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The Trace Elliot V-type Club!!

#861
Jugghaid said:
So.......? ;)
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Sounded pretty good, but I am suspecting the power tubes ain't young 'ens, as it seemed to have more breakup early on than I had expected. A slight "chorus" effect, too (which might be a bad/loose preamp tube?). So, happy enough, thus far, but needs some further investigation.
 
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#864
tombowlus said:
Sounded pretty good, but I am suspecting the power tubes ain't young 'ens, as it seemed to have more breakup early on than I had expected. A slight "chorus" effect, too (which might be a bad/loose preamp tube?). So, happy enough, thus far, but needs some further investigation.
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If the tubes are good, I'm going to go with some caps needing replaced.
My V4 became rather woolly, a little farty with lower notes, lower volume and distorted when the power tubes were almost dead. They were replaced and then I was getting a lot of volume bleed when switching the standby switch and while nice, still distorted. Different tech discovered the larger caps in the preamp needed replaced and some solder reflowed. It was like a different beast when I got it back!
 
#865
Microbass said:
If the tubes are good, I'm going to go with some caps needing replaced.
My V4 became rather woolly, a little farty with lower notes, lower volume and distorted when the power tubes were almost dead. They were replaced and then I was getting a lot of volume bleed when switching the standby switch and while nice, still distorted. Different tech discovered the larger caps in the preamp needed replaced and some solder reflowed. It was like a different beast when I got it back!
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Thanks for the intel. :thumbsup:
 
#866
V-Type 5001 & 1248 cab
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#869
Devils playgrou said:
I've fitted mine with a Telefunken ecc83 (12ax7) ribbed plate in V1 and a RCA 7025 (12ax7) in V2.

The V1 spot is for the first gain stage and the highs, V2 is for the mids and bass.

I find that a Telefunken in V1 brightens the amp up.
In the V2 spot the RCA sounded better.

I've tried the amp with Tung sol and JJ tubes, but liked it a lot better (less muddy) with the Telefunken tubes.

Of course

YMMV
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Does your gain control work? My v6 still has the original TE tubes. Can you tell me which tubes are v1 and v2?
thanks.
 
#871
Wasnex said:
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The Preamp has two 12AX7 tubes: V1 is closest to the input jacks, V2 is too the right of V1.

The Power Amp also has two 12AX7. These are two the right and behind the preamp tubes. V1 is in front of V2.
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Hey Wasnex how are you? Its been a while. Thank you I have a pair of RCAs I'm going throw in. Should I be getting proper distortion gain out of v1 v2?
 
#872
Bigbri said:
Hey Wasnex how are you? Its been a while. Thank you I have a pair of RCAs I'm going throw in. Should I be getting proper distortion gain out of v1 v2?
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Depends on how hot of a signal you are feeding the amp and how high you run the gain.


The output of my bass is not particularly hot and my Mk1 V-Types stay clean until the gain is up to 2:00 or higher.

Signal Path:

Input Matrix->V1a->Effects Loop->V1b->Tone Stack->Gain->V2a->V2b->Master->Power Amp
 
#877
Hey folks - I'm in need of some guidance. My V-Type Combo died at a gig this passed week-end. I pulled the amp out of the cabinet and can't find a fuse any where. Nor is there a panel or cover for a fuse on the front or back of the amp. Anyone have any experience with this? On the plus side, I didn't smell anything burnt or see any scorching around the components. Thanks in advance.
 
#878
AcadianBassman said:
Hey folks - I'm in need of some guidance. My V-Type Combo died at a gig this passed week-end. I pulled the amp out of the cabinet and can't find a fuse any where. Nor is there a panel or cover for a fuse on the front or back of the amp. Anyone have any experience with this? On the plus side, I didn't smell anything burnt or see any scorching around the components. Thanks in advance.
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Fuses don't usually fail for no reason. It's possible you may replace the fuse and the amp works fine, but odds of this happening are fairly low. What is more likely is you install a new fuse and it blows again. This could cause additional damage. This is an old amp, and some parts may no longer be available. Chances of repair go down if you cause more damage.

If you decide to proceed anyway, the fuse is most likely integrated with the AC inlet.

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The drawer pops out. Sometimes a spare fuse is in the drawer. Replace with the correct type of fuse once.

Good luck.
 
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Wasnex said:
Fuses don't usually fail for no reason. It's possible you may replace the fuse and the amp works fine, but odds of this happening are fairly low. What is more likely is you install a new fuse and it blows again. This could cause additional damage. This is an old amp, and some parts may no longer be available. Chances of repair go down if you cause more damage.

If you decide to proceed anyway, the fuse is most likely integrated with the AC inlet.

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The drawer pops out. Sometimes a spare fuse is in the drawer. Replace with the correct type of fuse once.

Good luck.
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Thanks. The amp cost me $80 bucks Can. or less than $60US about four years ago. I certainly got my money out of it and it owes me NOTHING! If I do damage it, I still have a 15" cab. I blew both my amps that night - it started when my 400+ wouldn't even power up. I just replaced the fuse and it is fine. I figure the same happened to this one. Thanks for responding, I appreciate it.
 
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AcadianBassman said:
Thanks. The amp cost me $80 bucks Can. or less than $60US about four years ago. I certainly got my money out of it and it owes me NOTHING! If I do damage it, I still have a 15" cab. I blew both my amps that night - it started when my 400+ wouldn't even power up. I just replaced the fuse and it is fine. I figure the same happened to this one. Thanks for responding, I appreciate it.
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Definitely proceed with caution. Super rare and great amps, get a pro to look it over.
 

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