All user reviews for the Traynor YCV50B Custom Valve

Dj said.

USE

We quickly get a good sound is very simple to use. The manual is just to show 2 or 3 small rglages for a particular sound.

SONORITS

I could not make a very sharp critique of this product because it happened to me a fcheuse story with this amp. I had the time to try it for 1 Journe and the next day: CLACK!

I try with my gibson les paul studio WCH is clean and warm round with good dynamics (nothing more normal with nice shape lamp).

At the level of saturation can be obtained trslgres saturation a little crunch to go through a fairly powerful thanks to Overdrive and Boost (which acts as an overdrive suplmentaire) increases saturation and allows you to play something really heavier.

This amp is all the same not so high gain saturation has limitations but it's amp is very versatile.

The little practical point is that there are 2 EQing so we can clean the rgler Independently of the OD.

NOTICE GLOBAL

This amp is certainly very well but I think he has a default at the lights. They sound very fragile !! Are what may be a delivery of my lamps have t damaged but I had the opportunity to read a comment from someone who also encounter this problem. Chance?

But a good AC lamp turns.
The small problem that can be encountered with this amp is that it is very very little marketed in Europe. Implying a delivery risk of damage, and a guarantee from a dealer I know not how many hundreds of kilometers!

In addition to these details, what I've tried this amp (I have more I have not recommended after the references at the seller) it sounds very very good !dropoff window
For the price it is excelent it's just what I needed: 50w usable in either thanks to a damn good master and nikel for repeats and concert.
I have not been able to test for effect pedals it is a shame.
Perhaps one day we esprer See Traynor in our small shops?

Tube amp (3x12AX7, 2xEL34) manufactures in Canada, with 50w 1x12 "Celestion Vintage. 2 channel 30. Reverb integrated sprung a clean and drive. Integrated EQ (one EQ per channel) SETTINGS presence, gain, master. HP .. 8ohm output, effects loop.

UTILIZATION

I have not read the manual, it should grind to get exactly the sound you want, because the settings are numerous and allow a wide variety of tone colors. But it is in clean or OD, the sound that comes out of this beast is exceptional.

SOUNDS

I mainly play on the drive channel with the gain at 12 o'clock on a Telecaster, no pedals. I had pedals before (od, reverb), but it it was before ... The sound of this amp is sufficient even to him, much like Angus Young and Marshall! That said, I have tried with pedals, Boss RE 20 Space Echo, Big Muff PI, TS808, all went very well, so if you need a good clean sound crystal adds a variety of effects pedals, this amp must be able to do it with gusto.

OVERALL OPINION

I use it for about 2 years. Its price has increased by about 100 euros since I bought, which is pretty good sign I think. I recommend it to those who are a little blases sound Marshall / Fender / Guitarero / j 'aime la China. This amp sounds, and sounds strong. I wanted to sell it at one time, but I said "are you crazy or what?"
The quality / price ratio remains good despite the considerable increase of the price. Recommend guitarists who need versatility and great sound in clean as OD. The lamps can be changees, but those are montees original good quality.
The only two small black table that points are its lack of HP multi-intensity (extremely convenient) output, then that is a characteristic found on amps much cheaper and less powerful as the excellent Kustom Defender 5H and weight, 32 kg! for a 1x12 ", it's still not bad. It's big and heavy. In concert, the sound guys all tell me," I put the microphone in the center because you have 2 HP! -Uh, no there is only one ... "

Caribou!

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UTILIZATION

Config simple!!

SOUNDS

I play Rock, Hard, see the metal with a PRS 245
Food was great!
I waited a few weeks before posting a review.
The clean is very good, I use it with the bright.
For distortion, I use the channel with the boost and I manage with knob of skyscrapers.
The amp is so dynamic we do not need much to gain
Harmonics out all alone
To play a low level in a room, frankly the fact here.
Exceptional value for money!!

OVERALL OPINION

I own this amp for 1 month
here do more than thirty years that I make music, I had a lot of amps in the hands of his and my Quette ended!
Exceptional value for money!!

Already said.
Points that I find practical in terms of characteristic:
2 equalisations (clean / OD)
Vintage 30 speaker!
A boost
An effects loop
a master

UTILIZATION

We get a good sound quickly it's very simple to use. The manual is just to show 2 or 3 small trimmings for a particular sound. The footswitch is convenient but it would have been nice to activating and deactivating the reverb foot.

SOUNDS

I could not do a very sharp criticism of this product because it happened to me an unfortunate history with this amp. I had time to try it for a day and the next day: CLACK!

I try with my gibson les paul studio WCH is clean and nice round hot with a good dynamic range (no more than normal with the lamp damn well).

Level of saturation can be obtained very slight saturation a little crunch through an Overdrive quite powerful and thanks to Boost (which acts as an overdrive aditional) increases saturation and allows you to play something really heavy.

This amp is still not a high gain saturation therefore has its limitations but it is very versatile amp.

The small point is that there are two practical equalisations so we can set the clean regardless of the OD.

OVERALL OPINION

This amp is certainly very well but I think it has a defect in lamps. It's very fragile! Are what may be a delivery of my lamps have been damaged but I had the opportunity to read a comment from someone who also experience this problem. Chance?

But a good AC lamp is changed.
The small problem that can be met with this amp is that it is very very few marketed in Europe. This involves delivery, risk of damage, and a guarantee from a merchant I do not know how many hundreds of kilometers! (That's what I did lowers its rating: it caused me a lot of trouble! )

Besides these details, from what I've tried this amp (I have more I have not recommended after the references at the seller) it sounds very good!
For the price this is excelent that's just what I needed: 50w usable in either a master thanks and well built and nikel to repeat concert.
I did not test the effects pedals on it that's a shame.
See Traynor can we expect one day in our small shops?

Every lamp.
2 channels, the classic ... a famous V30 in HP.
On both channels: Volume +'re mid / treble / bass
Channel 1: a + a Gain Boost
On channel 2: a shiny button

A good spring reverb.

General volume.

Power: 50 W. But with only one HP, I think it is rather out of 30 W (do not worry, there are more than enough to completely mask the sound of a helicopter ...)

Connectors:
A front panel input.
A footswitch (included) to connect to the rear (select channel + boost on channel 1 for leads), a send / return output to include a preamp effects loop.



UTILIZATION

Manual clear and simple and in French!
Getting a good sound? bah, there's not the amp that makes ... Traynor but this is very good at her job.
At the channel clear is altogether good, as I like.
Following on the Lead channel, do not expect to get a sound out of metalheads ... is not made for. Crunchy sounds are excellent and really have nothing to envy the famous combo 2 or 3 times more expensive.
If one likes to push a little silly (we know that the lights like that right ...) bein there's no picture. Heat, momentum, balance of frequencies, it's great. I think HP has much to do.


SOUNDS

I tested the animal with a LP. I did that yesterday ... I filled in as and when rehearsals and concerts.
it should be partially to my style of music, knowing that for the sound more "metal", I will only switch on a different config.
For now, I totally blocked on a good crunch setting is impressive definition. Can qualify to death, it still reacts as it should.
I did a test, [the test said the badger (?)], I plugged in a pod between the guitar and amp, and I put the amp on clean channel, all knobs at noon . I have solved the Pod as it was on Combo Front, and adjusted the output level. Bein, it is unfortunate to say, but even so, it rocks.

OVERALL OPINION

What is quite significant, it can very easily come to wire a second HP, even if two HPs left free one that is already in gear.

For value for money, how to say ... it's worth € 489 in the first cousin, and quite honestly it's worth double or even triple. (Hey, it might be in the triple with a V30 second ...)

it's been 5 months that I want a combo amp Fender Twin type or Vox AC30, but with a hard budget constraint. (Well yes, times are tough ...)
I never thought they could have it for that price, I thought back on me rather a hybrid light / transistor.

Currently difficult to say if I will ever this election, I will say more later.
Traynor brand is relatively unknown in France, and poorly distributed, but something tells me it's going to change!
It does

Handmade in Canada
50 Watt All Tube: 3 Mullard 12AX7 in preamp, 2 EL34 power a grinder
1 Celestion vintage 30 (thus under 25w due impedances if you do not connect an extension cabinet)
2 channels and a boost for solos with independent settings
A double spring reverb ACUTRONIC
1 switch clean / distortion / boost
2 outputs for speakers extension
A series effects loop at the base but adjustable in parallel if we go tampering under the hood
Wood very heavy and solid, closed cabinet at 3 / 4

UTILIZATION

Two independent channels in terms of equalization, but also gain and volume.
If you share the settings to 12, already it sounds so impressive. There is a well proportioned balance between the bass, treble and midrange.
then just sculpt the sound to its taste.
The effects loop and very clean, I plug my GMajor and it goes perfectly because the loop is in series.


SOUNDS

I play in a group of rock at the base but tinged full of influences and the amp is at ease.
There is a lot compared to Mesa Rectoverb.
To have heard a few years, I must say there are similarities but also significant differences.
First, the clean sound is rounder warmer than the righteousness of a Recto. It's enough to slam the Fender (like a Twin Reverb for example). Bright mode it does not crunch, it can push the beast, one is on real clean. in normal mode, and with doubles as Roxane on my 1000, it sounds more british but without being totally. There is a real personality. Personally I prefer the sound bright.
Disto level is huge. The grain is generous, powerful but really very, very accurate. I do not think I have heard such precision in the bass before. I actually felt like playing on amps that had no bass next!
Without pushing the gain in depth we go from crunch to overdrive ACDCesque up a monstrous makes everything tremble around!
The former second guitarist in my band played on JCM 900 and it was completely crushed when I sent a beat.
Same volume pushed the amp does not vibrate, it vibrates around the rest.
With this amp you can even play full chords without it and it dribbles with a very high gain.

OVERALL OPINION

Hard to say except that it's my favorite amp. Accurate, powerful, with personality.
Two times cheaper than Mesa as Traynor is a trade mark in Europe confidential but very popular in the U.S. or Canada.
Choice to make eyes closed if you like the versatile H Gain a clean Fendérien.
It is to my taste hair cell, 10 and yet I'm not used to this note, but there nothing wrong.

All Tube Amplifier
3 12AX7 pre-amp and two EL34 (Mullard!) Power to deliver 50 watts
1 HP Celestion Vintage 30 8 ohms
2 channels and a boost for solos
A double-spring reverb
1 LED grinder
1 pedal switch for channels and the boost
2 extension speaker outputs, effects loop + 1 line out
Ability to change between EL 34 and 6V6
Standby and auto matching circuit so no worries with the bias adjustment


UTILIZATION

Easy Setup, knobs hyper accurate and responsive allowing considerable strength in the sound.
Manual is well with all maintenance scheme

SOUNDS

So how can I say ... the sound is simply one of the best I've heard!
The clean channel (channel 2 and not 1 once will not hurt): its very fendérien, brilliant, precise, warm, well balanced with low précses, clear treble, in short, it's worth quite a Fender Twin or a Deluxe. Possibility to vary with the bright switch.
The channel distortion, so there! the slap, it buries pretty beefy amp kind of JCM 800, Mesa Boogie rectoverb etc.
With the EL34 it sounds british but it's pure profit HI! I own a Mesa Boogie recto well I must say that for a lower price it outperforms in accuracy in the sound. There is a little less gain but is clearer, hotter, harmonies all sorts alone. In short it is huge as his.

OVERALL OPINION

Best amp that I've ever played. Traynor is a high quality product with very very pro for cheaper than Mesa Boogie or Fender better. Why? less advertising, but produced little attention to make by hand each amp seriously.
Very very difficult to find in France so I went in import. The price is high but that the € 1,000 worth. Amp quite a high-end "boutique" for two times less than Mesa. Besides, I'll sell my rectoverb! has bought them closed, if you find any opportunity go for it!