Trace Elliot

Trace Elliot is a manufacturer of electric bass amplifiers.

Sign of recognition and was the specific Trace-Elliot Green. The front lights up green when the old amplifiers, when irradiated with black light ( for this purpose have been specially integrated tubes that bring the label to Phophorisieren ). In the subsequent series is an electrical phenomenon in which the elements were introduced into the color illuminated at low voltage. In the new series there are green LEDs that bring the front to light up.

Typical of Trace Elliot is the graphic equalizer, eventually Trace Elliot was one of the first amplifier company that introduced it. Originally were eleven ( precursor GP -11) or seven ( precursor GP - 7) bands will be processed using the slider, in the late 1980s has been upgraded to twelve bands. The possibility of default, particularly popular basic sounds ( Pre-shape ) is one of the known characteristics of these amplifiers.

Some of the amplifier components such as graphic equalizer, chorus and compressor were also offered as a separate floor pedals. Shortly offered Trace Elliot Bass guitars on under his own name. These were manufactured by the British manufacturer status and were under the name Status Trace Elliot T- bass, or simply T- bass on the market.

In addition to bass amps turned Trace Elliot amplifiers for electric and acoustic guitars ago. These sold rather poorly, as the company clung to the image of a bass amplifier manufacturer too.

The company came in the late 1990's in trouble and was sold to Gibson. The booster program was continued before the beginning of 2003, production was stopped completely.

After 2003, amplifier for Orange were produced in the Trace Elliot factory. The rights to the name Trace Elliot was bought by Peavey and in 2005 was a completely redesigned amplifier series before. These new amplifiers are built in England again, still have green glowing controller, the typical twelve- band equalizer and the boxes are further equipped with Celestionspeakern.

Mark Gooday, who was for many years an engineer and manager of the company Trace Elliot, founded after the acquisition of Trace Elliot by Kaman Music in 1997, Ashdown Engineering. Initially alone, with many employees of Trace Elliot he strove with Ashdown after the development of a complex amplifier supply bass amp on acoustic guitar amplifier to e - guitar amps.