SimonK

I think it is an example of trying to keep their headline rate down while still having increased income. Something AirBnB, budget airlines (among many others) do wherein the headline cost is quite low to attract the business but then they hit you with all the extra charges. I think the trick is to ensure the extra charges slide under the radar becasuse if they get publicly exposed - like here - there is a PR beating! Thus said I wonder if they would have got away with maybe a 5% charge with less criticism...

Hi - I'm not far away from you - what is the power rating, and I am guessing the impedence is 8 Ohm? Could you post a picture of the back panel as well?

I busked between the ages of 16 and about 20, earning loads more than many of my friends working in shops etc. We actually used it as much for practicing as a band as well so figured better to get paid to practice than not! For me it was perhaps the only time in my life where being a musician made economic sense. It's been almost thirty years since I last did this, but I suspect with the decline of cash it may have become less lucrative.

That's pretty awesome!

I'm not convinced it's wise for people to try to sell their own second hand gear on this thread - I'm really trying to be nice and not comment directly on their prices as given the topic of this thread it should be relatively clear that dirt cheap is what we are talking about (i.e. no more than £50 to £100 for cabs and probably £150 max for almost all the heads with the exception of the twin and quatro valves)!

I'm saluting in awe - well played sir (although how close is it genuine Kawazaki 777 which was the paint TE used?)

Guitarist Keyboardist Horn Players Drummer Singers Any other Musician The audience Pub/venue landlord Anyone on the roads/public transport in my way when driving to the gig Family Friends Work colleagues Strangers People generally Animals ....seems I get annoyed easily!

Nice - we do plenty of those as well - although I've recently become "that" band member who can never make practice and only rocks up an hour or so before the service for one run through before we play...

Nothing says 80s/90s tone more to me than a Warwick (Thumb/Streamer/Corvette) into a Trace Elliot (the bigger the better!).

Really sorry I didn't make it in the end - I underestimated how long the remembrance parades would go on for, and by the time we got home it was too late to get up to you guys (the mountain of trace cabs I was going to bring also intimidated me out of loading them into the car!). But if we get a date for next year I will put it straight in my diary although would prefer to avoid remembrance Sunday if at all possible!

The picture of the 1153T that you found online is probably a mark 5 or 6 cab, so at least ten years older than yours (or more). If they have carpeting they are from the late 1990s (my favourites), and as mentioned the riveted on logo started being a thing when manufacturing moved abroad. I haven't seen the carpeting AND the riveted logo before which makes me suspicious that this was one of the very last UK made cabs that was probably sold with the new logo between the beginning of the Gibson ('98) then Peavey ('05) eras.

Good job - life is always better with a bigger Trace Elliot stack! Re the badge on the 15, lots of people who like this orientation took them off because they didn't like the badge on sideways (I do, and then hook them back on). I suspect if you look closely at the grill on what would be the top right in the picture above you may see some signs of it being removed. If the logo on the 2x10 is riveted on this will be a very late example of these cabs, possibly left over stock from when they went to Peavey. Although I haven't got this specific head I'm pretty certain there wasn't a black light. Instead everything green will fluoresce under black light. I bought some very cheap black light strips from ebay when I did my cab project and they make the amps look awesome:

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That's irritating - I was in York this time last week - but as you say a £50 flight case with an amp to fix!