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ModestCargo
September 14th, 2005, 11:10 PM
So I went to a guitar shop today and they had one of these.

http://www.yorkville.com/products.asp?type=32&cat=40&id=263

I played a Music Man bass through this (didn't have my own at the time) into one Fender Professional Series 1x15" cab, and wow. Only had about 5 minutes with the thing but the pair sounded GREAT. Sounded like it was an old tube bass amp.

I think I may have found my next bass amp - I'm very picky when it comes to this and to date this is the only (new) combination I've heard that I would consider buying. The other head that I am looking at is the 400 Pro (it's SS or maybe hybrid), but I didn't get a chance to try the head-only version.

Has anyone tried this amp? What are your thoughts?
tdu
September 15th, 2005, 02:24 AM
I haven't tried the new Traynor bass amps but it looks really nice. I own 2 older ones from the 70's and they are oustanding. They sound great and you could throw them down a flight of stairs and they wouldn't break. I also use Traynor guitar amps.
thunder_bird
September 15th, 2005, 08:00 AM
That looks sweet. I would really like to try one of these heads out. How much is it? it looks kinda pricey :hmmm:
crusty
September 15th, 2005, 08:47 AM
That looks sweet. I would really like to try one of these heads out. How much is it? it looks kinda pricey :hmmm:

Don't know if you can get Traynor in UK. :(
ModestCargo
September 15th, 2005, 09:15 PM
850 Canadian. NOT a lot of money at all for a 200w all tube head - but then they are made here in Canada and so here Traynor is known as being possibly the best bang-for-buck in tube amps (guitar and bass) right now.

In fact I almost bought one of those new Traynor tube guitar amps - they're nice amps. I found that Marshall somewhere along the way, though, and the rest is history :p
tdu
September 16th, 2005, 02:04 AM
Traynor amps are priced really well especially considering the quality of the parts. They are generally about half the price of amps by bigger brand names.
thunder_bird
September 16th, 2005, 04:03 AM
Don't know if you can get Traynor in UK. :(

Damnit lol, ive never seen any over here so i guess your right lol
ModestCargo
September 17th, 2005, 06:12 PM
That's too bad, I'd have liked to hear some opinions on the sound...

Oh well, I love it and I guess that's all that counts. Be nice to find one used though!!