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BassStars5

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  • Birthday 21/08/1980

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  1. I've always been a heavy lugger. You really can't beat proper iron core transformers in my opinion. I've always avoided class D amps, until very recently. After using a MarkBass Jeff Berlin at a gig where backlibe was provided (St Moritz in Soho), I was very impressed. So now I have both worlds to deal with. The JB can do old school like the Ampeg very well. I was Trace Elliot for many many years. The MDF made products. They sounded fantastic.
  2. My TRB 5 Fretless and my Marshall VBA400 with VBC412.
  3. My rigs: Ampeg SVT CL (mid 2000's) and a Marshall VBC810 (2000) Marshall VBA400 and Marshall VBC412 (both 2007) grille removed for inspection.
  4. Sounds good. I use a 2 amp setup, 2 Trace Elliot's, a 7210 300w 2x10 combo and a AH300 300w head and 1x15 cab. Mine is routed:- instrument > a/b/y switch then output A goes to pedalboard then to the 7210 combo. Output B goes direct to AH300 head and 1x15 cab giving a clean bass underneath at all times. It really fattens up and makes the overdrive sound much more solid, ala Muse (as mentioned above), RATM, Chili's, etc.
  5. These are great amps! Still using mine since I bought it in 2000. Mad price for people not to jump at it! These will walk all over any Class D amp any day...
  6. That 715 can run an extension cab. As I said before it will put out 280w when run at 4ohms. The front panel layout tells me that that model was the last type they did before Trace Elliot went in the early 2000's.
  7. The old Trace stuff is excellent. I use a the carpet covered GP7 series amps. Bought a 7210 300w combo brand new in 2000 from Flying Pig. Still using it to this day. The combo alone has more than enough poke to cover most medium to large gigs. Never had a reliability issue. Apart from Trace, the only other amps I've touched are Ampeg (V4B original USA made one, SVT3 Pro, SVT410HLF, SVT410HE and SVT15E), and I've ended up selling all of them and gone back to the Trace. The Ampeg stuff made you sound like everyone else with an Ampeg, whereas I feel the Trace stuff is transparent, let's you sound like you. Not only that, all the old stuff is fitted with original UK made Celestions, which sound great in my opinion. Better than US sounding Eminence speakers. Yes, the carpet stuffs enclosures are made out of MDF, making it very heavy, but after using birch ply cabs, I actually think MDF sounds better. You get the pure sound of the speakers, whereas I found Birch Ply can sound 'boxy'. All the old Traces power ratings were labelled up much more honestly as well. Like my 7210 combo its labelled as 300w and it is in its stand alone condition running at 8ohms, it then puts out 580w when another 8ohm cab is added, making it run at 4ohms. Not like 'all' other companies that state its a 500w amp, but only when you run it at 4ohms... The 150w ones run at 280w when run at 4ohms. My advice would be to go for a 300w Trace, having used a 150w one myself at a couple of gigs, I found it had to cranked quite high to keep up with the band, making for not a lot of headroom. I was also running it at 4ohms at the time. You won't go wrong with the old Trace Elliot gear. I've heard people having more problems with the new Peavey stuff than the old.
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