2 NADs ...Fender and vintage Traynor content

[Andrew Lamprecht]

Re: 2 NADs ...Fender and vintage Traynor content

I know but to be 100 percent honest I was not loving the cleans... I know how rare it is to find that 4x10 version of the LSS too.

I think the lonestar was just not my style , EL84s or something cause I never liked Voxes either. I crave BIG round cleans for my pedals and high headroom and the Traynor excels at both. Its essentially the Canadian Plexi/ JTm-45

The only thing that matters is that you love your new amp. Sometimes you just don't dig stuff and its time to find something else. Traynors are awesome amps, enjoy. :friday:

 

[SongsForTheDeaf]

Re: 2 NADs ...Fender and vintage Traynor content

I've had a bunch of Traynors. Right now I have a early 70's Bassmate and an early 70's Bassmaster YBA-1A MKII ( thats the one thats 90 watts, not the amp the OP has, which are 40-50 watts, aned with a tube rectifier). Lots of great info on the net about old Traynors. Theres also a dedicated vintage Traynor group at Yahoo. I wonder if GuitarStv already restored his little Bassmaster..sure looks clean, those are great classic sounding little amp, especially with a new speaker- mine has an EV Force 15.

While the circuit on your old Traynor is essentially a knockoff of a Fender Tweed Bassman minus a couple resistor value differences, it an be 'Plexified' modded , and theres lots of people who have done that. Lots of details about it on the intrawebs. Because of the way the transformers saturate , among other things like plate voltages I think, it'll never sound dead on to a Plexi, but I'd be more interested in copping same original Tweed Bassman tone myself, and I don't see why it couldn't get plenty close with some minor changes.

The older ones like the 66-69, I think, are really the best..but a Metal amp? not unmodified...maybe with a pedal.

Also, I assume your Traynor, OP, has been restored. If not , time to do it, those old mallory Filter Caps have seen their best days. Those were about the absolute best caps ever made, they just don't make em like that anymore, unless maybe Sozo does, but I doubt it. One more thing, those are a lot better guitar amps than bass amps.

Oh I thought it was more of a JTM-45 type sound. either way it sounds great with fuzzes and cranked and has great headroom. The previous owner had the amp modded for a master volume and said it was serviced (whatever that means) so I hope the caps were replaced and what not. I had the bassmate combo aswell , a 76 model with EL84s. Those bassmates sounded great cranked with fuzzes too ! and bass sounded pretty decent through it. I love Canadian gear (Traynor, Godin) so when this opportunity to get a 60s YBA which is one of my dream amps I had to do it.

Really gotta get a correct grill or logo though!