Just pulled the trigger on a YCV50...

[mnbaseball91]

Well, I finally bent to the pressure and bought a Traynor YCV50 Blue. :dance:
Before it gets here, is there anything I need to know considering this is the first tube amp I've owned? How long can I expect the tubes to last? What can I do to take care of my new baby? Anything useful specific to this amp? Also, just to quadruple check... I turn the power to on, let the tubes warm up, then flip the standby to on. Then when I'm done, it's ok to just shut it off, right?

And yes, I'll post soundclips for you guys.

 

[marvar]

Re: Just pulled the trigger on a YCV50...

Most amp mfg's will tell you to put the amp on standby before shutting it off.
Be sure to carefully read the owners's manual if supplied, if not, go on line and find one for it.
Tubes! ahh what can I say? some people replace their tubes yearly, some replace never, unless there has been a problem. You will know when you need to replace, your amp will tell you! Unless I'm mistaken, Traynor amps have auto-bias, so changing you power tubes should be a plug and play replacement.
The cool thing about tube amps, is , you can play around with pre-amp tubes, and modify your tone to best fit your needs. Volumes are written about different tubes, how they sound etc, just by looking on the net.
P.S.- GO BRAVES!

 

[mnbaseball91]

Re: Just pulled the trigger on a YCV50...

Sweet. Can someone explain to me why putting it on standby before turning it off helps? I don't doubt it, but I like to know why things work the way they do.

Oh, and those of you who have one of these, feel free to gush over it - I'm excited!

...and marvar, can you say sweep!

 

[marvar]

Re: Just pulled the trigger on a YCV50...

I'm sure they recommend it for liability reasons, I do know that if you switch the amp off w/o using the standby, - that the caps are immediatly drained off, you will hear the amp fade out in the speakers, and maybe they say it because you may forget to throw the standby switch, and power up the amp without it being in standby, which is hard on tubes, caps,etc.

 

[Pepi]

Re: Just pulled the trigger on a YCV50...

Now, where in the heck is my standby switch on my 15 watt Lightning :blackeye:

 

[SoCalSteve]

Re: Just pulled the trigger on a YCV50...

Yeah, the standby goes on first (yellow light). Give it time for the speaker to break-in. It'll sound better and better when the speaker gets broken in. The boost can get muddy if your gain is already high, especially with chords, but if you set the gain around midway it works as a nice solo boost. Enjoy!

 

[Hoss]

Re: Just pulled the trigger on a YCV50...

i've always turned the standby ON before i turned the amp on and let it warm up a few mins before turning the standby off and playing...i'm pretty sure there's no physical need to turn it back on to turn the amp off, except maybe so it's in the right posistion when the amp is turned back on again!?


oh yeah......nice score....NEW STUFF ROCKS!!!

we'll of course need a full review after you get it and some pics!!!

 

[mnbaseball91]

Re: Just pulled the trigger on a YCV50...

Yeah, when I say standby on, I mean turn the switch to on (turning standby off). I had been looking at the YCV40 several months ago and I remember thinking, "boy, I wish they'd make more of a Marshall-esque version." Just like that, they started mass producing the YCV50. I guess someone at Traynor read my mind. I'm a little nervous having never played one, but all the soundclips make it sound like exactly what I'm going for.





Sweet!

 

[Buckeyedog]

Re: Just pulled the trigger on a YCV50...

Hey MN, go to dougstubes.com and get a tone kit of 4 pre amp tubes for like $32. I think it's an Ei, JJ, Chinese & Sovtek LPS. V1 is the main tube that really changes the tone/gain. You can swap them and mix and match any way you want. It's kind of fun really. Rock on man and congrats on your new toy!

 

[zionstrat]

Re: Just pulled the trigger on a YCV50...

Congrats and my #1 issue with tubes is make sure you have extras on a gig- Because of the movement, people tripping over stuff, etc, that's where 95% of my tubes died

 

[Xeromus]

Re: Just pulled the trigger on a YCV50...

Good choice. A friend of mine just bought one and I tried it out, rocks.

 

[ratherdashing]

Re: Just pulled the trigger on a YCV50...

Good choice. A friend of mine just bought one and I tried it out, rocks.

+1, and a Canadian company to boot, eh!

 

[Mephis]

Re: Just pulled the trigger on a YCV50...

Im new to tube amps too.

Just got mine this week.


I thought something was wrong, but it was just because I didnt know you had to turn both switches to on, I thought 1 was a standby switch and if I put it to on it'd go in standby. Doh!

 

[mnbaseball91]

Re: Just pulled the trigger on a YCV50...

Uh oh, it's Canadian? Better send it back! (j/k, I knew already)

I like how the pilot light changes colors when you go from standby to on. I also like how the tubes are recessed (unlike a Peavey Classic 30) so no retarded singers or vocalists can smash a mic stand through them.