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Topic: Traynor Solid State Amps |
Jim Strawser
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Posted 3 Jul 2008 12:31 am |
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 My Traynor Solid State TS 100 is at the shop for a 50K Pot replacment(shaft was broken. Tech got the head out, was sparkling clean inside, well laid out, and hand wired. For an amp of the 80's era this is impressive. Reverb Tank was flawless, and the Marland 2 X 12(out of production speakers) were awesome as well. Anyone have any experience with these Canadian amps. Winks, got it from a pawn shop in Arizona(cheap-what a rare find) Seems is the poors mans version of a Fender Twin Reverb
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Roger Miller
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Posted 6 Jul 2008 11:46 am
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| Back in 1970, I had a 410 "super reverb" style for about a year and loved it. Yep transister and their moto was to drop it out of a 2 story window and it would still work,.....right. Nice amps, clean sound, been around a while, and still good name. |
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Casey Lowmiller
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Kansas
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Posted 9 Jul 2008 7:45 pm
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Wish I could find one of those for a decent price. They seem pretty slick & Traynors have a pretty good reputation.
I don't know where I would put one if I bought one...I'm running out of room!!!
Casey
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Jim Sliff
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Lawndale California, USA
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Posted 9 Jul 2008 8:18 pm
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| transister and their moto |
Traynor's rep was actually made with their tube amps, which are built like tanks, sort of combining the best of Fender and Marshall in a bulletproof design. Those were the ones (especially the Bassmasters and YSR-1 Custom Reverbs) that reputedly were tested with the two-story drop by Pete Traynor.
There have been many rumors of the Allman Brohers actually having Traynor 50-watt heads hidden behind their Marshalls on stage - the Marshalls were on standby and the Traynors were the "real" amps.
The solid state ones...which might be attractive to steelers...were pretty much the death knell among guitar players, where they are about as popular as the revered Fender "zodiac" line...yikes...
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Pete Woronowski
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Saskatchewan, Canada
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Posted 9 Jul 2008 8:24 pm
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Jim, if you ever need help or info on your amp contact Mike Holman at Yorkville sound. He is a great guy, just tell him Pete Woronowski from Saskatoon told you.
Yorkville Sound builds Traynor Amps.
Mikes e-mail address is:
mholman@yorkville.com
Take Care, Pete
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Gabriel Stutz
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Chicago, USA
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Posted 10 Jul 2008 2:52 pm
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Traynors are great. I have a YMG-3 Guitar Mate. It sounds every bit as good to me as a deluxe reverb, but waaaaaaaay less expensive. It's hand wired and, as has been said, built like a tank. However, I really did not like the stock marsland speaker at all, so I replaced it with an eminence and it made a huge difference. If you're anywhere near Canada, or if you go to ebay Canada Traynors are pretty plentiful and really affordable compared to their Fender and Marshall counterparts.
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Jim Strawser
From:
Montana, USA
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Posted 19 Jul 2008 9:29 pm Thanks for all the feedback
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Thanks for all the Traynor Feedback, sometimes steelers get Fender Steel King minded or Peavey soundminded! I for one, as a beginner feel the tone that rocks my boat is fine with me, even if the purists say yah gotta have a tube amp etc. My next trick to go score an ART Pro-verb. Seems to me the way to go is experiment, read the forum and boogie down. Gotta love the advice our small family gives away with no charge
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Sandro Rocco
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St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada
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Posted 16 Jun 2012 7:01 am
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I'm currently rebuilding a YSR-II signature reverb amp with 4x10's in it to be used with my steel guitar. A band mate had it in his garage and told me to rebuild and use it with the steel. I use traynor amps pretty well exclusively. No bias or anything in that regards, I've just used a number of them and never had issues with them electrically or sound wise. They are built like tank and sound amazing.
The one I am rebuilding now powers on and sounds great;however, it sounds like the capacitors are at the end of their life. Fair enough considering it was build 40-50 years ago. |
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Bill Miller
From:
Gaspe, Quebec, Canada
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Posted 16 Jun 2012 8:36 am
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| The Traynors are very well made. I bought a YCV-40 tube model several years ago and it was a beautiful little amp. The quality was outstanding and it sounded very good with six string electric but I couldn't use it for pedal steel because it didn't have enough bottom end and it got dirty at too low a volume. I sold it to buy another amp but I kind of wished I had kept it. I'd like to try the 80 watt version ( YCV80 ) with two 12" speakers some time. |
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James Marlowe
From:
Florida, USA
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Posted 16 Jun 2012 3:03 pm
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I recently purchased a Traynor bass amp from Gollihur Bass to play my upright bass through. Gollihur said it was a great, lightweight natural sounding inexpensive amp for bass fiddle. They were right. I've played out about four times and couldn't be happier with it. Very natural and no boominess at all, though it has a 15" speaker.
I don't know how it compares with other Traynor amps quality wise as it was made in China. I guess only time will tell, but for around 350 bucks, it's a winner in my book. BTW, it only weighs 30 lbs. That's a real treat!
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Leslie Ehrlich
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Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
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Posted 17 Jun 2012 3:04 am
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Being a rock guitarist, I have no love for the Traynor TS series solid state amps. The stock twelve inch speakers have a real thuddy sound and the pre-amp overdrive is the worst solid state distortion I've ever heard.
However, if you are after a clean sound or you are using a stompbox overdrive, the amp will sound okay.
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Jim Strawser
From:
Montana, USA
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Posted 17 Jun 2012 10:39 pm Traynor Solid Stae Amps
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Although I have bought a Traynor 40W Tube amp, I replaced the old Marsland thuddy speakers with Weber 12" speakers, Makes a world of difference IMHO
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