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the TRACE ELLIOT thread

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I'm a trace junkie. I can't help myself at all. Here's a pic of what I had last year. I still have all of them except the Hexavalve. That got smashed and crashed on the way to Oddio in Canada when I sold it to him. What a waste, it was a great amp.

I've also had both models (300 and 600) of the Hybrid V-Type heads. Great amps in their own right, but the all tube ones are just magic.

I still have the V4, the V6, and the V-Type pre though. The V-type amps are just "it" for me. Especially thru Berg cabs. The sound is just simply amazing. The V4 and V6 are still in perfect as new condition and I plan on keeping them that way. I may sell the V4 to hep fund a V8 search. I really want a V8 bad.

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#304
Microbass said:
nice set up!



again: anyone with any ideas of problems areas i could have the techs check out in my trace? :(
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Honestly, if you are having that many issues with it, send it to BAS and have them service it. Those guys really know their business. I would have brought my V6 there for service, but luckily there is a great guy here locally in Denver that does all my work for me that I can't do.
 
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Jugghaid said:
I still have all of them except the Hexavalve. That got smashed and crashed on the way to Oddio in Canada when I sold it to him. What a waste, it was a great amp.
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Yep. I still flip the finger to every brown truck that I see. Talk about screwed up... and to add insult to injury, they called me for months afterwards demanding payment of duty and brokerage for the shipment. At least I got that many chances to vent. There's one less great bass amp in the world thanks to that bunch.
 
#308
oddio said:
Yep. I still flip the finger to every brown truck that I see. Talk about screwed up... and to add insult to injury, they called me for months afterwards demanding payment of duty and brokerage for the shipment. At least I got that many chances to vent. There's one less great bass amp in the world thanks to that bunch.
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Yup. It's a real waste. Not too many of those left around either.
 
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oddio said:
Yep. I still flip the finger to every brown truck that I see. Talk about screwed up... and to add insult to injury, they called me for months afterwards demanding payment of duty and brokerage for the shipment. At least I got that many chances to vent. There's one less great bass amp in the world thanks to that bunch.
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What happened to the amp afterward? UPS destroyed my VR400, but I resurrected it. If you still have it, I could use my VA350 (same amp) as a guide to rebuild it.
 
#312
Psycho Bass Guy said:
What happened to the amp afterward? UPS destroyed my VR400, but I resurrected it. If you still have it, I could use my VA350 (same amp) as a guide to rebuild it.
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I tried to get them to sell it back to either me or Oddio as salvage, but no luck. They ****canned it as far as I know.
 
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Psycho Bass Guy said:
I had paid extra and had mine insuired for replacement, not actual value, and they paid for repairs, my time and parts, rather than replacement. That sucks!
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I tried to get them to repair it so Oddio would have the amp instead of his money back, but they wouldn't do it. UPS Canada is really a bunch of idiots. They probably just needed to retube and bias it, but it never even saw a bench to test it out.
 
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43% burnt said:
Thats awesome! Every stack should be shot from the floor looking up. Makes it look so menacing!

Do you still have your G&L? or did the warwick take its place?
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No no, still have the G&L L-2000. The L2K is my main gigging axe. It beats the living **** out of this nice Warwick (that's why it up for sale again). The G&L has such a nice, fuller and more musical sound.
I adore the looks of this Warwick and although it sounds quite super, the G&L still sounds better imho. I'm a G&L man I think. (and Stingray).

Plus I prefer the phat P-neck on the G&L instead of the thinner Warwick neck.



btw. I see that you own a Wooly Mammoth how does it sound on your Mesa 400+?
 
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Phyrexian said:
No no, still have the G&L L-2000. The L2K is my main gigging axe. It beats the living **** out of this nice Warwick (that's why it up for sale again). The G&L has such a nice, fuller and more musical sound.
I adore the looks of this Warwick and although it sounds quite super, the G&L still sounds better imho. I'm a G&L man I think. (and Stingray).

Plus I prefer the phat P-neck on the G&L instead of the thinner Warwick neck.



btw. I see that you own a Wooly Mammoth how does it sound on your Mesa 400+?
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I'm a G&L man too. I never spent much time with a warwick, but the pu's look beefy and I wondered how they stack up to the G&L's.

Oh man, I haven't got my 400+ yet...next Saturday. This morning I was tossing around the idea of selling the mammoth to help finance my new amp (which I really don't want to do). I didn't even think about how sick it would sound with the tube amp...I'm sure it will be insane. Might just have to keep it.
 
#318
Phyrexian said:
No no, still have the G&L L-2000. The L2K is my main gigging axe. It beats the living **** out of this nice Warwick (that's why it up for sale again). The G&L has such a nice, fuller and more musical sound.
I adore the looks of this Warwick and although it sounds quite super, the G&L still sounds better imho. I'm a G&L man I think. (and Stingray).

Plus I prefer the phat P-neck on the G&L instead of the thinner Warwick neck.



btw. I see that you own a Wooly Mammoth how does it sound on your Mesa 400+?
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Wouldn't want a sterling would you? :p
 
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