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Team Trace Elliott Pt 3

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#401
Tracebassplayer said:
Here's a little Trace Elliot porn for ya. This one is mine. One of a handful ever made.
AH1200SM.
1200 watts RMS/2400 watts peak
Basically two AH600's in one head. Two separate outputs sections.
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Yup I love my AH1200SM! The only head I've ever owned that can run a Marshall out of the room! We should start a sub club, we can have all of 2 members! ;) I do find it odd that with such small production #'s that there would be differences, but yours is carpeted, mine is tolexed.

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#402
Aragorn35016 said:
Yup I love my AH1200SM! The only head I've ever owned that can run a Marshall out of the room! We should start a sub club, we can have all of 2 members! ;)
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HA! NO Sh&* Huh?
Actually I think there are 8 that were made. According to the Tech I talked to back in '02, they were special order for an English band.

One of the best parts is that it runs down to 2 ohm each channel. So, it will push 8 1048H cabs
picture this... 2 stacks like this per channel
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1610"s with 8 horns and 4 15's !!!
can you FEEEEEEL me now???:bassist:
 
#403
Tracebassplayer said:
HA! NO Sh&* Huh?
Actually I think there are 8 that were made. According to the Tech I talked to back in '02, they were special order for an English band.

One of the best parts is that it runs down to 2 ohm each channel. So, it will push 8 1048H cabs
picture this... 2 stacks like this per channel
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1610"s with 8 horns and 4 15's !!!
can you FEEEEEEL me now???:bassist:[/QUOTE]

I would love to try to ge enough cabs to try that but probably never will. I'd love to get. A solid # on the production of these I've heard the #'s being as high as 200. I know the one I have has seen a lot of road use and hard living. I had to repair one of the fan circuits, clean the nicoteen out of the pots and retolex it.
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#406
Tracebassplayer said:
I had at one time enough Trace cabs to max out the 1200. I could really move a lot if air.
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I have two tolex 1153 cabs I push with this, and its terribly loud, but as I recently purchased a 1153 GP7 combo from British Audio Service that they refurbed and put a new speaker in that I use for practice that suits most all my small to medium sound needs. I really wish I had a little more cab variety in my life. Id love to find one of the older (but as I understand also rare) trace 810 cabs to run with mine.
 
#408
greencow said:
Gonna hijack the topic to ask for some advice.

Need to place a smaller cab under an Ashdown ABM500
Would either the 1028H or the 1518C be a viable option?
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either would work. both are 8 ohm cabs but, neither by themselves will handle more than about 300 watts if they are the older versions (Trace, Kaman, Gibson). Together they will share the power output and be fine.
The newer versions (Peavey Era), I think are 500 watt speakers.
Are you gonna be running any other cabs with either of these?
I'm not familiar with the ABM500's specs but will assume its a 4 ohm min load amp, yes?
If so, you can run two 8ohm cabs daisy chained (4ohm load) so you could run both the 1028 and 1518 cabs together.
 
#409
Aragorn35016 said:
I have two tolex 1153 cabs I push with this, and its terribly loud, but as I recently purchased a 1153 GP7 combo from British Audio Service that they refurbed and put a new speaker in that I use for practice that suits most all my small to medium sound needs. I really wish I had a little more cab variety in my life. Id love to find one of the older (but as I understand also rare) trace 810 cabs to run with mine.
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cool.
The 1153 cabs (now 1518c) are 300 watt 8 ohm cabs. together they should handle the output on one channel (600 watts at 2 ohm, less watts at 4 ohm) with no problem.
You might look for a 1048H 4x10 w/horn for better highs & mids. especially if you like slapbass.
 
#411
Tracebassplayer said:
either would work. both are 8 ohm cabs but, neither by themselves will handle more than about 300 watts if they are the older versions (Trace, Kaman, Gibson). Together they will share the power output and be fine.
The newer versions (Peavey Era), I think are 500 watt speakers.
Are you gonna be running any other cabs with either of these?
I'm not familiar with the ABM500's specs but will assume its a 4 ohm min load amp, yes?
If so, you can run two 8ohm cabs daisy chained (4ohm load) so you could run both the 1028 and 1518 cabs together.
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The ABM 500 puts out 575w at a 4 Ohm load. The TE website lists the power handling of the 1028 to be 400W and 300W for the 1518. I am looking for a one cab solution, so would probably go for the 1028.
 
#412
Tracebassplayer said:
If there is no EQ balance control then ya it's either pre shape or graphic EQ but not both.
See the photo below, to the right of the DI output there is a graphic EQ is a balance control so you can mix the preshape and the graphic...
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No photo.

Eq balance control on smx is to "balance" lowpass and highpass in the "sound management section". It works sort of like a seesaw pivot applied to the eq. I'm pretty sure the SM are the same but without the compressors.

Older series have vertical sliders instead of rotary pots, I've always figures those to be analogous.
 
#413
Tracebassplayer said:
cool.
The 1153 cabs (now 1518c) are 300 watt 8 ohm cabs. together they should handle the output on one channel (600 watts at 2 ohm, less watts at 4 ohm) with no problem.
You might look for a 1048H 4x10 w/horn for better highs & mids. especially if you like slapbass.
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Yup older 1153's are 200 watt cabs, but at 4 ohms I think theyre getting about 150 a piece. Is love to find someone local to swap a 1153 for a 1048.
 
#415
faviobarrio said:
Thanks. I knew it was a gamble from the start...let's see how it plays out.
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So I get this email from the repair man with my amp last week:

"Good news. Your amp started up and so far seems to work fine.
I have to get some 5A fuses for it and the put it through a test run. Hopefully I can get it to you next week some time."

Can't wait to hear from him again and pick up my amp!
 
#417
faviobarrio said:
So I get this email from the repair man with my amp last week:

"Good news. Your amp started up and so far seems to work fine.
I have to get some 5A fuses for it and the put it through a test run. Hopefully I can get it to you next week some time."

Can't wait to hear from him again and pick up my amp!
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Those would be the speaker fuses. One for each output.
 
#418
Aragorn35016 said:
Yup I love my AH1200SM! The only head I've ever owned that can run a Marshall out of the room! We should start a sub club, we can have all of 2 members! ;) I do find it odd that with such small production #'s that there would be differences, but yours is carpeted, mine is tolexed.

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Should any of you two decide to let one go, I'm just a PM away.

An only Trace head is one of the best amps I've ever played, but they are very hard to find in good condition. Does any of you guys here have experience Witt their new stuff? Does the new 1200W head come anywhere near the performance of those old heads?
 
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