Proof yet again that Johan could probably plug into a toaster oven and make it sound like a cranked Marshall! Great demo of a highly underrated amp manufacturer, from a proud Canuck! Let's Go!
@@JohanSegeborn Thanks for the demo Johan! am looking at a TS-75 w/15" speaker for sale in amazing cond near my home! Not real cheap but my tele won't let me sleep unless I check it out! These amps make for a great "doom" sound with the right pedals, would like to use it as a "special effects" sound on my songs! You ROCK Johan!
Yorkville Sound / Traynor is by far the most underrated amp and gear company in the industry. I have a 1977 Traynor YGM3 that just kills it. No joke. This little 15 - 20 watt 1x12 combo does it ALL. Clean tones. Jaw dropping lead and crunchy tube rhythm sounds. Deep Peter Green style reverb. And swirly psychedelic tremolo. With a 1x12 extension cab (Orange) and a speaker upgrade with some simple mods this thing blows away amps costing 5x as much. No lie.
Finally you get a traynor, but not one of their crazy good YBA-1s. So happy you finally had a chance to try one of our Canuck killer amps! Now we need to get you a tube Traynor(even the modern YCS50) and an old Garnet that Guess Who used.
Also... You are such a good goddamn player. I love watching your videos. I aspire to play better, so I steal licks from guys like you who can really play!
In the 80's I had on old phantom flying v guitar that I had to ground to my body and once I did it sounded awesome. Then in the 90's I had a band that played out and I had a Kustom amp and when I went to sing backups I got shocked on my lips lo.
Traynor is incredibly under rated as an amp company. I currently have a YCV 40 WR which is an absolutely killer tube amp, but this little TS 15 was my first amp when I was 12. I can still remember the day My dad and I brought it home. It had such a sweet distortion, up to that point I had only had old student amps which were lifeless and dead clean. This little amp made sure my obsession with guitars was lifelong.
I actually still have this exact amp in my basement. It was my first amp . I bought it brand new when I first started guitar in late 70's. It was amazingly loud for little amp. Never seen many other people with one, even back then. makes me want to dig it out of storage and get re aquinted with it again years later. I guess as I got into tube amps this little guy got neglected.Very interesting and refreshing to actually find a nice video as this one demonstrating the amp so many years later.
Wow! That is a lovely rich distortion. As other said, much of the great sounds comes from your fingers, but when you do those nice beefy power chords, you can really hear a lot of great rich harmonics in the guitar sound that are just very very pleasant to listen to. What we can deduce from your videos is that long before tube modelling amps became fashionable, there were definitely plenty of fantastic solid state guitar amps out there with truly beautiful and rich distortion sounds that sadly got ignored by everyone except a few tone-savvy studio engineers and producers. The Marshall Lead-12 for example that you demonstrated so wonderfully, was an amp that I had known for years was in fact a "secret weapon" for many studios around the world. I'm sure this Tryanor was as well as I know many of their old tube amps were definitely widely used as studio amps. I use to own an old Traynor tube base amp (I forget the model but it was a combo with a 15" speaker) and I still kick myself for trading it for a bass guitar as it sounded amazing on guitar. :(..
Man, I thought everyone knew how great these were. These Traynors are the foundation of the 90's Shellac/Jesus Lizard bass tone and are getting more expensive all the time. I have a Tronographic Rusty Box that emulates the preamp circuit. Cheap, small, and sounds fantastic. Although, like everyone always says, your playing could make anything sound killer. Love the channel man, keep doing you.
Traynor has some of the most respected equipment in Canada.. John Seriously check out a YBA if you can find one. Plexi tones for about $500 used.. they used to test them by throwing them down a flight of stairs and plugging it in.. built like a tank
They have amazing gear.. the most durable in the world too! And it is so cheap here still, in most cases you can ifnd these at garage sales and such still. One of our hidden gems here in Canada!! :)
Johnny Segeborn you are a breath of fresh air to these music channels, great to see and listen to someone that loves everything about guitars/amps/music, free from the "placebo effect" and not scared to say it as it is. I didn't realise just how many really good/excellent solid state amps there are out there and excellent value . Love your playing and videos, keep them coming.
This amp sounds awesome!!! Some solid state amps can sounds every bit as good as valve amps and this is certainly one of them! Also, I've watched quite a lot of your videos now and I'm very impressed with your playing! I love how you focus on rhythm playing, rather than the usual boring shredding that youtube is full of these days. Your lead playing is excellent too but there's an "old school" vibe about your rhythm playing that I really like. I love a good solo but for me, the often overlooked rhythm guitarist is the backbone of rock 'n' roll and blues. Well done sir! :)
Johan You've always nailed it!, seriouslly your latest videos! man, i have no words! are awesome!. good playing! and Phenomenal gear! that traynor amp. it's a little Beast!. cheers my Friend! and keep on Rockin'.
I live in Canada and have the pleasure of being able to grab a variety of traynor amps from my local music store. I have one I use in my studio frequently. They are fantastic amps. Some of them can model Marshall and Fender amp with a circuit switch. And they're priced ridiculously affordably. You get all the tone without going broke. Awesome video! Nice to see one up here!
Great video. Traynor still makes great amps! Full disclosure, I live very close to the Traynor Factory but have no other connection with the company. A few years back, I found myself in the unusual situation of having a little surplus cash and decided that I was going to visit my local music store, play all of the amps and buy the one that sounded best. I played a couple of Oranges, a Mesa Mark V and Transatlantic, Fender Blues Junior, whatever was the hot Marshall at the time and a couple of Traynors. I left with a Traynor YCV40WR .
my friend walks in as this video was playing and she says that sounds good! She says it has that cool Ronchy sound like Neil Young and other 70s bands.
I found one of these by the side of the road years ago. Someone had put it to the curb for garbage day. Still works fine and sounds great for a practice amp!
My First Amp!!! Have not heard one of these for 35 (!) years and man, the sound has put me in a time warp. Instantly recognize it. They made larger versions if i recall correctly. Perhaps a 25 watt model? Thanks Johan. What a treat!!!
I just picked up one of these for $50 based on Johan's video. Thanks Johan!!! It sounds great paired with my tele. I haven't tried it with anything else as of yet. One thing I noticed however is that the speakers look different. I'm not sure if it's a difference in when it was manufactured or if they are totally different Yorkville speakers. Either way it's a great little amp! I like my Vox Cambridge 15, which has a tube in the pre amp, I run through a homemade 1X12" Celestion Greenback cab, but this thing definitely gives it a run for it's money, especially in it's higher gain settings. Keep up the excellent videos Johan, look forward to seeing everything you post!
I don't know if it's been said, but Pete Traynor would test his amp heads by dropping them on the concrete from second floor of his building. All they would do is change the tubes and the head would fire up. He figured it was similar to the Head falling off a cabinet from the edge of a stage. They were built like tanks and the chassis wouldn't even crack.
This brings back memories. When I was a teenager living near Toronto, these amps and their tube predecessors were everywhere. They were really inexpensive second hand. Traynor was what you used until you could afford a "good" amp. We never appreciated how good they were. Now I frequently scan Kijiji for the older tube powered Traynors. Great amps. There's a website called Velvet Black that has all sorts of info on the various Traynor models, history, etc. Worth checking out.
Cool to see a Traynor on your channel Johan! I live on the East Coast of Canada and these old amps are everywhere, solid state and tube amps. Traynor made great amps and they are still pretty inexpensive.
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I was born and raised in Toronto Canada, and was fortunate to meet Pete Traynor a few times. Interesting, regular guy, that made killer stuff. I always use Traynors. If you ever get a chance Johan, try the Traynor 2x6v6 Bassmate. Killer guitar amp. I still use one along with an el 84 powered Guitarmate combo. Thanks for the excellent demos!!
God I love it when you play that SG. Not using the vintage DiMarzio in the bridge anymore? Have to admit I would certainly buy one of these amps if I ever found one here in Australia, that tone is sublime.
Some of Mr.Traynor's first amps were built to replicate the Marshall heads at the time and some evn better with more robust power supplies. Traynor designed and built amps and cabinets under several brand names way back when including Sound Crew, RVS, Yorkville. I have an RVS Model 1 keyboard combo with twin 12' speakers and it is super powerful and sounds great with a guitar or even bass at moderate levels
I know it’s been said before, you’re playing is awesome. You again nail the tone. Great amp too, I really like the format of your vids. Thanks for doing this.
Sounds good Johan! If you can get your hands on the code 50 at some point, I'm sure a lot of us following your channel would like to hear it! I'm sure your playing would make it sound great! Cheers
Yeah, Traynors are great - very solidly built with great features and sound. Very underrated (except of in Canada :) ) And of course, great playing as always!!!
I'm in Canada. we are blessed with 60s and 70s traynor amps. The 60 YBA1 and YBA1-A are the best amps ever made. think bassman/jtm. cheers from canada.
JED TAYLOR not at all. they turned SS in the mid 70s. traynor amps started in toronto Canada. the first ones were loosely based on jtm/bassman circuits. there was the YBA1 45w el34.. YBA1-A 90w el34. yba2 20w ish 6v6. YBA3 i think 120/130w. and many more like the YSR1.. YRM1.. these last 2 had tremolo and reverb. then there was the traynor combos. the YGMs and so on. they made a head or combo that competed with anything at that time. from a jtm to a twin reverb to even a 4x10 super reverb equivalent. Traynors are the most underrated vintage tube amps of all time. they still make tube amps till this day. cheers
Just goes to show no matter how offbeat you think an amp is Johan has probably demo'd it at some point. I have this amp and it cost less than a lot of boutique drive pedals and really gets some filthy tones. First thing I did was a small mod to add a speaker out jack (try at your own risk or take it to a tech) in the place of the hard-wired speaker wire so I can run it into a much bigger cabinet than the 8s that are in there. Gives the amp some more tonal options.
Wow, shocked to see you plugging into one of these, but damn cool! My first amp was a bigger version of this with a few more controls. They were a dime a dozen as rental returns in our national music store in the early 80s in Canada so I bet lots of beginners started on them around here back then. Honestly thought it was pretty crap at the time and quickly moved on to a Hiwatt Custom 50. Many decades later I've always wished I still had the amp though just to see how it really sounds in light of playing experience. Also sold the Hiwatt and super regretted that, they are so expensive now and I miss it's tone very much.
But just to come full circle my main guitar amp is a Traynor tube amp. My bass head is also a pretty beefy Traynor too. I do still have a Traynor BLOC80B solid state bass amp that was my first bass amp from about 1985. Not spectacular but was cheap and got me heard for those first few years playing bass. Us Canadians and our Traynors eh?
I had the 200 watt head of this. These things are great for the price. You should attempt to find a Garnet. I live where most of the survivors are haha.
+Johan Segeborn - Traynor makes a 50 watt tube combo called the YCV50. It's a Marshall killer with 3x 12ax7 and a pair of EL34s pushing a V30. They sell criminally cheap here in Canada on the used market. Definitely worth taking for a test drive !!
Have that combo, but the YCS50 is really their best amp. I love mine even more than the YGM-3 or YBA-1 I still own(sold my Mark2 YBA-too freaking loud, and my YRM-1) The naming issue is also a problem for those who don't know Traynors. Pretty different tone out of the different models.
Great Video Johan , you should try to demo the Traynor YBA-1 from the 70's ,though maybe hard to find ,they are a dime a dozen here in Canada ,I own two of the beast
Just got one of these Johan, thanks for the demo! Underrated amp for sure. Mine doesn't sound as good as yours though... I think it might have something to do with who's playing, not sure. :)
I've had the TS50 (big brother of the amp in this video) for five years now. Not much highs or lows, but the mids and reverb are great, and it does a good garage rock sound if you can get it loud enough.
My friend used to work at Traynor amps I have one mine says 30 on it and the speakers blown really hard to find one they are weird shaped almost Square. I was amazed at the sounds I could get out of that app with no footswitch. And it was loud really loud I got to fix that thing
i own a 1970's traynor ygl-3 100 watts full tube amplifier and i use to own quite a few vintage fenders and other brand but this mark 3 ygl3 is my main amp now and i love it....
+Johan Segeborn I agree with you ....thanks for remembering me memories too with this little 15 watter wich was my very first amp when i was 13..here in canada they are still very popular amplifiers
It sounds a bit like a glassy hybrid between power tube distortion and preamp tube distortion - but with out any of these components actually fitted!! Amazing tone
The small combos are where its at for old Traynors. Try a YGM-3 guitar mate, or better yet a YBA-2 bassmate. Both are what I would consider the most outstanding examples of the Traynor sound. The Bass Mate has 3 very different circuits that were issued over a short period ('66 -> '70). This includes el84 and 6v6 models. The versions that use the second 12ax7a element in the preamp are the most guitar friendly. They fall somewhere between a Deluxe Reverb and a 20W Marshall Lead and bass, simlar to they way that a YGL-3 falls somewhere between a twin and a 100W plexi. Both the YGM-3 and YBA-2 combos are also loud examples that betray their wattages (20 -> 30W). Few drummers alive or dead would ever require a larger amp to keep up to them.
Haha, cool, that was my first amp! We had two in my first band, my next amp was a Roland Cube 40 which was arguably better or at least more versatile and definitely louder. But, yes, the Traynors sounded quite good, had a Big Muff for OD :)
Siddharth Karunakaran tone is better justified by being demonstrated with skill and experience. it's not as accurate to laying it on the fingers. truly it's the knowledge that drives experienced fingers but more than that .....mic placement as well as recording technique and gear selection associated with the amp. Johan knows what sounds great and may be more than a single recorded effort before the prefecture of the sound is brought to bare. but johan has practiced guitar to phrasing and very good play of examples he does. we and I include myself may not be fully aware of what efforts he takes in production of his artistry. each of us have what we know is very good tone. I would say that johan also knows. and how to bring the best tone out
Siddharth Karunakaran and that beautiful early 70's Gibson SG has a sound all of its own, i was lent one for a while it has amazing tonal range, just felt like a time machine, it all adds up to a sound we love! 👏🏻🎸
Siddharth Karunakaran The Code 50 deserves a showing if this pos gets a shot !Come on Johan!I saw some others wanting it!It has a touchy setting at 3/4 and goes monster on you but it's NICE!
Hey Johan, pretty cool little amp for a solid-stater, have you ever thought about doing a video on the Peavey Renown 160 Watt solid-state combo amp?, I've got one but it's in a head cabinet, anyway, I've been able to get some pretty good clean and overdrive tones out of it after I made a new footswitch for it, my Renown amp is going through a 4 X 12 Ashton quad box that's loaded with four Celestion G12E Rocket 50's, works great, and the spring-reverb is pretty cool too.
I got one a few weeks ago... dead but working now after resoldering the controls. It’s similar to the Classic , but different. It’s like a Bandit lead channel combined with a Special 130 normal channel, and they can be combined with the footswitch. The normal channel has the Paramid control too. Its really versatile yet sells really cheap. Crazy loud too, I’m sure you would like it! Oh, and Bandits are great but the Specials are Bandits on steroids. Cheers!
arsenalfanrichi . custom was big in a lot of places. but not a favorite locally. kustom had more clean tone amps in the time of transitioning. kustom had a large following in the 60s. when I went to the service most equipment on shore bases were identified as kustom roll and pleaded. sunn was another I saw overseas officers and em clubs.
He tells in the beggining of the video that he recorded with two mics and edited in cubase later adding reverb. So no, it doesn't sound that good just by plugging it and playing.
Rockin' little amp, quite toneful - more SS amp reviews on the way? Always wanted to hear the elusive Vox AC30 SS model. Trademark amps supposed to be good too esp through cabs.
Seriously, Get an old Traynor Bassmaster or Custom Special for your guitar. Those old Traynor bass heads from the late 60's/early 70's are some of the best amps out there, for bass or guitar.
The sleepers in my collection.--(Dean Markley K150 Amp)50$)--(1971 Matsumoku Skylark),ash body,double cut guitar (85$) Add one Dimarzio Virtual Hot Paf bridge pup,boss blues driver,boss distortion,boss noise suppressor.Plug into the clean side and let fly.
Johan Segeborn we used to rent them from the local music store and the fuses would blow. ..so we put tin foil in the fuse slot and the amp would eventually grenade. over bass, drums and a singer you could barely hear yourself. .. that's why I got the Ampeg.
Proof yet again that Johan could probably plug into a toaster oven and make it sound like a cranked Marshall! Great demo of a highly underrated amp manufacturer, from a proud Canuck! Let's Go!
+Brian Peter Thanks my friend! :-)
Probably true but the Traynor is a HUGE step beyond a toaster!
LOL he understands what any rig wants him to do and he speaks their language
I love funky vintage solid state amps. They all have such unique character. Keep up the good work!
+Chuck's Guitar Geekery Thanks Chuck, they do indeed!
@@JohanSegeborn Thanks for the demo Johan! am looking at a TS-75 w/15" speaker for sale in amazing cond near my home! Not real cheap but my tele won't let me sleep unless I check it out! These amps make for a great "doom" sound with the right pedals, would like to use it as a "special effects" sound on my songs! You ROCK Johan!
Yorkville Sound / Traynor is by far the most underrated amp and gear company in the industry. I have a 1977 Traynor YGM3 that just kills it. No joke. This little 15 - 20 watt 1x12 combo does it ALL. Clean tones. Jaw dropping lead and crunchy tube rhythm sounds. Deep Peter Green style reverb. And swirly psychedelic tremolo. With a 1x12 extension cab (Orange) and a speaker upgrade with some simple mods this thing blows away amps costing 5x as much. No lie.
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I have a 70's ts200 with the 9x9" cab and absolutely love it. Pretty cool to see you take on the Traynor stuff
+jbassgold Thanks, 9x9" sounds so cool!
Finally you get a traynor, but not one of their crazy good YBA-1s. So happy you finally had a chance to try one of our Canuck killer amps! Now we need to get you a tube Traynor(even the modern YCS50) and an old Garnet that Guess Who used.
+thorinbane We're actually gonna do a 1980 YGL-3 next week! Cheers!
Traynor amps are wicked. You might like the YBA 3. With the master volume. It has some power.
thorinbane Traynor’s are awesome and Garnet Herzog 👍👍🎶
Just pulled one of these out of my storage in the basement. Totally revisiting this gem
70's Traynor amps are awesome. I wish I still had my stack. The one that electrocuted me in a hilarious video;-)
+Woodeso's Guitar Mods Electrocuted!? Do you have a link to the video? ;-)
Also... You are such a good goddamn player. I love watching your videos. I aspire to play better, so I steal licks from guys like you who can really play!
In the 80's I had on old phantom flying v guitar that I had to ground to my body and once I did it sounded awesome. Then in the 90's I had a band that played out and I had a Kustom amp and when I went to sing backups I got shocked on my lips lo.
+Woodeso's Guitar Mods Thanks my friend!
Electrocuted= death. You were shocked- thank your lucky stars.
Traynor is incredibly under rated as an amp company. I currently have a YCV 40 WR which is an absolutely killer tube amp, but this little TS 15 was my first amp when I was 12. I can still remember the day My dad and I brought it home. It had such a sweet distortion, up to that point I had only had old student amps which were lifeless and dead clean. This little amp made sure my obsession with guitars was lifelong.
I actually still have this exact amp in my basement. It was my first amp . I bought it brand new when I first started guitar in late 70's. It was amazingly loud for little amp. Never seen many other people with one, even back then. makes me want to dig it out of storage and get re aquinted with it again years later. I guess as I got into tube amps this little guy got neglected.Very interesting and refreshing to actually find a nice video as this one demonstrating the amp so many years later.
My number one inspiration for playing slow and clean! You sound soo good! Thanks for another superb vid!!
+Will B Thanks Will! Glad to hear it!
Wow! That is a lovely rich distortion. As other said, much of the great sounds comes from your fingers, but when you do those nice beefy power chords, you can really hear a lot of great rich harmonics in the guitar sound that are just very very pleasant to listen to.
What we can deduce from your videos is that long before tube modelling amps became fashionable, there were definitely plenty of fantastic solid state guitar amps out there with truly beautiful and rich distortion sounds that sadly got ignored by everyone except a few tone-savvy studio engineers and producers. The Marshall Lead-12 for example that you demonstrated so wonderfully, was an amp that I had known for years was in fact a "secret weapon" for many studios around the world. I'm sure this Tryanor was as well as I know many of their old tube amps were definitely widely used as studio amps. I use to own an old Traynor tube base amp (I forget the model but it was a combo with a 15" speaker) and I still kick myself for trading it for a bass guitar as it sounded amazing on guitar. :(..
+wigon Thanks! Yeah these old solid state amps have such great characters
Man, I thought everyone knew how great these were. These Traynors are the foundation of the 90's Shellac/Jesus Lizard bass tone and are getting more expensive all the time. I have a Tronographic Rusty Box that emulates the preamp circuit. Cheap, small, and sounds fantastic. Although, like everyone always says, your playing could make anything sound killer. Love the channel man, keep doing you.
+Tylermackenzie Thanks, I'm really glad you like it!
Traynor has some of the most respected equipment in Canada.. John Seriously check out a YBA if you can find one. Plexi tones for about $500 used.. they used to test them by throwing them down a flight of stairs and plugging it in.. built like a tank
They have amazing gear.. the most durable in the world too! And it is so cheap here still, in most cases you can ifnd these at garage sales and such still. One of our hidden gems here in Canada!! :)
Johnny Segeborn you are a breath of fresh air to these music channels, great to see and listen to someone that loves everything about guitars/amps/music, free from the "placebo effect" and not scared to say it as it is. I didn't realise just how many really good/excellent solid state amps there are out there and excellent value
. Love your playing and videos, keep them coming.
I still have my little TS-10 which I use for practice. I got it used in the 80's and love it!
Just bought one an hour ago for 40 dollar!
The guy made me try it with his 1964 gretsch, it was a great experience to say the least.
This amp sounds awesome!!! Some solid state amps can sounds every bit as good as valve amps and this is certainly one of them! Also, I've watched quite a lot of your videos now and I'm very impressed with your playing! I love how you focus on rhythm playing, rather than the usual boring shredding that youtube is full of these days. Your lead playing is excellent too but there's an "old school" vibe about your rhythm playing that I really like. I love a good solo but for me, the often overlooked rhythm guitarist is the backbone of rock 'n' roll and blues. Well done sir! :)
Greetings from Canada! Love your videos. If you want some cheap but awesome amps, old Traynors are a good place to start (at least here)
Johan You've always nailed it!, seriouslly your latest videos! man, i have no words! are awesome!. good playing! and Phenomenal gear! that traynor amp. it's a little Beast!. cheers my Friend! and keep on Rockin'.
+Fer Ramirez Thanks my friend, have a great weekend! Cheers
I live in Canada and have the pleasure of being able to grab a variety of traynor amps from my local music store. I have one I use in my studio frequently. They are fantastic amps. Some of them can model Marshall and Fender amp with a circuit switch. And they're priced ridiculously affordably. You get all the tone without going broke. Awesome video! Nice to see one up here!
+Parker Hatcher Thanks man, there will be an amazing YGL 3 too soon. Cheers
Great video. Traynor still makes great amps! Full disclosure, I live very close to the Traynor Factory but have no other connection with the company. A few years back, I found myself in the unusual situation of having a little surplus cash and decided that I was going to visit my local music store, play all of the amps and buy the one that sounded best. I played a couple of Oranges, a Mesa Mark V and Transatlantic, Fender Blues Junior, whatever was the hot Marshall at the time and a couple of Traynors. I left with a Traynor YCV40WR .
+Doug Welch Thanks! Yeah they are great amps indeed
i have the traynor ts- 50 from 1979 still rocks today perfect
yes...another one out of the woodwork. great video Johan. I just bought a TS-25 with onboard reverb. hope that one sounds as good!
+Revelry 1969 Thanks :-) if it's anything like this one you'll love it!
i typed that b4 i heard the amp. jesus bud u got tone heaven in those fingers
One of the best channel which I've subscribed/ very interesting videos and great guitar skills! :)
+Александр Thanks, that's great to hear. Welcome to the channel! :-)
Traynor’s are awesome!
my friend walks in as this video was playing and she says that sounds good! She says it has that cool Ronchy sound like Neil Young and other 70s bands.
+Bricklinsv1970 That's a very nice compliment. Say thanks to her from me!
Sounds almost like you've got a fuzz box. I like it. It's nice to hear a great rock n' roll sound, since I'm more of a metalhead.
+Joseph Brandenburg Thanks man, glad to hear it!
I found one of these by the side of the road years ago. Someone had put it to the curb for garbage day. Still works fine and sounds great for a practice amp!
Used this exact model at my first gig 38 years ago at a high school dance. I honestly can't remember how it sounded, but very nice to see one again.
Thank you ! Amazing video. We have good stuff in Canada too!
+Eric Meier Thanks man! You do indeed.
Nice video - traynor speaker cabinets are crazy cheap as well, and really well built, usually coming standard with high end celestions.
Awesome to see a Traynor amp show up on your channel! I have a YBA-1 that needs some serious work, but none the less sounds amazing..
+Nathaniel Preston Glad to hear it!
amazing sound and guitar playing
+zajefajnylogin Thanks! Glad you like it!
Another great video, thanks from France !
+honolulu3d Thanks from Gothenburg Sweden! :-)
Nice playing and Nice tone !
I'm going to build myself one for sure !
+Nick “The Dude” Hauss Thanks man!
Traynor made by my brothers to the north... very nice 👍
+Tricko Thanks! :-)
My First Amp!!! Have not heard one of these for 35 (!) years and man, the sound has put me in a time warp. Instantly recognize it. They made larger versions if i recall correctly. Perhaps a 25 watt model? Thanks Johan. What a treat!!!
I just picked up one of these for $50 based on Johan's video. Thanks Johan!!! It sounds great paired with my tele. I haven't tried it with anything else as of yet. One thing I noticed however is that the speakers look different. I'm not sure if it's a difference in when it was manufactured or if they are totally different Yorkville speakers. Either way it's a great little amp! I like my Vox Cambridge 15, which has a tube in the pre amp, I run through a homemade 1X12" Celestion Greenback cab, but this thing definitely gives it a run for it's money, especially in it's higher gain settings. Keep up the excellent videos Johan, look forward to seeing everything you post!
I don't know if it's been said, but Pete Traynor would test his amp heads by dropping them on the concrete from second floor of his building. All they would do is change the tubes and the head would fire up. He figured it was similar to the Head falling off a cabinet from the edge of a stage. They were built like tanks and the chassis wouldn't even crack.
Thats the best sounding transistor amp ever.
This brings back memories. When I was a teenager living near Toronto, these amps and their tube predecessors were everywhere. They were really inexpensive second hand. Traynor was what you used until you could afford a "good" amp. We never appreciated how good they were. Now I frequently scan Kijiji for the older tube powered Traynors. Great amps. There's a website called Velvet Black that has all sorts of info on the various Traynor models, history, etc. Worth checking out.
+sassulusmagnus Cool, I'm definitely gonna check that site out. Cheers Johan
Just got a ygm-3 it’s awesome!
Cool to see a Traynor on your channel Johan! I live on the East Coast of Canada and these old amps are everywhere, solid state and tube amps. Traynor made great amps and they are still pretty inexpensive.
+Steve Floyd we're gonna do an YGL3 next week, I really look forward to that! Cheers Johan
Looking forward to it as well, they are fantastic amps!
super cool sound in that Traynor, kind of like a fuzz pedal tone but much better!
+Mattias Augustsson Thanks Mattias!
I love it.
Solid state amp cranked sound like fuzz!
+Alex Caires Great to hear! Yeah a very thick texture
play on fender frontman 25r (SS) cranked, great sound!
+Alex Caires yeah the cheap frontman in the Squier players pack was surprisingly good too
Johan makes them all sound great! Nice playing
It just sounds like a fuzz pedal! The speakers and the player make the biggest contribution to the sound.
+Andrew Shepherd Indeed!
This was my first amp, in the late 70s. What a flashback!
+DrumWild Cheers :-)
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Cool, yeah vintage Gibson amps is a well kept secreet
I was born and raised in Toronto Canada, and was fortunate to meet Pete Traynor a few times. Interesting, regular guy, that made killer stuff. I always use Traynors. If you ever get a chance Johan, try the Traynor 2x6v6 Bassmate. Killer guitar amp. I still use one along with an el 84 powered Guitarmate combo. Thanks for the excellent demos!!
+Bruce Carrick Thanks Bruce, I'll look for one. Cheers
Bruce Carrick are you in the TAO Facebook group.? if not you should be.
thegreatnicos I am involved with that group, thx!
Bwoah! Sounds so good!
+John Cole Burnett Thanks John!
God I love it when you play that SG. Not using the vintage DiMarzio in the bridge anymore?
Have to admit I would certainly buy one of these amps if I ever found one here in Australia, that tone is sublime.
+TimB4305 Thanks Tim! :-) Now I have a BB2 in he bridge instead. The Super Distortion was a bit too dark for this guitar. Cheers Johan
Johan Segeborn .Johan you ve been a hero of gear
man I wonder if you will take a turn at building a few variations
The BB series handles distortion well but so do the Antiquity humbuckers.
love your videos!
+Rob Tognoni Thanks Rob! Really good to hear that!
Some of Mr.Traynor's first amps were built to replicate the Marshall heads at the time and some evn better with more robust power supplies. Traynor designed and built amps and cabinets under several brand names way back when including Sound Crew, RVS, Yorkville. I have an RVS Model 1 keyboard combo with twin 12' speakers and it is super powerful and sounds great with a guitar or even bass at moderate levels
I know it’s been said before, you’re playing is awesome. You again nail the tone. Great amp too, I really like the format of your vids. Thanks for doing this.
Thanks, I’m so glad to hear that! Cheers Johan
Best looking SG by far in my opinion, been trying to get the natural looking one for years.
+Hunter Jones Thanks, yeah this one was Aged by the Custom Shop. Cheers
I love you!!! best style on youtube!
+Brian Glaze Thanks my friend! :-)
Sounds good Johan! If you can get your hands on the code 50 at some point, I'm sure a lot of us following your channel would like to hear it! I'm sure your playing would make it sound great! Cheers
Fantastic playing! !! ;)
+Brandon Hupp Thanks bro!
Yeah, Traynors are great - very solidly built with great features and sound. Very underrated (except of in Canada :) )
And of course, great playing as always!!!
+bigbokiptd They're very rare in Sweden, somI was really. Glad to have access to this one.
You should demo some of their other amps!
I'm in Canada. we are blessed with 60s and 70s traynor amps. The 60 YBA1 and YBA1-A are the best amps ever made. think bassman/jtm.
cheers from canada.
these later solid state amps aremt bad as well. but nothing like their tube amps from the 60s.
+thegreatnicos Yeah, Can't wait to demo those too here on the channel! Cheers
thegreatnicos are all tray nor amps solid state
JED TAYLOR not at all. they turned SS in the mid 70s. traynor amps started in toronto Canada. the first ones were loosely based on jtm/bassman circuits. there was the YBA1 45w el34.. YBA1-A 90w el34. yba2 20w ish 6v6. YBA3 i think 120/130w. and many more like the YSR1.. YRM1.. these last 2 had tremolo and reverb. then there was the traynor combos. the YGMs and so on. they made a head or combo that competed with anything at that time. from a jtm to a twin reverb to even a 4x10 super reverb equivalent. Traynors are the most underrated vintage tube amps of all time. they still make tube amps till this day.
cheers
started in the mid 60s. I have a few 60s traynor amps and cabinets. traynor has a big following in Canada and starting to be popular in the US.
Dude, you ROCK!
Just goes to show no matter how offbeat you think an amp is Johan has probably demo'd it at some point. I have this amp and it cost less than a lot of boutique drive pedals and really gets some filthy tones. First thing I did was a small mod to add a speaker out jack (try at your own risk or take it to a tech) in the place of the hard-wired speaker wire so I can run it into a much bigger cabinet than the 8s that are in there. Gives the amp some more tonal options.
Wow, shocked to see you plugging into one of these, but damn cool! My first amp was a bigger version of this with a few more controls. They were a dime a dozen as rental returns in our national music store in the early 80s in Canada so I bet lots of beginners started on them around here back then. Honestly thought it was pretty crap at the time and quickly moved on to a Hiwatt Custom 50. Many decades later I've always wished I still had the amp though just to see how it really sounds in light of playing experience. Also sold the Hiwatt and super regretted that, they are so expensive now and I miss it's tone very much.
But just to come full circle my main guitar amp is a Traynor tube amp. My bass head is also a pretty beefy Traynor too. I do still have a Traynor BLOC80B solid state bass amp that was my first bass amp from about 1985. Not spectacular but was cheap and got me heard for those first few years playing bass. Us Canadians and our Traynors eh?
wow. the SG tone!
+frederic Pinsonnault Thanks Frederic, this SG has super woody tone
bad ass tone dude
+Charles Benson Thanks man! :-)
no problem dude
I had the 200 watt head of this. These things are great for the price. You should attempt to find a Garnet. I live where most of the survivors are haha.
+Brett Goodchild Cool, I'll look for it!
You NEED to demo one of their tube amps!
the yba1 was as im sure you know, was a 59 bassman/jtm45 circuit. my fav amp of all time
My friend bought this amp at a yard sale outside toronto last year for $20.
+Jon Sharron That's an insane price for such an amazing amp
+Johan Segeborn - Traynor makes a 50 watt tube combo called the YCV50. It's a Marshall killer with 3x 12ax7 and a pair of EL34s pushing a V30. They sell criminally cheap here in Canada on the used market. Definitely worth taking for a test drive !!
+Chris Fleury Thanks Chris, I'm gonna check it out. Cheers!
Have that combo, but the YCS50 is really their best amp. I love mine even more than the YGM-3 or YBA-1 I still own(sold my Mark2 YBA-too freaking loud, and my YRM-1) The naming issue is also a problem for those who don't know Traynors. Pretty different tone out of the different models.
Chris Fleury that's interestimg. I wonder how the t50 stacks up it has the same tube assignment.
Chris Fleury if I give you a credit card would you buy me one and ship it to me
I want to put it against my t50
Great Video Johan , you should try to demo the Traynor YBA-1 from the 70's ,though maybe hard to find ,they are a dime a dozen here in Canada ,I own two of the beast
+islanderwinder I've heard many great things about them, so I'm gonna track one down. Cheers Johan
Johan, you could plug into a 2in speaker built into an Altoids tin amp, and make it sound awesome.
+MEDium Studios hahaha! Thanks my friend! :-)
Johan Segeborn Holy crap! How do find these gems? I have yet to hear you play anything you couldn't make just SING! You continue to amaze me 🎸🤘
Just got one of these Johan, thanks for the demo! Underrated amp for sure. Mine doesn't sound as good as yours though... I think it might have something to do with who's playing, not sure. :)
+BMorr 6 Thanks my friend :-)
I've had the TS50 (big brother of the amp in this video) for five years now. Not much highs or lows, but the mids and reverb are great, and it does a good garage rock sound if you can get it loud enough.
+Mrk 346 What speakers does the TS50 have?
Johan Segeborn single 12"
My friend used to work at Traynor amps I have one mine says 30 on it and the speakers blown really hard to find one they are weird shaped almost Square. I was amazed at the sounds I could get out of that app with no footswitch. And it was loud really loud I got to fix that thing
He says mine is from about 1980 it looks just like yours almost yours must be late 70s or early 80s
i own a 1970's traynor ygl-3 100 watts full tube amplifier and i use to own quite a few vintage fenders and other brand but this mark 3 ygl3 is my main amp now and i love it....
+steeve thomas Cool! We're gonna do a 1978 or 1980 YGL3 next week here on he channel. What speakers are you using it with?
i put eminence man o war in it and they are made to be in there...seriously great speakers...
+steeve thomas I like Eminence too, they did a great job on the new Supro line.
+Johan Segeborn I agree with you ....thanks for remembering me memories too with this little 15 watter wich was my very first amp when i was 13..here in canada they are still very popular amplifiers
I have a Traynor YBA-1 that I really like. I hear the TS-50b sounds great with bass.
+Tristan Gfeller Cool, we're gonna do some other Traynor amps too here on the channel, starting with an YGL-3. Cheers
YGL-3 is super loud, you will need your ear muffs for that one!
It sounds a bit like a glassy hybrid between power tube distortion and preamp tube distortion - but with out any of these components actually fitted!! Amazing tone
+David Luke Thanks David :-)
The small combos are where its at for old Traynors. Try a YGM-3 guitar mate, or better yet a YBA-2 bassmate. Both are what I would consider the most outstanding examples of the Traynor sound. The Bass Mate has 3 very different circuits that were issued over a short period ('66 -> '70). This includes el84 and 6v6 models. The versions that use the second 12ax7a element in the preamp are the most guitar friendly. They fall somewhere between a Deluxe Reverb and a 20W Marshall Lead and bass, simlar to they way that a YGL-3 falls somewhere between a twin and a 100W plexi.
Both the YGM-3 and YBA-2 combos are also loud examples that betray their wattages (20 -> 30W). Few drummers alive or dead would ever require a larger amp to keep up to them.
I always loved Traynor amps. And this one is dope. It actually sounds bad :) but in a good way. And you playing is awesome, Johan! Thank you! :)
+Peter Osipov Thanks man, yeah bad is good more often than not! Cheers
Haha, cool, that was my first amp! We had two in my first band, my next amp was a Roland Cube 40 which was arguably better or at least more versatile and definitely louder. But, yes, the Traynors sounded quite good, had a Big Muff for OD :)
This video is further proof that tone is in the fingers.
+Siddharth Karunakaran Thanks ;-)
Siddharth Karunakaran tone is better justified by being demonstrated with skill and experience. it's not as accurate to laying it on the fingers. truly it's the knowledge that drives experienced fingers but more than that .....mic placement as well as recording technique and gear selection associated with the amp. Johan knows what sounds great and may be more than a single recorded effort before the prefecture of the sound is brought to bare. but johan has practiced guitar to phrasing and very good play of examples he does. we and I include myself may not be fully aware of what efforts he takes in production of his artistry. each of us have what we know is very good tone. I would say that johan also knows. and how to bring the best tone out
Siddharth Karunakaran and that beautiful early 70's Gibson SG has a sound all of its own, i was lent one for a while it has amazing tonal range, just felt like a time machine, it all adds up to a sound we love! 👏🏻🎸
well of course it sounds good because he's playing a 3000$ dollar guitar..
Siddharth Karunakaran The Code 50 deserves a showing if this pos gets a shot !Come on Johan!I saw some others wanting it!It has a touchy setting at 3/4 and goes monster on you but it's NICE!
Hey Johan, pretty cool little amp for a solid-stater, have you ever thought about doing a video on the Peavey Renown 160 Watt solid-state combo amp?, I've got one but it's in a head cabinet, anyway, I've been able to get some pretty good clean and overdrive tones out of it after I made a new footswitch for it, my Renown amp is going through a 4 X 12 Ashton quad box that's loaded with four Celestion G12E Rocket 50's, works great, and the spring-reverb is pretty cool too.
Hi! I think the Renown is the solid state version of the classic which I play here
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I got one a few weeks ago... dead but working now after resoldering the controls. It’s similar to the Classic , but different. It’s like a Bandit lead channel combined with a Special 130 normal channel, and they can be combined with the footswitch. The normal channel has the Paramid control too. Its really versatile yet sells really cheap. Crazy loud too, I’m sure you would like it! Oh, and Bandits are great but the Specials are Bandits on steroids. Cheers!
i SEE ONE FOR SALE...GOT TO GRAB IT NOW THAT i HEAR THIS VID
jesus that outfit is bomb man
I think another very underrated amp with an excellent fuzzy OD Channel is the Kustom KGA10.
+arsenalfanrichi cool, haven't played that one yet
arsenalfanrichi . custom was big in a lot of places. but not a favorite locally. kustom had more clean tone amps in the time of transitioning. kustom had a large following in the 60s. when I went to the service most equipment on shore bases were identified as kustom roll and pleaded. sunn was another I saw overseas officers and em clubs.
arsenalfanrichi that amp was nice for its warm tone. and as a practice amp it was priceless
Is the guitar straight into the amp or through a reverb pedal? (or was reverb added in the video editing?)
He tells in the beggining of the video that he recorded with two mics and edited in cubase later adding reverb. So no, it doesn't sound that good just by plugging it and playing.
People have problems giving these old amps away here in Quebec. I've seen them sell for $25.00 CAD!
Rockin' little amp, quite toneful - more SS amp reviews on the way? Always wanted to hear the elusive Vox AC30 SS model. Trademark amps supposed to be good too esp through cabs.
+janjoshika Cool, I didn't know there was an SS AC30. I'll check it out
There's a SS amp by GIBSON from the 70s that sounds amazing. I think they are the G series, G50, G60, G70. That Traynor sounds really good.
+motokev Thanks, I'm gonna check out that Gibson
I suspect the magic here comes not just from Johan's playing, but the quality of the amp's speakers as well. Very 60-70's Celestion-ish.
+Arthur Piccio Yeah, these speakers felt very balanced. Interesting since they're only 8"
You should do a video on Traynor tube amps.
+Billy Wagner We actually included an YGL3 in the video after this one
Seriously, Get an old Traynor Bassmaster or Custom Special for your guitar. Those old Traynor bass heads from the late 60's/early 70's are some of the best amps out there, for bass or guitar.
The sleepers in my collection.--(Dean Markley K150 Amp)50$)--(1971 Matsumoku Skylark),ash body,double cut guitar (85$)
Add one Dimarzio Virtual Hot Paf bridge pup,boss blues driver,boss distortion,boss noise suppressor.Plug into the clean side and let fly.
Just bought a TS-10 for $35 American. LOL! Great sounds.. Dooms good.
+Kivett Bednar That's one bang for the buck! :-)
That does sound a lot like the other vintage amps that aren't so cheap like this one is
+Isaac Ord I really liked this amp
More Traynor and incredible solid stated tone. You won't get this tone out of a Roland ss :)
I've blown up more than one of those!
+Alistair Kinnear hahaha ;-)
Johan Segeborn we used to rent them from the local music store and the fuses would blow. ..so we put tin foil in the fuse slot and the amp would eventually grenade.
over bass, drums and a singer you could barely hear yourself. ..
that's why I got the Ampeg.