Trace Elliot...

[moobass]

My girl dragged me out to the band Live in concert over the weekend. We were off to the side of the stage and I could not get a glimpse of the bassists rig (Patrick Dahlheimer) but to my ears it sounded like a big ol' 8x10 cab or a couple for that matter.
When I finally got a look at his rig all he had up there was a 4x10 cab. I know that the PA had a lot to do with the overall tone and maybe he was also running a amp sim DI into the house board. But do these 4x10's sound that good? I was reading about his gear on some site and they said he uses two Trace Elliot 1048H and two 1x15 cabs when playing live. I only saw the one 4x10 but there could have been more in the wings.

 

[moobass]

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[Plain Old Me]

Wait whats the question? I don't really like Trace cabs, but Trace heads are simply some of the best out there, especially the tube series.

 

[moobass]

Do these 4x10's sound that good?

 

[Plain Old Me]

Do these 4x10's sound that good?

If they sound good to you, I would imagine they sound pretty good. But the head also has an influence on sound. Through the PA, you may not even have been listening to the cabs. Did you notice if the guy was DIed or miced?

 

[moobass]

No. Our seats were not the greatest. I would bet he was DI'd via a Sansamp or the like and the 4x10 was up there for him mostly. Who knows? It really was a killer tone.
BTW: He had just about every Lakland bass the guy makes. The best sounding of the whole lot with this setup was the one with Jazz Bass pups.