This is one of six videos I recorded to demo the Traynor YGL-3 Mark-3 that I have for sale here: [ Ссылка ]. The guitarist is my friend Alex (thanks Alex!) who is a singer, songwriter and teacher, and whose website is [ Ссылка ] where you can find out all about him.
This amp is a classic guitar valve amplifier built in 1976 by the Canadian company Traynor. It features 2 dual input channels, reverb, and tremolo. Channel 1 is clean, and channel 2 has the effects. The original design was made by Peter Traynor himself in 1972, and by 1976, when this amp was built, a few modifications had been made, including a new tone-stack on both channels. The 1970's, before Peter Traynor left, is considered to be Traynor's "Golden Age", and so this amp is one of the last to come out of that classic era.
It is rated at 100W, pushed through two 12 inch speakers, so yes, it can get VERY loud, but is primarily known for it's clean tone, and as Traynor's answer to the Fender Twin Reverb.
The amp has been refurbished while keeping it as near to it's original state as possible. All the caps in it are good and didn't have to be replaced, but the tremolo opto-isolator (basically a Light Dependent Resistor - LDR - facing a neon lamp) was very unwell. Original parts are not available, but since the oscillating circuitry all worked perfectly, I rebuilt the opto-isolator itself, testing out a number of LDR's until I found one that worked well, and then built that back into the original package, a small black cube attached beneath the chassis, so that it all looked as original as possible.
The speakers are original, date stamped on the back of both "Mar 9 1976", which corresponds to the serial number which puts it as having been built in February 1976, so maybe it was ready to go but the factory was waiting on the speakers. There are 9 valves in all, and although I do not know what valves the amp originally shipped with, they are all Philips (Mullard) valves, and seem in good condition, and given that they are all the same make I would presume that they are therefore original too, though I have no proof of that.
For these recordings the volume was kept at a reasonable level so as not to annoy the neighbours too much, the aim being to show what the amp sounds like clean, and while using the reverb and tremolo, all captured through the microphone you can see in front of the left speaker, which is a Samson C01U, a pretty standard but decent enough mic for some off-the-cuff recording.
Alx is playing: I Can See Clearly Now - Johnny Nash
