Post by Colchar on Nov 11, 2017 22:54:11 GMT
I recently stumbled across a vintage Traynor YGM-2 from late 1967 for only $399 so jumped on it. While waiting for the amp to arrive I had spoken via email to someone at Traynor who told me that the lowest serial number in their records is G-105. The serial number on my amp is G-102 so it is the lowest serial number that anyone has any knowledge of.
I picked up the amp yesterday and, for the most part, it sounds great. There is a loud hum, even when nothing is plugged into the amp, and that hum pulses when the tremelo is turned on. Also, there is a very loud pop when the standby is engaged. But since I bought it from Long & McQuade (the retail arm of the same company as Traynor amps), it is under warranty so I took it in today and they are sending it off to Traynor for a tuneup.
While there we played it a bit and were able to crank it. The amp sounds fucking glorious! There is no need to do any mods to it, and I am not even going to bother changing the speaker. Comments I had read on the web claimed that the original Marsland speakers sounded like shit but that is not true in this case as the amp sounded great with the original speaker.
The nameplate on the amp isn't original but, so far as we can tell, everything else is with the exception of the power cord which was previously changed to a three prong cord, and the tubes (unfortunately the original tubes are long gone but I can replace the Groove Tubes that are in it with others...but Traynor might replace the tubes as part of their warranty service so I'll wait to see what they do before looking for tubes for it).
I didn't take a picture of the amp but below is the pic that the original store posted. It is in surprisingly good cosmetic shape for an amp of its age. We opened up the amp today so I took a picture of the original speaker and another was taken of the guts of the amp. Gotta love that hand-wired circuit, mustard caps, etc.
I picked up the amp yesterday and, for the most part, it sounds great. There is a loud hum, even when nothing is plugged into the amp, and that hum pulses when the tremelo is turned on. Also, there is a very loud pop when the standby is engaged. But since I bought it from Long & McQuade (the retail arm of the same company as Traynor amps), it is under warranty so I took it in today and they are sending it off to Traynor for a tuneup.
While there we played it a bit and were able to crank it. The amp sounds fucking glorious! There is no need to do any mods to it, and I am not even going to bother changing the speaker. Comments I had read on the web claimed that the original Marsland speakers sounded like shit but that is not true in this case as the amp sounded great with the original speaker.
The nameplate on the amp isn't original but, so far as we can tell, everything else is with the exception of the power cord which was previously changed to a three prong cord, and the tubes (unfortunately the original tubes are long gone but I can replace the Groove Tubes that are in it with others...but Traynor might replace the tubes as part of their warranty service so I'll wait to see what they do before looking for tubes for it).
I didn't take a picture of the amp but below is the pic that the original store posted. It is in surprisingly good cosmetic shape for an amp of its age. We opened up the amp today so I took a picture of the original speaker and another was taken of the guts of the amp. Gotta love that hand-wired circuit, mustard caps, etc.
