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TRACE BASS CRAP...

#5
I beg to differ. I have a GP7SM 250 and I find it to have a very warm, organic tone. The EQ is pretty sensitive and versatile try setting it flat, bring up a little low-end and a touch of highs. You can also tweak it with the EQ balance control...push it towards the low and your find a warmer tone.
 
#7
addylewis said:
Sorry for those of you who like them but...


Haven't they just got watts and absolutely no tone and warmth? - fair enough they've got EQ, but...

(actually I don't know about a lot of them - i've got a GP7 300-watt 15" combo and it sounds absolutely s***!)

anyone else agree with me? :bassist: :bassist: :bassist:
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If you WERE talking about SWR then I would agree with you. :D
Are you sure you didn't mean SWR?
 
#13
addylewis said:
Sorry for those of you who like them but...


Haven't they just got watts and absolutely no tone and warmth? - fair enough they've got EQ, but...

(actually I don't know about a lot of them - i've got a GP7 300-watt 15" combo and it sounds absolutely s***!)

anyone else agree with me? :bassist: :bassist: :bassist:
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If you want i'll gladly take it off of your hands for free. I'll pay shipping :)
 
#14
It's Kustom or peavey or vox for me all the way, as I say, maybe it is just my amp, and I didn't realise they did valve stuff too... :hiding:

and as for "LEARNING how to use the EQ" - WHAT THE f***?!?! - I have you know I'm doing a muso tech degree aproaching my final year, so I think I know when I can get a good sound out of the amp - and i'm sorry to say, I can't with my trace - unless I use a POD, but thats an extra 350 quid or whatever just to get decent tone like I'd expect with an amp. :mad:

My vox would be great with new valves, my Kustom 8-inch practice amp has 100 times more warmth then the trace, which just sounds flat and boring whatever I do to it o its own - I dunno if its perhaps the own brand speaker thats in it...what U reckon, could that be it?
 
#16
I just switched from Ampeg to a Trace GP12 Series 6 combo with 4 10's. Night and day going from the Ampeg to the Trace. GREAT tone and veru articulate. Actually the amp has more tonal possibilities than anything I have run across and probably more than I will ever use.
 
#18
why does an amp need warmth?

there is a market out there for people looking for a clean/sterilie/ hi-fi sound with as little colouration from the amp, and that is fair enough, each to thier own, its great to be spoilt with a huge choice of amplifiers

the only trace amp i have tried i did not like that much, but that is because its at a practice room and used nearly all day every day, so i think it has seen better days tbh
 
#19
there is nothing wrong with my bass, I got a MIM jazz with hot pickups, compared to an american bass by my teacher, and I love the sound of it through almost every other amp I've tried - and I got 2 other jazzes which also sound good through my Kustom so...

Thanks for the advise on the EQ thing :) I'll have a bash and C if it makes it sound better... I still prefer the sound of my Kustom over almost everything I've tried though, so I think a Kustom rig or large combo would probably be a good alternative...they got more watts too!

I suppose it is all down to personal taste, and maybe the trace combo just isn't for me :D

I usually just have the EQ wih a kind of hump leaning more to the left and tailing off a lot near the high mid-treble.

If an amp has warmth it just gives it a nicer tone, I can't really explain it - it's like "Why do people prefer valves over trannies?" - to me it just sounds unexciting and sterile, I didn't know till just that trace did valve amps too, so I can't really comment on their valve sounds...

Just out of interest, tho here prefers a valve amp to a solid state?
 
#20
addylewis said:
It's Kustom or peavey or vox for me all the way,
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The wise man does not kick the small barking dog....

The wise man does not kick the small barking dog....

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