Info Needed On Trace Elliot 715 Ltd Edition

[Smiffy]

I'm 62 years old and started playing bass (after many years playing guitar) last October when the band my son drums with parted company with their bass player and they needed a temp!

As it was only likely to be a short gig I bought an Ibanez GSR180 bass and upgraded the pickups to alnicos and borrowed at Line 6 Lowdown 110. Although the Line 6 has a nice sound it really struggled to keep up with the drums and so I needed something cheap with a bit more welly.

On EBay a few weeks ago I bought a Trace 715 GP7 serial T0480-15-201 which I think means it is from the second quarter of 2001. Apart from the compressor which introduces a hum into the circuit everything else seems fine and it certainly fits the bill for me, even though I need a sack truck to move it around!

Thing is, the model number is 715 SC and there is a small brass plate on the top of the amp "Trace Custom, Limited Edition, 015/100" and it's covered in blue (very tatty) leathercloth and the grill and control panel are also finished in blue.

Although there is info on the net about the 715 I can't find anything about this "limited" edition which I think may just mean it's a standard 715 but in blue instead of the normal Trace green.

Can anyone help - would like to know if there was anything apart from the colour different from the standard 715.

Thanks in advance.

Smiffy

[RobJ]

You might want to email Trace Elliot support it's possible someone there might have some information.

If you need service or parts, British Audio Service, Inc. is really a good company to deal with.

[Smiffy]

Thanks for suggestion, have dropped them a mail - will see what happens.

Smiffy

[Smiffy]

Got a really fast reply from Trace Elliot support. They have no specific info on my amp but confirm "Special Editions" were normally just different colours.

More importantly, they say that if I tell them what's needed to fix the compressor they can probably supply the parts.

I'm impressed.

Smiffy

[Smiffy]

Just an update.

After looking at costs to repair the compressor on this amp (even the charge just to have a look at it) I have bought a Behringer BLE100 for just £19.99 to give it a try after reading mostly favourable reports.

Sure it's a bit flimsy (what do you expect for £20) but that doesn't matter to me as it's left on almost all the time and it does what I need ie a bit of smoothing so I think that's a pretty cheap alternative and will do me for the time being at least.

[My name is Mudd]

You could always rehouse the pedal comp with something that isn't made from recycled tissue.