[Wild Bill]

Why replace it?

[I can't get any images in your link to load ?] its probably Bill gates' goon squad trying to make sure that you cant acsess any Opera files from Internet Explorer.This joker wants to keep the net closed. How many Anti-trust suits does he need to get slapped with? He doesnt care, specially with his buddies in the oval office firmly in his pocket.Or maybe its not. back on topic though, anyone know how to replace that noisy clunky old fan with a new onw, i mean exactly?

Dunno, never had to actually replace one! I just remove them from the case, clean up all the dust and pop the centre hub cover. A drop or two of really light sewing machine oil to replace the lubricant that had dried up since the 60's and the fan always ran nice and quiet again.

 

[Wild Bill]

Different strokes...

hehe, no I am using firefox, the new version as well

why on earth does everyone f*ck up traynor amps by sending them to some guy to mod? they sound fuggin GREAT as they are...

I own a '66 100w marshall, a vintage 50w hiwatt, an ampeg V4B & a blackfaced SF twin reverb...and can attest that a stock traynor will go head to head with all of them. they are right up there with the best of the best.

my buddy has a YSR1 I have played through, it is a fantastic amp stock. the bias modulating tremolo is better than any other, including anything past a brown era fender. IMO

Hey, it's all taste. And not all of us already have the gear that's in your kit so we appreciate having more choices.

I would be the LAST person to ever criticize Pete Traynor's designs! He has always been one of my heroes in the field. I've been promised the opportunity to visit him by a friend in common and I fully intend to greet him with a "Wayne's World" bow!

That being said, again I stress that it's all taste and I see nothing wrong with tweaking an amp to better suit the player. Many Traynors, Fenders and Marshalls are very similar anyway, especially the earlier models. Pete did some dramatic differences by using Baxandall tone stacks in some models, a la Ampeg but some of the differences from the other brands seemed chosen more to avoid legalities than to get the "best" sound.

What's more, I firmly believe that a modded Traynor sounds BETTER than a vintage PLEXI!

So I'll continue to tweak any amp to better please the player! That's what it's really all about. I make no attempt to TELL the player what amp's sound is best! That's not my job. I make suggestions and offer as much information as I can to help her or him make their choices.

When that amp is done, THEY are the one who has to be happy with it! Not me!