Traynor YBA200 burning smell

[Muckaluck]

Hi,

I just got a Traynor YBA200 used from a long and mcquade for a great deal. I plugged it in last night and started to notice a burning smell. I kept playing for about 2 hours and finally the amp went into protection shut down.

I tried it again today and it played for about an hour with slightly less of a burning smell. I couldn't get it to go into protection.

Is the burning smell typical for these amps? Should I take it back under the used warranty?

Thanks!

[christw]

No amplifier should smell like it's burning. Clearly there is something wrong. Stop using it and take it back for repairs or return before further use.

[rodl2005]

+1 on getting it checked over by a experienced TUBE amp tech. But When I got my SVT2 sent here(AUS) from Florida, it had a burning smel for about 10 mins(after we switch the tranny taps to 240v) everything was A-OK-(I was still AT my tube tech's house) & turns out it was just dust & stuff from the transit. But it NEVER went into protect mode.
So-- yep- get it checked, Usually a pretty simple & cheap fix & you've the knowledge of it being A1 after.

[ZachM]

When I got my reeves a couple months ago, I had a problem with one of the tubes going bad. Basically, when the tube was going bad I didn't really notice anything too strange for a little while. But then when it went bad, I noticed a burning smell, which freaked me out a little bit. Turns out that since the tube was going bad, it drew too much voltage and blew the screen resistors on the tubes - that's what the burning smell was in my case. It didn't turn out to be a huge problem for me, but I immediately stopped playing when it happened, so I don't know about your case. Bottom line, it's never good to smell burning, ever.

[Muckaluck]

Cool, thanks guys. I'll bring it back to L&M on Monday and get it checked out under warranty. Thank goodness for warranties on used stuff.

[Laurent]

I have used a Traynor YBA200-2 for a couple of years and never experienced burning smell.

No amp should ever exhibit a burning smell. When you experience that sort of this it's time to stop, unplug the unit and bring it to a tech for a check up.

Never continue playing an amp that smells like something is burning.

Use common sense.

[BassmanPaul]

You have to remember that the amp has four tubes that get really really hot. If the amp has a bit of dust on it it can cause a burning smell - something like when you fire up your furnace for the first time going into winter. Take it in to L&McQ and have them check it out for your peace of mind especially if it started to protect itself.

[Muckaluck]

L&M ended up sending the amp back to Traynor. I'm kinda hoping they don't have to do -2 upgrade because I'd love to tube roll some KT88s in this thing.