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Trace was once trapped on a deserted island.
Trace is composed of Turquoise, Charcoal Gray Mother of Pearl, Wooden Circles, Blue Ceramic beads from Guatemala, Blue Glass, a Vintage Turquoise and Gold oval, and Green Resin. It is 28 inches in length and finished with a silver lobster claw clasp.
From our Campground we took a cab to the Buffalo Trace Distillery and had a nice guide named Freddie. He was 3rd Generation working at the Distillery. It was just us and Freddie on the Historical Tour. One of the best tours we have been on. A must if you are in the area!
The beating heart of many vintage Trace Elliot bass amps, the PM-4S output board. Super simple and super reliable. This one is almost forty years old and seen some use. A pair of leaky 2SK135 Hitachi Mosfets now replaced with new old stock I managed to track down. Now tested and working perfectly. The 2SJ50s tested fine. They don't usually fail as often for the simple fact that they get cooled better because they are nearer the fan.
On the bench and what will be a longer term project is a 1980s Trace Elliot AH250 MKV GP11 bass amplifier. Here, it's stripped back to the main chassis to diagnose and repair an issue with the output section. This is all big scary high power stuff, but superb quality and hand wired. The mosfet output board is faulty. It works but output is distorted. A pair of replacement Hitachi 2SK135 mosfets are required for the repair. They haven't made these for decades so a bit of improvisation is called for. Updates to follow.