grindonomicon wrote:Friend of a friend has a 225 watt Trace Elliot that sounds sick for live metal bass. Don't know the model though.
Sounds like a V4? They also made a V6 and a V8, but not many of either.
If it's for bass, you probably want a "bass" amp as guitar amps will often skimp on the primary inductance of the OT to save money. They figure the average guitarist won't notice that it only passes 100W at 60Hz as they'll be weedlyweedlyweeee'ing up around 2kHz.
If it was just for guitar I'd say get a Fender Super Twin and put it in a headshell. Not quite 200W but cheap.