You did what Trace Eliot fails to do in their own damn videos. You actually played your bass thru one. Kudos to you.

Yes, you can gig it. I do it all of the time. I use other gear too, but the elf head with the 2x8" is one of my go to rigs for sure.

I have two TR Elf 1 x 10's on my Elf head; it shakes the walls. I use it with my fretless Squier Jazz and a 1990 Warmoth fretted Jazz with Bartolinis installed.

"If I was playing Death Metal I wouldn't be using this rig." All I needed to know, man! Thank you, mate! Awesome video!

Lots of realy useful stuff. Great video. Great t shirt. Thanks

I'm surprised. I think it really shines when it's matched with the right speaker cab. But as a part of a portable ridge, this TE Elf actually sounds pretty sweet. Thanks for the demo 🙏

I've been using the Elf head with a 2x8 and 1x10 for about 18 months, and I love it. Before that, I was using a GK 1x12 combo, which in pub gigs always sounded muddy and indistinct in the mix. Now the bass is nice and clear. For pubs and small clubs, there's enough bottom end to sound good without assaulting the audience (no, I don't play death metal).

A very good demo video- no slapping, thanks! Well, I played one of these in a local GC, and the head is actually pretty good through larger cabs.. but for me- an old school guy, the ELF didn't cut it at all...they FART. And you can hear the woof in the video. They remind me of the Phil Jones speaker cabs- small drivers just don't do it for me..great hi-fi in REALLY low volume situations, but on a gig.. no.

I think this amp is now on our list of gear to demo in a metal mix!

Great video of the elf, I love mine a lot 🤘

I love mine, I just shove it in my gig back and go direct into the board at rehearsals. Great not having to lug around a cab, just turn up, plug in and I'm ready to go. One good thing about that independent volume control is I can plug a wireless earphone in and have a sort of bootleg in ear monitor, so at gigs I still dont need a cab for stage volume because I can hear myself perfectly through that.

You so much for cranking the gain up enough for me to hear it rattle a little bit I always play with just a little bit of that distortion and I wanted to see if this amp would be good for me but everybody played it with like the gain all the way down so I couldn't get it from any of the other demos

I play the ELF with two great Barefaced cabinets (1x10). Cool setup and it weights next to nothing,..head in my bass gigbag and just 7 kgs in each hand as the cabs are so light (but powerful). This is being used for a loud Queen tribute band. Simple and effective!

The success of trace Elliot is thanks to Mark King of Level 42. He made the brand big

When I read "Can you Gig it?" In my head I did it in the voice of Cyrus, leader of the Gramercy Riffs!! 🤣😂😂😂

I wonder how it would sound with a Phil Jones 4x7 cabinet. I might find out soon.

I have nowhere to try one in person. How’s the low end? How does it compare to a 2x10? Looking for a clean bass amp that’s really light but I really need it to have some bottom.

Hi Kevin :) Thank you for your video. It's very informative. Would an Elf run two 1x12 Markbass New York Cabs? Is that just asking too much of it? Thank you :)

Generally a nice honest tone to start with. Got very flabby very quickly when you pushed it. And not in a very pleasant way. Tube sound? Nah....! Not at that point anyway. But overall I like it. Ironically, the OD sounded better when the Master was pushed. As something to pop in the studio... erm’ maybe.

I have a heavy attack. I don't think this would survive. My TC 12 combo handles everything well, just wish it had a smaller lighter package. Had been considering a head rush frfr 12

Had to read through all the comments to see if the boomy Pavillion sound had been discussed. Did you ever try picking the cab up off the floor, moving it away from a possible back wall thereby reducing the coupling voicing if you will that's recommended for a small 10" cab to get those lower bass booms out to the audience? My ELF and single 1-10" for the moment as a practice amp. A second 1-10" will be added for small parties for fun and tiny gigs which are just for fun anyways right? I picked it because the DI does the audience part but the cabs are for me so I can hear what the heck I'm playing when the PA is in front of me facing the audience. My bass has such a wide variety of tone that I need to 'hear' it for real before it's mixed with front of house. There it can be hard to pick out my sound thanks to so many frequencies being all together. Hmm, maybe I really should have turned it down in the '70's. The Trace AH600SMX is for the head banging crowd after all. Man do I miss my Sunn Magna 3800 and 4 - 18" Sunn and Cerwin Vega speakers. Thump. That was the power switch being engaged. Thanks for the informative video, sir.

I just bought a Trace Elliot 1x10 combo rig. Any thoughts on adding a 1x10 cabinet vs. a 2x8 cabinet?

Would an Elf run 2 x Ampeg SVT210AV cabs? I know it could run 1 but could it run 2 in series (as the Elf only has 1 speaker output)? Thanks.

I know this is an old video, but it would have been nice to hear the 2x8, and 110 together... the 2x8 does sound great, though

Any thoughts on how it sounds playing an active vs passive?

What if you hook it up to a cabinet?

Great video, sir! I reviewed one of the first ones here in the UK back in 2017 for Bass Guitar Magazine and bought one myself, now a permanent fixture in my gigbag as backup. I just covered the ELF combo over on my channel (kzfaq.info/get/bejne/raxmqKthrrbQd2w.html) and in a gigging situation, the 1x10 might not be enough on its own to keep up with a drum kit without PA support, but the ELF range pack a lot of welly for such a small amp. Nice one!

@ 11:00 is sounding really distorted and then you crank the gain and is even more distorted. I hope this Amp doesn't distorted with 412 speakers.

Are you running just 1 cab in this video?

I had my eye on that 2x8 cab, but....for what it costs, you're better off paying the extra $150 and get a Markbass Traveler 2x10 that's not made in China.

maybe the 10" for dub music? haha:)

This is really how to make those 2x8 Cabinets come to life. Use a PEAVEY Mini-Mega head and you will change your diaper.

The fan is SO NOISY.

too distorted for my taste (old school RnB)

Thing sounds a bit Tinny no real low end to speak of that I can hear....I need transformers for earth shakin bass tones...

Trace Elliot is just to overpriced i can do much better with other manufacturers