FJ1200 Posted February 9, 2008 Share Posted February 9, 2008 (edited) Thought I'd add to the general mele here and throw some photos in the pot... Does anyone know anything about the GA140? Had it years, 15" speaker, once I replace the gain pot it should be ok - gain is very crackly. Tried contact cleaner but no good. Bit of a hum but not overbearing. I tend to use my Boss compressor than the one on the amp though as it changes the sound too much, unless I want to change it of course. The little Trace Elliot I got off eBay for £40 2 years ago. The Aria was cheap and is playable, but once I get some cash I'll try something a bit different. Edited February 9, 2008 by FJ1200 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gary mac Posted February 9, 2008 Share Posted February 9, 2008 Welcome. Does that acoustic sound as good as it looks? sorry don't know anything about the GA. Think you got a good deal with the little Trace. All the best Gary Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianrunci Posted February 9, 2008 Share Posted February 9, 2008 [quote name='FJ1200' post='137004' date='Feb 9 2008, 10:16 AM']Thought I'd add to the general mele here and throw some photos in the pot... Does anyone know anything about the GA140? Had it years, 15" speaker, once I replace the gain pot it should be ok - gain is very crackly. Tried contact cleaner but no good. Bit of a hum but not overbearing. I tend to use my Boss compressor than the one on the amp though as it changes the sound too much, unless I want to change it of course. The little Trace Elliot I got off eBay for £40 2 years ago. The Aria was cheap and is playable, but once I get some cash I'll try something a bit different.[/quote] I had an Ohm GA-140 in the early eighties, it was a great amp. Ohm were originally launched from a company called Leech which was based in Manchester UK. They still make PA gear, in fact I have an Ohm MR-450 stereo sub bass cab. They made quite a range of guitar and bass gear and were quite highly regarded at the time of their introduction and were kind of a working mans Trace Elliot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FJ1200 Posted February 9, 2008 Author Share Posted February 9, 2008 (edited) Thanks very much for that Ian - I've been trying for ages to find something out about them! I seem to remember seeing some of their gear around in he 80's. The 15" does get a bit out of control sometimes and has a wall-shaking capability but we had a large extension built 3 years ago and since we live on a corner the neighbours are a fair way away so I now play in the new study. The CL sounds a bit naff - needs new strings, the pickup is a transducer-type that sounds a bit too punchy and trebbly (is that a word?) for my liking and it's very neck-heavy. I'm thinking of trying some new nylon accoustic bass strings - don't know idf anyone has any experience with them? Never seen another CL bass though. More pics here (but this is an amps and cabs list so better keep this short) [url="http://entertainment.webshots.com/album/562326978NtgwUU"]http://entertainment.webshots.com/album/562326978NtgwUU[/url] Edited February 9, 2008 by FJ1200 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Foxen Posted February 19, 2008 Share Posted February 19, 2008 I just won a GA140 head on ebay, google gave me your profile, haha. Only one who bid. Whats it like then? Solid state of joy? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodl2005 Posted February 29, 2008 Share Posted February 29, 2008 Nylon wound-or tapewound acoustic bass strings are great & give a warm almost uprite-ish sound to a trebly ac. bass. Try some ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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