TRACE ELLIOT V-TYPE V8 400W VALVE TUBE AMP HEAD...SOLD! £2500 Hertfordshire.

[Guest]

Trace Elliot V8 400w Valve Tube Amp Head.

Beautiful, Rare amp in superb condition.

This Actual Amp Belonged To John Entwistle And Was Used At His Last Ever Concert With The Who @ The Albert Hall, UK Before He Sadly Passed Away In 2002. 

It Was Acquired From His Estate After His Death By Former Trace Elliot Boss, Mr Clive Roberts.

There Is An Accompanying Hand-written Letter Signed By Mr Roberts.

 

Regardless Of History, This Amp Is Very, Very Rare With Only Around 200 Ever Made.

 All Enquiries Regarding This Amplifier Are Welcome.

 

Thank You For Watching

Edited November 16, 2019 by MB1
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[Daz39]

Beautiful.

How much?!?!

[Guest]

3 minutes ago, Daz39 said:

Beautiful.

How much?!?!

Peanuts for such a rare beast! 

[TheGreek]

Welcome to the Forum....this is some way to introduce yourself...

[T-Bay]

If only I had won the euro lottery.......

[Guest]

41 minutes ago, T-Bay said:

If only I had won the euro lottery.......

Depends how seriously you take your tone? 😉

Avoid HPF’s like the plaque unless you wanna sound like Bill Wyman 😂😂😭

[T-Bay]

1 hour ago, Who’s Interested said:

Depends how seriously you take your tone? 😉

Avoid HPF’s like the plaque unless you wanna sound like Bill Wyman 😂😂😭

I have desired a TE V8 for a VERY long time, I even went to the extent of getting the circuit diagrams and seeing if an electronics engineer mate could build one with me. Sadly there are some bits that are almost impossible to get hold of and a guy in America with a few wasn’t keen on letting his tiny stock go for a ‘replica’. This will make its new owner incredibly happy, of that I am sure.

[Guest]

7 hours ago, T-Bay said:

I have desired a TE V8 for a VERY long time, I even went to the extent of getting the circuit diagrams and seeing if an electronics engineer mate could build one with me. Sadly there are some bits that are almost impossible to get hold of and a guy in America with a few wasn’t keen on letting his tiny stock go for a ‘replica’. This will make its new owner incredibly happy, of that I am sure.

Indeed these are so rare..

Logbook loan or perhaps take the Mrs’ jewellery to CashConverters?

😉

 

Edited October 12, 2019 by Who’s Interested
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[Kiwi]

12 hours ago, Who’s Interested said:

Ahhhh, THAT one!  Nice to see something a bit legendary pop up now and then.

[T-Bay]

4 hours ago, Who’s Interested said:

Indeed these are so rare..

Logbook loan or perhaps take the Mrs’ jewellery to CashConverters?

😉

 

🤣 very tempting........

[Guest]

Advertised on eBay for £3000

Edited October 12, 2019 by Who’s Interested

[Guest]

Just to pass the time while you come up with a scheme..

‘VIRTUE’ with bass delay, & Ashdown drive plus pedal🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻 .

Forget about high pass filters and ’darkg****s one trick pony pedals, Bass Magazine and funk and all that boring ‘mid’ sounding muso stuff?!!

John Entwistle, Chris Squires, Geezer Butler, Bruce Foxton, even Duff McCagen (US just don’t have the pedigree - could be the over production and quantized, sanitised performances!) are all ledgends as are Steve Harris & Geddy Lee - NON FUNK, NON ACADAMY OF BASS. Just pure talent, creativity and a total disregard for rules and fashion, oh, and tabs.

Would love to hear slap on a 3/4 track at a trade show! 🤥😂😭😭😭

So, back on with the sale.. 👍🏻

 

 

Edited October 12, 2019 by Who’s Interested

[Kiwi]

I sold mine for close to that figure several years ago.  It seems very reasonable.

[Guest]

On 12/10/2019 at 14:30, Kiwi said:

I sold mine for close to that figure several years ago.  It seems very reasonable.

👍🏻

Edited October 13, 2019 by Who’s Interested

[Guest]

[Guest]

£1950 Saturday Special Offer!!!

[andytoad]

Does this have the little green led valve that indicates input gain?

[Guest]

17 minutes ago, andytoad said:

Does this have the little green led valve that indicates input gain?

Yes it does, works perfectly. 👌🏻

[Guest]

It turns out that about 80 V8’s were ever made?! 😎✌🏻✌🏻🇬🇧

Edited November 3, 2019 by Who’s Interested

[Kiwi]

Thank God I can't afford it.

[Guest]

 

Edited November 3, 2019 by Who’s Interested

[kevvo66]

Bump worth  the money, just for its history alone of my all time fave bass players  but buying it I think my other half would probably end my life !!! Oh bugger .glwts😁👍

Edited October 27, 2019 by kevvo66

[Guest]

If no-one is interested then it’s gonna get pulled and stored. This is the Godfather of tube amps, a true one-off with hi-fi class. Huge kudos historically.

There is no cheap way to own one of these but, you could own it...

Edited November 3, 2019 by Who’s Interested

[Kiwi]

bargain