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BGRA: Trace Elliot V-Type 4808 Combo
| Manufacturer |
Trace Elliot |
Model |
V-Type 4808 Combo |
| Reviewer |
Matt Cooke |
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| Experience |
Five |
Item owned |
1-6 months |
| Review Date |
2002-12-02 |
Price paid |
£600 |
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Dimensions | 24 x 20 x 14 inches ish |
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Weight | in excess of 35 kilos |
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Power | 300 w RMS |
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Speakers | 4 eight inch 60w Celestions (BG8 60) |
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Other | Green Trace Elliot carpet finish. |
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This amp is top dog. As another chap says on here, Trace have legendary
reputation and they manage to up-hold it in this example. They only made
around 50 of these but I reccomend if you see one, you at least try it. It
is reasonably powerful and will drive an extension cab but in all honesty,
you wont need one. The eights have a unique character, extremely punchy
and pokey but with lots of bottom end too. These multiple eights wont put
out the same bottom end as a 2 x 15" or a single eighteen but you will be
suprised at how far they can be pushed before complaint. Very sturdy
little speakers. The amp has a new power stage as the old one died a
rather nasty death. It was a BiPolar Bear, traces old series 250-300w
power stage; Great when they work but terminate everything on the board
and in a case of my friend the mains transformer when they die. They also
occasionally take the speaker(s) out too. If yours dies, replace it with a
320w Clive Button model like in mine. It is built well and has a distinct
trace sound-print but with a more organic feel. The 12 band series are
great, I have a 600w head, 4x10" compact 1x15" and a bright box
(AH600SMX, 1048H an 1153 and a 4052H) but for plug in and go the V-Types
are great. It is reasonably compact but it is as heavy as my 4x10"! Try
one if you see it, Ive never played a better combo. Even EBS!
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