Traynor YCV 40WR

[Sharkie]

Hello from a newbie: (as of today)

I have a YCV 40WR which have been a great amp, but lately and very occasionally, while in the drive channel, it has flickered between the drive and clean channel. Checked out the footswitch and cable and they seem O.K. Brought it to the store where I bought it - naturally when you want it to screw up it won't. The shop suggested that I send it to Traynor to look at.
I'm obviously hesitant about gigging with it.


My question - is there anyone that has had similar issues or maybe suggestions? Feedback appreciated.

Thanks.

[Paul]

Hello from a newbie: (as of today)

I have a YCV 40WR which have been a great amp, but lately and very occasionally, while in the drive channel, it has flickered between the drive and clean channel. Checked out the footswitch and cable and they seem O.K. Brought it to the store where I bought it - naturally when you want it to screw up it won't. The shop suggested that I send it to Traynor to look at.
I'm obviously hesitant about gigging with it.


My question - is there anyone that has had similar issues or maybe suggestions? Feedback appreciated.

Thanks.

Will it do "the flicker" without the footswitch connected? If no, then the problem is somewhere in the footswitch. If yes, the problem is in the amp.

[dr_iggi]

Does it flicker without the footswitch as well or only when the footswitch is plugged in?

[Paul]

Does it flicker without the footswitch as well or only when the footswitch is plugged in?

SNAP!!!!

or

JINX!!!! You owe me a Coke!!!!

[Sharkie]

Thanks for the replies. I have always used the amp with the footswitch and the footswitch has been given a clean bill of health by the dealer.

[hollowbody]

+1 to above comments. Mine did the exact same thing. It only happened when the cord attaching the footswitch to the jack was rotated slightly on one end or the other. Check it out. That's most likely the issue. I didn't bother getting mine "fixed," I don't even know if this constitutes an issue with the amp, or if it's just the way it is.

If that is the issue, try to just not jiggle the cord too much.

[dr_iggi]

SNAP!!!!

or

JINX!!!! You owe me a Coke!!!!


Jinxed indeed :-)

[Paul]

Thanks for the replies. I have always used the amp with the footswitch and the footswitch has been given a clean bill of health by the dealer.

If that's true, then the dealer shouldn't mind lending you another footswitch for a week or so to see if the problem goes away.

My guesses:

Bad switch in the foot switch box.

Bad solder connection at either the footswitch end or the plug end.

Bad contact between the plug and the footswitch jack, which is easily remedied by bendin the tip and ring contacts on the footswitch jack

Bad solder connection on the footswitch jack.

Did the dealer check all that, or just click it a few times and rush off to the next customer with some money?

[Sharkie]

Hi Paul:

You are correct; switches and cord were just checked for continuity although I forgot to mention that I dd blow a fuse once at a gig for no reason, while the amp was on standby. Replaced the fuse and I was good to go, other than this new glitch surfacing. That's why I thought there might be something going on. Dealer said that Traynor Canada (Yorkville) will look at it and I could have it back in a couple of weeks.

[Mooh]

That's the beauty of a site like this, the sharing of information we all might need sometime. Neither of my Traynors (YCV50blue, YCV20) have experienced this problem, but if they do, I'll know where to go for the fix.

My first instinct was to say it's the jack(s), cord, switch...so I'm curious what the actual problem is.

Peace, Mooh.

[hollowbody]

I think it has to do with it being a stereo out to a stereo in, so when the cord is jiggled, it switches between it's "on" and "off" circuits. I know it happened with my amp, but I didn't consider it something that was wrong per se, but rather an idiosyncrasy unique to the design.

For me, it was like the "doctor, it hurts when I do this..." scenario. I just stopped doing it because I didn't really want to lose my amp for a few weeks while it got looked at.