SimonK Posted February 10 Author Posted February 10 6 minutes ago, Chimike said: Go For it , I'd Kill for that ! The logistics are currently beyond me unfortunately, alongside probably needing to buy 4x new KT88 tubes for it (at close to £200 again). Quote
SimonK Posted February 11 Author Posted February 11 Seems someone from the Trace Elliot Facebook group was less worried about the drive: 1 1 1 Quote
SimonK Posted February 11 Author Posted February 11 (edited) Oops, 2x10 also came up for £40 on facebook yesterday, right off my commute home... just need to come up with a suitable excuse for the gear abstinence thread... but I didn't know my 4x10 was even expecting a baby? Edited February 11 by SimonK 4 4 Quote
SimonK Posted February 21 Author Posted February 21 So just seen this in the market place as the seller just dropped his price. The connundrum is I think it is still over-priced by a fair bit, but the gentlemanly side of me thinks I shouldn't say anything unless giving an offer myself, and thus he should be free to get the best price he can... I stuck a picture from the facebook listing underneath. 1 Quote
SpondonBassed Posted February 21 Posted February 21 39 minutes ago, SimonK said: So just seen this That is close enough for me to consider. I don't have that sort of money right now and I'm not gigging. Apart from that... I hope the seller gets a fair price. It looks well looked after. 1 Quote
SimonK Posted February 21 Author Posted February 21 It's a sweet rig and similar to mine. I really like the GP12 head, probably my favourite TE head, and if it was closer would put in an offer - the heads go for a max of £300 on their own, although I'm holding out for something around the £200 mark closer to me. 1 Quote
Woodwind Posted February 21 Posted February 21 This thread is really doing me no favours. Getting very interested in the idea of a nice old trace head, mounted in a new lightweight sleeve partnered with a modern high power 12" cab (X2) 1 Quote
SimonK Posted March 9 Author Posted March 9 Score - just need to work out what's wrong with it when I pick it up tomorrow. 4 Quote
tauzero Posted March 10 Posted March 10 On 09/03/2025 at 10:53, SimonK said: Score - just need to work out what's wrong with it when I pick it up tomorrow. Apart from the weight, you mean? 😁 1 Quote
SimonK Posted March 10 Author Posted March 10 Picked it up today - does not work at all as someone plugged two amps into it at the same time - apparently it was backline at a festival and the new bass player didn't realise the other amp was still connected... will probably take the weekend to test each speaker, cross-over etc. but for £20 it's worth it just for the entertainment! In other news I did actually get the rear shocks replaced on the car two weeks ago, reframing it as vindication for only gigging proper manly cabs - thus said I could have bought a rather nice barefaced cab for the same cost as the car repairs 🤘 3 Quote
dclaassen Posted March 10 Posted March 10 On 21/02/2025 at 14:41, Woodwind said: This thread is really doing me no favours. Getting very interested in the idea of a nice old trace head, mounted in a new lightweight sleeve partnered with a modern high power 12" cab (X2) This is exactly my current rig… 1 Quote
SimonK Posted March 16 Author Posted March 16 On 09/03/2025 at 10:53, SimonK said: Score - just need to work out what's wrong with it when I pick it up tomorrow. Yah - so all the speakers had been replaced at somepoint in the past, and even still the 15 and one of the 10s are blown. The cross over for the tweeter has also been fiddled with and no longer works, but the tweeter seems fine... so for £20 it's a case plus tweeter in pretty good condition, but I need to find replacement speakers and a cross over... still worth it for a punt! 1 Quote
SimonK Posted March 16 Author Posted March 16 In other news I picked one of these up in loads better condition the other day for £40 (see above post). Was impressed this was more than ten times more expensive despite being older and looking in worse condition - mind you his user name...! Quote
SimonK Posted March 21 Author Posted March 21 Can someone please snap this up to stop me collecting Trace cab #10!! 1 Quote
Pea Turgh Posted March 21 Posted March 21 I would say it’s time for an intervention, but that’s not really what we do here! 😂 2 2 Quote
SimonK Posted March 22 Author Posted March 22 21 hours ago, Pea Turgh said: I would say it’s time for an intervention, but that’s not really what we do here! 😂 oops.. got it for £90 in the end. My plan is to flip the speakers into the TE1015H & 2103x to get both cabs working again, and then take advantage of the split grill design to turn this cab into a cool set of draws using some old B&Q soft closing kitchen draws I have lying around. Before anyone says that is sacrilege, I just want to say this isn't a "real" TE cab as it's from the early Peavey era. Mind you I did feel a bit bad when the chap said "goodbye old friend" as I closed the car boot 😞 3 Quote
lemmywinks Posted March 22 Posted March 22 @SimonK we need a shot of all your TE gear in one place, if your back can handle moving them all on the same day that is. 2 Quote
SimonK Posted Sunday at 10:59 Author Posted Sunday at 10:59 11 hours ago, lemmywinks said: @SimonK we need a shot of all your TE gear in one place, if your back can handle moving them all on the same day that is. ...I'm planning something for this summer - problem is I have it distributed across four different places and one of those involves a narrow flight of stairs and the 1818x... 1 Quote
SimonK Posted Sunday at 17:10 Author Posted Sunday at 17:10 With thanks to my electronics mate we spent the afternoon flipping speakers: The 4x10 has now been disembowled awaiting it's fate as a piece of furniture, while the 1015H now has three new (to it) genuine TE branded Celestions and is back to sounding awesome! The other two Celestion 10s will be going into the 2103x to get it back up to its original glory, but we need to get a new attenuator built first. 2 Quote
SpondonBassed Posted Sunday at 17:17 Posted Sunday at 17:17 I hope you can do a build thread for the cab to drawer storage conversion. I promise not to throw rotten fruit. 2 Quote
SpondonBassed Posted Thursday at 13:09 Posted Thursday at 13:09 34 minutes ago, SimonK said: Ooh! BIG woof! Two eighteens? I want them at ear level either side of my head, heeheehee, instant brain liquidiser. 1 Quote
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