Traynor YRM-1

barbe-et-hache · #1 10-06-2010, 07:15 AM

I have the opportunity to buy a Traynor YRM-1 which is close to the YBA-1. Price is correct(not exeptionnal) so I could wait and buy the YBA-1 instead. What would you guys do? My main concern is : will the power supply be able to push the low?

Anyone has/tried both?

Thanks.

jastacey · #2 10-06-2010, 07:37 AM

That is a 50 watt guitar amp, I suspect that the amp will be voiced somewhat differantly than the YBA-1 .... this amp is really a practice amp for bass, but it will be a great guitar amp ...IMHO

barbe-et-hache · #3 10-06-2010, 08:24 AM

Thanks jastacey. I'm looking for something to try tube amp to know if I want get one (bigger) for band situation.

From the Traynor website :

Replacing the YSR-1, the YRM-1''s electronic design was more closely related to the Bass Master''s hence it was more versatile - thanks also to the master gain.

Anyone else?

taurus1 · #4 10-06-2010, 01:29 PM

if a grindy, overdriven tone (which I love) is what you're after this will work. if you want a traditional loud clean tone with lots of headroom, this won't work. at least not at high volumes.

barbe-et-hache · #5 10-07-2010, 06:52 AM

I ended up buying it, and it has a lot of low. I would say that the head is powerfull enough for rehearsal if your drummer is not too loud . It is a very simple head with two power tubes and one preamp tube, no fan. The transformer is noisy!!? Maybe because the ground was cut on the plug.

Edit : there are five preamp tube, not one.