Double Bass Trace Elliot ELF

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The new compact cabinets they've designed to go with this head look good too. This could be a new reasonably priced option for double bass. I hope some of my local stores start to carry it.

- Steve
 
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GoofusInsanius said:
Yeah, that impendance should work with pickup's. Funny that you can carry it in your jeans's backpocket.
Hope they'll make a 'twelf' with more power.. 200W won't cut it most of the time (at our gigs anyway).
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I gigged with a 100 watt Walter Woods MI-100-8. That amp produced @ 150 watts into 4 ohms. It sounded great but was only just powerful enough for jazz trios. The Elf looks to be good for small clubs, coffee houses, and drummerless trios. I do many gigs like that.

Ric
 
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I used a Gallien-Krueger MB105S for years and now use a Markacoustic AC 101. Both of these are 150 watts and I never felt the need for more wattage. I'm not interested in playing double bass at really high volumes. If I need more amplification than my amp can supply then I'll send a line to the PA.

- Steve
 
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For most situations this amp would suffice, wattage-like. Generaly speaking, we never want a loud amp on stage due to feedback issues.
I prefer to run it into a PA, but found myself in a situation without a PA a couple of times. Our bands PA is not suitable to amplify bass.. so i upscaled in watts.

Are there any sound samples of double bass with the Elf yet? I'm curious about the tone and if the amp doesn't color the sound with a Trace -sauce..

Is Elf giving anybody GAS yet?
 

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I have only heard it demoed with electric bass. One thing that's disappointing about this amp is that there is built-in compression that can't be defeated. The higher you turn the gain knob, the more compression is applied. That's an effect I generally don't like on double bass. Still, if a local store carries this amp I'll probably bring my double bass in to give it a try.

- Steve
 
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GoofusInsanius said:
I recall reading on this forum, that adding compression to a double bass signal, is prone for feedback.. so that wouldn't be a good thing.
I don't have experience on this, never use compression.
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Whenever I've had compression on my double bass it tended to make it sound more like an electric.

- Steve
 
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svtb15 said:
Anyone do an AB between an ELF and GK MB200?
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Nothing extensive (yet), but I have played them both back-to-back at band practice. The overall output from each is quite similar. The MB200 sounds like a GK, and the ELF is a bit more mid-forward, warm and round (though not overly so - just in comparison to the slightly scooped, very clear/clean GK tone).
 
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tombowlus said:
Nothing extensive (yet), but I have played them both back-to-back at band practice. The overall output from each is quite similar. The MB200 sounds like a GK, and the ELF is a bit more mid-forward, warm and round (though not overly so - just in comparison to the slightly scooped, very clear/clean GK tone).
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Have you tried the ELF with a DB, or just a slab?
 
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i plug my old german plywood's K&K Bass Max directly into the ELF, no preamp, which i have running into a Carvin 115MBE. it's a 4 ohm 1x15 cab with no tweeter, so it gets the full 200 watts and it sounds AWESOME. love this rig. no feedback issues and its super portable. i can put the ELF in the gig bag pocket and carry the Carvin in one hand. my upright gigs are all ONE TRIP now!
 
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Dug this thread up just to report... clumsy me was trying to do too much at once in packing up after a gig and managed to drop the ELF on the sidewalk.. (I was holding it under my armpit and carrying cab, cable bags, and mic stand in my hands). It hit hard and bounced.. plugged it in, works just fine, took a tiny ding on the corner but nbd.

Moral of the story? Tough little amp but don't take the portability for granted :laugh:
 
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unbrokenchain said:
managed to drop the ELF on the sidewalk.. (I was holding it under my armpit and carrying cab, cable bags, and mic stand in my hands). It hit hard and bounced.. plugged it in, works just fine, took a tiny ding on the corner but nbd.

Moral of the story? Tough little amp but don't take the portability for granted :laugh:
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I did that once with Walter Woods MI-400-8, fortunately Walter extended the sides out in to protect all the control surfaces.

I wish other amps would do this. The chassis is aluminum which naturally wicks off heat

and there massive cooling fins on the rear of the amp.

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