Trace Elliot TA-300 Acoustic Amplifier
Before 1989, acoustic musicians must have felt left out when walking around the amplifier section of their local music store. While small attempts had been made at producing an amplifier specifically for acoustic players, the fireworks of the amplifier industry were reserved for the owners of electric guitars and basses. Then came Trace Acoustic.
With the Trace Acoustic range, the British manufacturer revolutionized the world of acoustic instrumentation, from guitars to banjos to mandolins, and the musical instrument industry as a whole. Boasting very high impedance piezo pickup inputs, notch filters, phantom power, DSP effects, and a unique circuitry named Dynamic Correction which reproduced the sparkling top end of an acoustic instrument without harsh-sounding high frequency horns, the amplifiers were quickly recognized as the standard. No wonder Trace Acoustic made fans of some of the world's most respected musicians.
Today, the influence of Trace Acoustic is widely felt throughout the industry, but as in 1989, Trace Acoustic is raising the stakes again. Acoustic musicians can now experience a new generation of Trace Acoustic models, more evolved than their classic forebears yet still endowed with the engineering genius that has produced Studio-quality acoustic reproduction on stage for almost two decades. Lighter than ever before, more powerful and carrying a wealth of new cutting edge features, the new generation of Trace Acoustic has arrived.
Boasting a 12" Celestion® speaker flanked by twin 5" Celestions and powered with 300 watts, the TA-300 is the ultimate acoustic instrument amplifier. Features include Trace Elliot's signature Shape circuit and built-in auto-compressor on both channels, as well as customizable DSP effects with parameter and setting adjustment with separate reverbs that can be assigned to each channel. This versatile amplifier includes two modes of switchable features for presets and performance variable controls, all of which are also conveniently footswitchable using the supplied six-function foot controller.
Features:
- 2 preamp channels with 200 Watts total power output.
- 2 x 5" (127mm) Specially designed neodymium Celestion® and 1 x 12" (305mm) G12 Century Vintage neodymium Celestion speakers.
- 1/4" (6.35mm) jack input with Piezo switch, to switch to ultra-high impedance input stage on Channel 1.
- Combination balanced XLR / 1/4" (6.35mm) jack input with phantom power switch on Channel 2.
- Lo-Trim & Hi-Trim rotary controls on Channel 1.
- Gain & Notch filter rotary controls on both Channels.
- Built in auto-compressor on both channels.
- Signal level LED on both channels.
- Shape switch for instant EQ'd sound on both channels (footswitchable on Channel 1).
- Phase switch to help with control of feedback (footswitchable) on both channels.
- Effect Parameter and Setting rotary encoders.
- Allows for separate levels of Reverb to be applied to each channel.
- Channel 1 can also have either Chorus, Flange, Phaser, Tremolo, and various delays including stereo Ping Pong.
- Tap tempo (from either front panel or footswitch).
- 6-band graphic EQ.
- Feedback Locating System® on each band of EQ that uses LEDs to show where feedback is occurring.
- Master volume and Mute switch (footswitchable), mutes all outputs except Tuner Out.
- Tuner output, Left and Right Preamp Outputs and Power amp Inputs (to use as effects loop).
- Two DI outputs can be configured as dry Channel 1 and Channel 2 out, or processed Left and Right channels out.
- Switch for turning front panel lights on or off.
- Durable GatorHyde® finish
- Protective Trace Elliot embroidered slip cover included.
- Full function footswitch and stage length cable included.
- Weight Unpacked: 38.25 lbs. (17.35 kg)
- Weight Packed: 45.19 lbs. (20.5 kg)
- Width Packed: 23.25" (59.055 cm)
- Depth Packed: 29" (73.66 cm)
- Height Packed: 15.5" (39.37 cm)
