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Eddie Loves You
06-23-2009, 11:59 PM
Just spent about an hour with it and I'm loving it! The cleans are much better than I expected and the USA/Brit switch is very drastic. It can be a little brittle and thin on the Brit side and I'm hoping preamp tube swaps can help with this. Verb is lush and there is plenty available.

Channel 1 (gain) is articulate and punchy. Very punchy. Not a fan of the scoop switch but even with that on there are plenty of mids. Vintage/modern switch is pretty usable. The mid knob is at a great frequency as you can get all kinds of sounds by tweaking it yet never lose that punch. The gain structure has a lot of clarity even when the gain is dimed.

Feature wise this amp is great. Individual verb and effects levels for each channel, usable tone switches, and the 50w/15w switch is great. Built like a tank too.




And before all of the "pics or it's a Bugera" replies come, don't worry I snapped a couple:




AW SHIT!!!! :freak: :facepalm::facepalm:
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a198/iameddie/Traynor1.jpg




WHEW! :love:
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a198/iameddie/Traynor2.jpg

With the Avatar 2x12 (V30's) which I wired a 16/4 ohm switch to just minutes before the amp got there (it only has 4/8 ohm outputs)]
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a198/iameddie/Traynor3.jpg
Eddie Loves You
06-24-2009, 07:04 PM
Oh Canada...
famouspogs
06-24-2009, 07:34 PM
I was looking at one of these, I've had alot of traynor amps and they've all been better than their "affordable" counterparts. Can it get the sound of a 60s Marshall with the vintage/modern switch? Every Traynor I have had did higher gain well but not a vintage sound.
sgilmore
06-24-2009, 08:32 PM
I was looking at one of these, I've had alot of traynor amps and they've all been better than their "affordable" counterparts. Can it get the sound of a 60s Marshall with the vintage/modern switch? Every Traynor I have had did higher gain well but not a vintage sound.

I have the combo version of this amp. For 60's Marshall tones, you would use the Brit voicing on the clean channel. It gets a good amount of breakup. IMO you can get a lot of Marshall in that channel.
Eddie Loves You
06-24-2009, 11:44 PM
Oh yeah. Dialing the gain back on Ch1 (gain channel) will get you there as well. The mids are very prominent on this amp and the mid control is actually usable from 0 to 10 without getting lost in the mix; just different tones.