Bass Culture Posted December 5, 2009 Share Posted December 5, 2009 (edited) For sale, to fund GAS for a Rebelhead 450, my pristine Trace Elliot AH300SMX. It’s got fantastic tone and has recently had a full service by Electronic Music Services in Southend, who are the Service Centre recommended on the current Trace website. It’s been returned in as new working order and sounds fantastic. I can’t claim to be a Trace expert but there’s plenty out there who would say that the GP12 SMX pre-amp was as good as it got. It really can produce pretty much any sound you can imagine, from a huge reggae dub, to a nice, warm finger-style punch and a cut-glass hi-fi sound. This amp has so many useful sound shaping options that it’s difficult to know where to start, but here’s a quick run down: [b]Variable Solid State/Valve Input Blend ‘Traffic light’ input gain set, Two Trace Pre-Shape options with In/Out switch 12 band Graphic EQ Graphic Level knob with In/Out switch EQ Balance blend (which, to my ear, works a little like the Markbass VLE circuit) Dual Band Compressor Variable Effects Level control of the effects loop Standby button (which doubles as a Mute function) Effects loop with variable Send and Full Range or High pass options DI Out Tuner Output Foot switch (not included) 1/4” Jack outputs x 2 Output – 280w RMS, 580w Peak[/b] I’m looking for £300.00 delivered / £290.00 collected. You could pick up one a little cheaper, I admit, but this thing has been babied and is in pretty much showroom condition, and you’ll have the peace of mind of it working flawlessly after a full service by people who know what they're doing. Edited December 10, 2009 by Bass Culture Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Musicman20 Posted December 5, 2009 Share Posted December 5, 2009 Fantastic price ! I had the 400 watt version and it was damn damn good! Very loud and crisp amps. Good luck with the sale. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bass Culture Posted December 5, 2009 Author Share Posted December 5, 2009 [quote name='Musicman20' post='675051' date='Dec 5 2009, 04:22 PM']Fantastic price ! I had the 400 watt version and it was damn damn good! Very loud and crisp amps. Good luck with the sale.[/quote] Thanks - since picking this up and using it regularly my mission has been to find one of the Class D/Lightweights that gives me something like the tone of the Trace, it sounds that great. Anyway, I'm hoping the Rebelhead, with it's four band semi-parametric EQ, is going to be the answer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Musicman20 Posted December 5, 2009 Share Posted December 5, 2009 [quote name='Bass Culture' post='675062' date='Dec 5 2009, 04:35 PM']Thanks - since picking this up and using it regularly my mission has been to find one of the Class D/Lightweights that gives me something like the tone of the Trace, it sounds that great. Anyway, I'm hoping the Rebelhead, with it's four band semi-parametric EQ, is going to be the answer.[/quote] I'm doing the same and going for the rh! I'm very excited! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bass Culture Posted December 5, 2009 Author Share Posted December 5, 2009 [quote name='Musicman20' post='675085' date='Dec 5 2009, 05:11 PM']I'm doing the same and going for the rh! I'm very excited![/quote] We'll have to compare notes! Good luck with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bass Culture Posted December 8, 2009 Author Share Posted December 8, 2009 BUMP! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willl Posted December 8, 2009 Share Posted December 8, 2009 Great piece of kit. My main gigging amp for the last 3 years has been a Trace AH300-12, playing twice a month and rehearsal weekly. I typically play through a pair of 4x10s and push fairly hard to compete with a very loud drummer, and a noisy guitarist equipped with a Marshall stack Through all that it's never let me down.... Good luck with the sale but think hard about keeping the Trace - It's one you'll regret selling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bass Culture Posted December 10, 2009 Author Share Posted December 10, 2009 BUMP before the weekend for PRICE DROP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bass Culture Posted December 10, 2009 Author Share Posted December 10, 2009 BUMP for sale - thank you, Pete. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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