Traynor Amps

As you're aware, I've had a YGM3 since 1974. Purchased new. Great sounding little amp. I will say about Pete Traynor.... if a little was good enough, he made it stouter. That sucker is one back breaking amp combo. I have also mentioned I have a bit of a unicorn as Traynor Amps go. For early 70s reasons, Traynor shipped parts across the border to Batavia NY to a guy that built the boxes and assembled the Traynor supplied parts into the boxes. These were only sold in the US. According to a Traynor customer service guy I contacted, most people at Traynor didn't know this had done. After some research he got back to me and told me I have one of only a couple hundred Traynor YGM3's built in the States.

Just a bit of basically useless trivia. :cool:
 
I've owned YCV20, 40, 50, and 80's. They were all very god amps. They took a lot of abuse and sounded great. My favourite was The YCV50 Blue. I had the matching 1x12 extension cabinet. I played straight into the amp with no pedals. With the master volume I could get a good tone for any venue. t home and small venues I didn't use the extra cab. Next was the YCV20. It had the nicest breakup and was loud enough for most venues but it wasn't as versatile as the YCV50. The YCV80 with four 10" speakers was a beast. It was a Twin killer with a lush reverb. Strangely, as it was the most powerful, at low volumes it was the best of the bunch. Live it needed pedals to sound it's best.
 
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