DetroitBlues Posted September 6, 2013 Share Posted September 6, 2013 Anyone know much about these? Early 70's Traynor Studio Mate YGM-4. I found a real steal of a deal on one, but I know little about them. This one was once a 4x8, but converted to a 2x12. Wattage is either 20 or 40, all tube, footswitchable reverb and tremolo. No Master volume, high/low inputs, TMB, and Treble Boost. Sounds a lot like my old KBP810 Reverb Deluxe. I tried it out today with a secret sauce pedal (wish I known about the pedal when I had the RD amp!). What a killer sounding amp. Only other mod I've seen is the addition of a 3 prong grounded cable. For the price, I may jump on it!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DetroitBlues Posted September 6, 2013 Author Share Posted September 6, 2013 By the way, secret sauce pedal is the Electro-Harmonix LPB-1 Linear Preamp Boost Pedal. Wow, did it ever bring out the mojo in this amp. Prefect pedal for bringing out the magic in a Deluxe Reverb amp... A small bit of research shows this amp is the YGM-3 amp in a larger cabinet and is 20 watts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bolero Posted September 6, 2013 Share Posted September 6, 2013 get it...those are killer handwired toneful amps!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DetroitBlues Posted September 7, 2013 Author Share Posted September 7, 2013 get it...those are killer handwired toneful amps!! For $225, its mine! I'll pick it up Monday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bolero Posted September 7, 2013 Share Posted September 7, 2013 great deal!! Â they usually sell for closer to $600, and even that is undervalued, IMO Â they reissued them and I'm pretty sure those cost more than $1,000 Â those old Traynor tube amps are fantastic. Â congrats!! Â ps what speakers are in there? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steiner Posted September 7, 2013 Share Posted September 7, 2013 If you like her, jump on it! If later you decide she's not the one, pass her off to a friend... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DetroitBlues Posted September 7, 2013 Author Share Posted September 7, 2013 If you like her, jump on it! If later you decide she's not the one, pass her off to a friend... Spoken like a true gentleman! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DetroitBlues Posted September 9, 2013 Author Share Posted September 9, 2013 I bought today! Of course, its going to end up at my old bass players house because I was searching for an inexpensive low wattage tube combo amp for him. But since I have band practice tonight, I'm going to take it along and run it through its paces! \m/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steiner Posted September 9, 2013 Share Posted September 9, 2013 Already planning to let her go; eh? They don't call you quick for nothing... Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Lets hope they don't call you quick for everything! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DetroitBlues Posted September 10, 2013 Author Share Posted September 10, 2013 Already planning to let her go; eh? They don't call you quick for nothing... Â Lets hope they don't call you quick for everything! Â I never intended to buy to for myself. The bassist in my old band wanted a low wattage tube amp so he could get a recording setup going. This amp didn't last long tonight. Started to get really bad noise and crackling. I'm going to have it looked at before I go any further with it. I really did want the amp. Lucky for me, I took it to rehearsals tonight and even though my amp was in the car, the other guitarist has a host of amps for me to use. Mostly of the nearly vintage variety. I was able to finish the night on a Musicman 100RD 1x12 combo. Â In some things in life, I'm better known for the marathon race ending, not how I start out the gate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest HRB853370 Posted September 10, 2013 Share Posted September 10, 2013 I bought today! Of course, its going to end up at my old bass players house because I was searching for an inexpensive low wattage tube combo amp for him. But since I have band practice tonight, I'm going to take it along and run it through its paces! \m/ PIcs or it does not even exist! Â Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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SouthpawGuy Posted September 10, 2013 Share Posted September 10, 2013 Is that the brand Dead Horse amps are based on ? Â Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DetroitBlues Posted September 10, 2013 Author Share Posted September 10, 2013 lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slider313 Posted September 10, 2013 Share Posted September 10, 2013 What tubes does the YGM-4 use? I fixed a similar amp for a friend that used a pair of 6V6's and three 12ax7's. It was a 1x12 though. It may have been a YGM-3. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DetroitBlues Posted September 10, 2013 Author Share Posted September 10, 2013 What tubes does the YGM-4 use? I fixed a similar amp for a friend that used a pair of 6V6's and three 12ax7's. It was a 1x12 though. It may have been a YGM-3. Â Only difference between a YGM3 and YGM4 is the cabinet... The YGM4 is a 4x8 and the YGM3 is a 1x12. This particular model was converted to a 1x12. I'd like to see it as a 1x15 though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slider313 Posted September 10, 2013 Share Posted September 10, 2013 So, it's diode rectified, a pair of 6V6's and three 12ax7's? New baffle with the old grill cloth? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
58super Posted September 10, 2013 Share Posted September 10, 2013 It could be El84s as well. Check out Pat Furlan's youtube channel. He's good some tweaks to bring the best out in those amps. Traynors usually have a schematic pasted on top of the amp chassis and used some pretty good parts in their amps like mustard caps and hammond transformers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beagle216 Posted September 11, 2013 Share Posted September 11, 2013 I think EL84's... Great sounding amps, but had a lot of crackling problems, and was picking up radio stations. Had one of these before I bought my Gries 35 amp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DetroitBlues Posted September 11, 2013 Author Share Posted September 11, 2013 EL84's... Traynor is known for using Fender like amps redesigned with tubes found in British based amps. That's why I consider this amp a spin on the Deluxe Reverb. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slider313 Posted September 11, 2013 Share Posted September 11, 2013 IIRC, that amp is more like 15 watts. Two EL84's in a cathode bias, push/pull format with the plate voltage in the 350v range. Not really anything like a Deluxe Reverb. It's cathode biased, it has much lower B+, it has a closed back cabinet and it uses EL84's; which are known to compress when pushed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
58super Posted September 12, 2013 Share Posted September 12, 2013 The biasing, like the power tubes changed over the years. Later models are fixed bias and earlier ones are cathode biased. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DetroitBlues Posted September 12, 2013 Author Share Posted September 12, 2013 So, it's diode rectified, a pair of 6V6's and three 12ax7's? New baffle with the old grill cloth? Sounds about right. I didn't see a tube rectifier under the hood. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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