantastic bass but my '93 Sterling does all of this and more so it's up for grabs. It was made on the 5th of August 2010. All original, all working fine. A few battle scars to the body near the jack/control plate and a bit of buckle rash in the usual place. There is a little damage to the finish on the end of the headstock too, just cosmetic. It came with a couple of spare scratch plates in torty and grey pearloid. Musicman hard case too.

Just had this nugget of information from the previous owner.

I'm dipping my toe in the water here. I saw this back in October and was pretty much taken straight away. Went and bought it. It's an amazing bass to play, fantastic range of sounds from the Delano pickups and two band eq with passive option. You'll either love or hate the aesthetics of it. The body is a greatest hits of four of Sandberg's finest finishes. My personal highlight being the heavily distressed Sherwood Green (?) section. The attention to detail is fantastic with the bell plate changing from chrome to gold as appropriate. So in terms of electronics, it's fitted with a pair of Delano pickups, the bridge pickup having a single/dual coil switch. Pull the volume pot out and the preamp is bypassed with the treble control changing to a passive treble roll off. Comes with the original Sandberg gig bag and a comfort strap with Dunlop strap-locks. I love this bass but I think it's just a bit flamboyant for me. I'm used to a Stingray for 5 string jobs and at a gig the other night I took both and the Stingray won out. So I'm testing the water here, not desperate to sell but I'm thinking some one else will suit this better. If anyone wants to trade for a Stingray 5, we might be able to thrash something out. Meet up or collection only I'm afraid, as it has no hard case.

Price dropped. Getting fed up of tripping over it in the hallway!!!

The cabs in the post above have gone just the head left. Price dropped for head to £225

There’s a 7 pin xlr socket mirroring the foot switch connector. it’s a head, born and bred.

I have this head up for sale too. Grab the lot for £400

Add these to make the classic smaller Trace stack. £400 for the lot!

Potential buyer (on FB Marketplace) gone to ground so up for grabs again!

Just lifted the lid and here's the date sticker: . How very palindromic!

This is the last of the Trace heads before they went under around the turn of the century. It's the rack mounted AH300-12 head. It comes in a Roadready 3U flight case . I put a ventilation panel in the spare 1U space. The amp is in full working order and was gigged regularly until the time of the pandemic. I've gone and bought a load of lightweight gear (I'm no spring chicken!) and so this has been sat in the cupboard doing nowt. A fantastic amp with the superb Trace dual compressor circuit. The switchable valve drive circuit is very usable too. Switchable parallel or series effects loop and switchable 12 band graphic and preshape. There are a few holes drilled in the top panel to improve airflow for cooling. On the back there is a speakon socket in parallel with the 1/4" jack speaker outputs. Also a 7 pin xld socket which parallels the foot switch socket. The front panel illumination is in full working order and stays on all night. I fitted the Trace modification to the front panel illumination board which stops the lights going out if there's a power fluctuation. Comes with a kettle lead and a couple of Speakon cables. I'm asking £250 for it. It's heavy so postage would be expensive and impractical. A meet up or collection would be preferable.

£150 anyone?

To be honest the drivers where chosen for weight and availability! I couldn’t hear much of a change in sound or response.

All well here! It's a great combination of cabs but once you've gigged with an 12kg 4x10" there's not going back. Still loving the Stingray 5!!

Let's see if anyone will nibble at £175 for the pair. There's nearly £300 worth of Celestion drivers in there!

Price dropped to £200 to shift. I need the space!!!!

Price dropped to £40

Price dropped to £75

Price dropped to £275

Sorry for the slow response! By my bathroom scales, its 29Kg for the 2x10" and 25 for the 1x15" I'd love to know how heavy they were with the original drivers in!

I've just invested in one of those fancy carbon fibre cabs so I'm selling these two beauties. The 2x10" is the 2103H model and has been retrofitted with 2 Celestion BN10-300x Neodymium drivers. 8 Ohm total impedance. 600W power handling. Weighs a hell of a lot less than the originals! The 1x15" is the 1153 model. Fitted with a Celestion BN 15-300S Neodymium driver. 8 Ohm impedance. Again a massive weight saving from the original. Both cabs are manufactured from MDF with a plywood front panel. Covered in the dark grey Tolex. Very few nicks to the finish. All four tuning port plugs are included. XLR sockets have been replaced with Speakon connectors. The Trace Elliot badge has cracked on the 15" cab and the bottom tuning port on the 2x10 has been damaged. They sound fantastic with the new speakers separately and as a pair. I'm just too old to be lugging them about! This is obviously a collection or meet up as I can't get them couriered.

I’ve no idea what possessed me to do that! Thanks for pointing that out.