Trace Elliot - Rescue & Restore (and bargain finds)

[Hypo199]

1 hour ago, Rosie C said:

I've a couple of questions - did the 15" cabinets not have Trace Elliot badges? There's no sign it ever had one. 

This appears to have one but it may have been added by the owner.
 

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/306528129319

TBH I can't remember many cabs having them back in the day, or if they did they didn't retain them for long. I guess many badges were rattled loose by the monster tones and left lying on a stage floor somewhere, probably out of reach of the now crippled owner who'd had to get the cab out of the venue into the van. 

[Rosie C]

32 minutes ago, Hypo199 said:

TBH I can't remember many cabs having them back in the day, or if they did they didn't retain them for long. I guess many badges were rattled loose by the monster tones and left lying on a stage floor somewhere, probably out of reach of the now crippled owner who'd had to get the cab out of the venue into the van. 

The badge on my 2x10" is riveted on but there are no holes on the 15". But then in that ebay listing the badge looks stuck on. Hmm...

An unexpected bonus is the valve pre-amp. I wasn't expecting that and haven't had any kind of valve amp before 😊

 

[Stub Mandrel]

I think some were jyst held on by hot melt.

 

@Rosie C I can 3d print one for you if you dont mind painting it yourself.

 

This is my design:

 

https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:6675528

 

[Sparky Mark]

2 hours ago, Rosie C said:

Well I did it! We went to view an AH300 tonight. I took my fretless jazz to try it and it sounded fantastic! Lovely condition, and it came with original manuals, sales receipt and the pedal board. Flippin' heavy though. Sadly my partner bought it for me for Christmas so no playing with it for a few weeks. ☹️

 

I have a couple of questions - did the 15" cabinets not have Trace Elliot badges? There's no sign it ever had one. 
 

Also the electro fluorescent front panel doesn't work, the seller said he thought it was deliberately disconnected, so that's something to look at. Any suggestions where to start with that?

Anyway thanks for all the advice and opinions, I'm very happy with it!  😊

Have you looked through this thread yet? There's a lot of brochures showing the badges used over time.