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Introduction
Congratulations on your purchase of the Trace Elliot 'Brat". We trust that you will find this
little monster a versatile and fun product to use, and with care it will provide you with
many years of satisfying service. In order to ensure that your Brat does not misbehave,
please take a little time to read this instruction guide before use.
The Brat is a single channel 15 watt 1 x 8" electric guitar combo, designed primarily for
rehearsal and low level playing applications. With this in mind, it comes complete with a
headphone output jack, enabling you to practise without disturbing the neighbours.
However, if you wish to really 'kick some ass' you can connect the loudspeaker output of
the amp to an external loudspeaker cabinet, such as a Trace Elliot 4 x 12, and produce a
full bodied sound suitable for rehearsing with a band playing smaller gigs.
FRONT PANEL FEATURES
Input jack
This input is for connection to your guitar and is suitable for both humbucking and single
coil types of pickup. Always ensure you use a good quality, screened guitar lead to avoid
unwanted hum and noise. If you are playing a guitar with single coil pickups, try to avoid
playing near possible sources of interference, such as fluorescent lights, televisions or CD
players.
Gain control and gain boost switch
These two controls determine the amount of preamplifier gain. With the gain boost switch
'out' the gain control takes the amplifier from being completely 'clean' to bluesy crunch
suitable for rhythm playing and lower gain lead lines.
With the gain boost switch 'in' the amplifier is primarily voiced for overdriven sounds.
The gain control then operates from a 'mild' valve-like overdrive to 'monster' gain suitable
for heavy rock and high speed soloing. The overall output volume of the amplifier should
be balanced between the input gain and master volume controls to obtain the correct
degree of overdrive at the appropriate levels.
Bass, mid, treble controls
The 3 band EQ network is of the passive variety. This means that all the controls are
interactive - for example, the position of the treble control will have an effect on the
amount of bass and mid range in the overall sound. This type of equalisation was chosen
as the most natural and best sounding for the character of an electric guitar. Do not be
afraid to experiment with the settings to obtain the sound you desire. Often the best
sound can occur with unusual tone settings. Note that with all tone controls fully
anticlockwise no signal is allowed to pass through the tone network into the power
amplifier section and you won't hear anything!
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