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12-14-2009, 03:03 PM
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Need some advice on inexpensive combo - Traynor vs Ampeg
I'm picking up a guitar and amp for my 20 year old nephew who is starting to play small gigs. His parents were going to buy him some crap combo pack thing, so I said I'd put the feelers out here for good used gear (they live in ND and I live in Minneapolis so I've got a lot more stuff available locally). I wound up getting him a used PRS SE real cheap, and now need a cheaper tube amp (I was going to get him a used solid state fender but honestly it sounded terrible when I tried it). I've got it narrowed down to 2 used combos in the price range, and need some opinions. One is a Traynor YCV40 and the other is an Ampeg SJ-12T Superjet. What do you guys think?
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12-20-2009, 10:04 PM
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Traynor is a channel switcher with reverb with separate tone controls for each channel, so inherently it has a lot of versatility. Superjet is a single channel with reverb and trem, but mated up with a good pedal it could provide similar versatility.
Both amps sound pretty good for what they are, IMO, and are loud enough to gig with. What type of music does he play? That may be the deciding factor.
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12-21-2009, 06:34 AM
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I had the Ampeg a while back. It's quite versitile; the single tone knob goes from a trebbly crunch to a smooth, jazzy sound, either clean or overdriven. I wasn't nuts about the solid-state driven reverb and trem, but then again I've been spoiled by vintage Ampegs and Magnatones. As I recall, it's smaller and lighter than the YCV40.
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12-30-2009, 09:02 AM
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Why not take your nephew to the store and see which one he likes? Don't look at all the features and the price and all that. Buying a new amp - especially someone unexposed to GAS - should be a subjective thing.
I did this with a guitar for my niece. Brought an LP Jr., Rik, Strat, 335, Firebird into a sound room, didn't look at price or anything, put a guitar strap on her, and her first impulse to buy a "pretty" guitar went away after trying them all. She liked the sound and feel of the LP Jr. and walked out with it.
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