Trace Elliot Identification?

[Secthdaemon]

Can somebody give me info about that cab on the bottom? I just bought it for £15.
Any information about it would be great

Yes I know, Laney R4 on top..I'm strapped for cash at the moment otherwise you wouldn't see such a monstrosity

 

[oddio]

To my eye that looks like a mid-nineties (red stripe) 1518 which is a single 15". From the picture I can't read "Trace Elliot" on the speaker's dustcap. If it's not there the original driver has likely been replaced, perhaps with something else, or reconed.

 

[Secthdaemon]

Thanks a lot, I'll find out about the speaker..though it most probably has been replaced

 

[oddio]

I forgot to add the info on the "1518" model = 15", 1 speaker, 8ohms. It's that simple. Enjoy!

 

[oddio]

Bzzzzzt. Look more closely an you will see the ports. That red-stripe edition followed the Rolls Royce green.

 

[cetera]

Off topic... but nice Spector btw!

 

[alexclaber]

IMO it looks way older than a mid-nineties 1518.

Ditto.

Alex

 

[dlloyd]

Yup, looks like a 1518 to me too.

I forgot to add the info on the "1518" model = 15", 1 speaker, 8ohms. It's that simple. Enjoy!

Cool.

What does the 1153 in my Trace Elliot cab mean then?

 

[cetera]

11", 5 speakers, 3 ohms!

 

[dlloyd]

11", 5 speakers, 3 ohms!

...going to get that tape measure and abacus out when I get home...

 

[oddio]

True - there are only a few cabs that don't map out correctly but the 1153 is one of them. I'm sure you'll find a few others. My 1048H (H for horn) maps to that formula, as does my 1818.

Cheers!

 

[oddio]

What does the 1153 in my Trace Elliot cab mean then?

Okay, for accuracy I pulled out my old Trace catalogs and here's the deal on the 1153 from the '92 catalog. It's 200wRMS, 8ohms small box 15". The smaller sized 480mm width cabinets (2102/2103H/1153) are the ones that don't follow the formula. The standard sized cabinets 610mm width(1048/1518/1818/1524) do. Go figure.

 

[oddio]

Meekster & alexclaber... following my own advice to look more closely I cranked the brightness. Sheesh. There isn't anything like that bin style in the TE catalogs here and I have some pretty old ones. What do you think? An older TE cabinet that someone painted a red stripe on, or a homemade deal with TE grille bolted on?

 

[alexclaber]

Weird isn't it! Very convincing if it is a fake. Didn't the earlier TE stuff have a grey vinyl-like finish or was that in between older and newer periods?

Alex

P.S. Completely off-topic, but you have four Low-B2s do you not? Have you considered stacking them vertically to make a line-array for big gigs without PA support - I suspect this would sound incredible! Controlled 2-D dispersion right down to 100Hz (i.e. scary projection!)

 

[oddio]

Yep... it would be a lot of trouble to go to just to "fake" a TE cab. I am not sure what it is. Anyone?

Drifts O/T for a sec: As far as the B2s go, I usually play with one pair stacked upright as you do. Killer! Using two pairs however... I have tried that setup for outdoor gigs and it is purely AWESOME.

 

[oddio]

Great thread. Interesting that they went back to a red stripe on the cabs in the mid-'90s, at least for a while. Yep, Fane makes sense for that period, and they sound very different from Celestion. Nice! That series would sound great with a TwinValve.