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03-18-2010, 05:47 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2007 Location: New Jersey | | | 22 Tubes. Is that enough? ;) Trace + Boogie
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22 Tubes. Is that enough? 
Just got the Trace Elliot TVT9 preamp today. I'm going to pair that with the Mesa Boogie Strategy 500 and see what magic happens. Lookout!   |
03-18-2010, 05:49 PM
| | Banned | | Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Maine/Vermont | | | What's going on re: the cabinet end of things? |
03-18-2010, 06:48 PM
| | | | inside pics pleaseeeee
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03-18-2010, 07:01 PM
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03-18-2010, 07:09 PM
|  | Registered User | | | | | Byaahhh..I get the same sound from my bass POD and 200$ peavey TKO.
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03-18-2010, 07:17 PM
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03-18-2010, 07:22 PM
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Originally Posted by Munjibunga  You need to get NOS Telefunken tubes in each and every socket. | This.
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03-18-2010, 07:30 PM
| | | | Cool looking rig.
I used to use a Trace GP11 in the loop of a Bass 400 and man was that a good combination.
I used the Pre of the Boogie into the Trace, set levels not to clip then into a compander and on to a Hush II something or other. I could blast the building down. Sounded good too.
I did have a ground loop between the Trace and the Boogie but worked that out.
Never seen that Trace Pre, bet it sounds good. |
03-18-2010, 07:56 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: East Oakland, California | | | Want that power amp.
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03-18-2010, 09:00 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Portland OR | | | I think the Trace TVT9 was marketed as a guitar preamp, but I bet it'll sound great on bass. How many/what type of tubes does it have? Does it have a d.i.? Do you have a footswitch to switch between the two channels?
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03-18-2010, 10:47 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Phoenix, AZ | | | I hope you never have a melt down with that rig. It would probably start a new universe.
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03-19-2010, 04:59 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Mechelen, Belgium | | | Very cool preamp. I wonder how it sounds! |
03-19-2010, 05:43 AM
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Originally Posted by Munjibunga You need to get NOS Telefunken tubes in each and every socket. | why telefunken? ;o
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03-19-2010, 06:55 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Montréal, QC | | | Nice rig. <evil>How much does it weigh?</evil>
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03-19-2010, 07:14 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: toronto, canada | | | i have a tvt9 combo...
I have a TVT9 combo and yes it is a guitar amp. But now you made me wonder....
Is it safe to use a guitar preamp for bass amplification? I also have a Trace AH500-12 and I wonder if I can use the TVT9 pre into the effects return and bypass the AH500 preamp.
The TVT9 has a really high gain overdrive and good clean tone as well. The combo uses a separate 80watt poweramp located a the bottom of the cabinet. |
03-19-2010, 07:38 AM
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Editor-in-Chief, Bass Gear Magazine | | Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: North central Ohio | | I have a TVT9 which I use for my octave-up "rhythm guitar" signal (courtesy of my Akai Uni-Bass), and it is phenomenal for this purpose (or for an actual guitar). You can get some very, very cool overdriven bass tones out of it, although the lowest notes are somewhat lacking. If you blend it in with some clean bass signal, though, it makes for a killer bass overdrive.
Nice score! I bet it pairs up nicely with that Strategy 500! I used to own a Strategy 400, but I sold it before I got the TVT9, so I never had a chance to try them together.
Here are some shots of my TVT9:    
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